Inside Two of Karim Rashid’s Insane East Harlem Developments
Considering what the outsides of Karim Rashid's HAP 5 and HAP 6 in East Harlem are going to look like, it would be difficult for the interiors to be in any way shocking. And, in that sense, they aren't, but they're still pretty out there. An Architectural Record...
Hardy Promoted to VP at HAP Investments
New York City-based international real estate investment and development company HAP Investments LLC has promoted Ryan Hardy to vice president of design and construction. Prior to being promoted, Hardy held the position of project manager at HAP, responsible for...
HAP Investments to Buy East Harlem Site
HAP Investments is in contract to acquire a development site at 2211 Third Avenue in East Harlem for $13 million, Commercial Observer has learned. The buyer intends to develop the 17,500-square-foot site into a 120,000-square-foot mixed-use project, according to a...
HAP Investments Relocating to 3 East 54th Street
HAP Investments has signed a nine-and-a-half year lease for the entire 11,200-square-foot 15th floor of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation’s 3 East 54th Street,Commercial Observer has learned. Asking rent for the space was in the low-$50s per square foot. The tenant, a...
How to Make Money in New York City: Part 1
Everyone wants to invest in NYC commercial real estate (the Mets won't spend on a shortstop unless he's also an office tower). There's no sweeter time in history than now for Bisnow to host its NYC Capital Markets Summit, happening April 9 (sign up). In advance...
$400 million, 42-story tower set for Journal Square
A New York developer is promising yet another tower for Journal Square in Jersey City, an estimated $400 million project that could contain a hotel, offices or housing units and ground-floor retail. Dubbed HAP Tower, this is the fourth major project proposed for the...
Bascom Buys 222 Units in Las Vegas
The Bascom Group picks up a Vegas apartment asset for $22.5 million; Greystone closes $59.3 million for a multifamily portfolio in Texas; and HAP Investments is in contract to buy a downtown site in Jersey City, N.J. Las Vegas—The Bascom Group has picked up Chapel...
Karim Rashid Out-Crazies Himself With New Harlem Building
Designer Karim Rashid is know mostly for his frighteningly colorful interiors, but he has also been unleashing some eye-popping exteriors onto New York City with the help of developer HAP Investments. HAP has tapped Rashid to design a "diamond signature" building in...
Report: N.Y. developer eyes Jersey City site for residential high-rise
A New York developer is making its way to Jersey City, reportedly with plans to buy a site in the city’s Journal Square section that could house a 42-story residential tower. The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday that HAP Investments LLC is in contract to...
Property Deal in Jersey City to Get Tax Aid
Firm Agrees to Pay $28 million for Property in Journal Square By KEIKO MORRIS March 25, 2014 10:38 p.m. ET A New York developer is in contract to buy a site in the heart of Jersey City's Journal Square, an area the city has been targeting for development with a...