NYC Commercial Real Estate Cluster
NYC Development Sites & Zoning — The Complete Cluster
A practical NYC development library — FAR, buildable square footage, air rights and TDRs, zoning lot mergers, assemblage strategy, MIH/inclusionary housing, and ground-up cost benchmarks.
- How to Analyze a Development Site in NYCA practical framework for underwriting NYC development sites — zoning, FAR, buildable square footage, demolition, soft costs, and exit assumptions.
- FAR Explained: How Floor Area Ratio Drives NYC DevelopmentNYC Floor Area Ratio (FAR) explained — how zoning districts, special purpose overlays, inclusionary housing, and air rights produce the developable envelope.
- Calculating Buildable Square Footage on an NYC Development SiteHow architects and developers calculate buildable square footage in NYC — lot size × FAR, bonuses, deductions, height limits, and zoning lot mergers.
- NYC Air Rights, Explained: TDRs and Zoning Lot MergersHow NYC air rights actually work — transferable development rights (TDRs), zoning lot mergers, granting and receiving parcels, and pricing methodology.
- Site Assemblage in NYC: How Developers Combine ParcelsHow NYC developers assemble multiple parcels into a single development site — confidentiality, holdouts, zoning lot mergers, and execution risk.
- Land Value in Manhattan: Where Development-Site Pricing Lives in 2026Where Manhattan development-site land pricing per buildable square foot actually sits in 2026 — by submarket, residential vs. mixed-use, and product type.
- Ground-Up Development Costs in NYC: A Realistic BudgetGround-up development costs in NYC by product type — hard costs per SF, soft costs, construction carry, contingency, and what bottom-line "all-in" actually means in 2026.
- Zoning Analysis for Manhattan Development: A Pre-Acquisition PlaybookHow developers actually run a Manhattan zoning analysis before acquisition — zoning district lookup, special purpose districts, FAR bonuses, ULURP risk, and BSA variance/special-permit pathways.
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Skyline Properties brokers off-market commercial real estate across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Robert Khodadadian has closed more than $976M in NYC commercial real estate transactions across multifamily, ground lease, development sites, office, and retail.