SOLAIRE IS CITY’S TOP SELLER
Crain’s reports that The Solaire was the top-performing large development in the city during the past 12 months, based on data from Marketproof — they sold a third of the units in 2022. (The building converted in fall 2021.) “A conversion of a rental building by the developer, the Albanese Organization, the 290-unit Solaire put 84 apartments into contract this year—the most in the city among developments with 100 or more units.”

MR. C SEAPORT HOTEL SELLS
Real Estate Weekly reported that JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group closed the sale of Mr. C Seaport, a 66-key boutique luxury hotel at 33 Peck Slip, on the corner of Peck and Front. The property re-opened in 2018 after a major renovation, which converted the hotel from 72 rooms to 66.

A STUDY IN IVORY
Architectural Digest has a feature on the home of Kay Olivia and Ryan Jackson, a duplex in 30 Park Place what I think is the Woolworth Building — but one of you eagle-eyed types will know better. “The apartment’s interior, in a very modern and abstract way, calls to mind a Parisian address, what with its enfilade of reception rooms, floors covered in herringbone parquetry, and ecru stone mantelpiece anchoring the central salon, which is furnished with eclectic sofas in beige hues.”

CONVENE STARTS LAYOFFS
Crain’s reports that Convene, which is located in Fidi at 101 Greenwich at Rector and has a couple big spaces in Brookfield, is laying off 54 employees, 34 of them downtown. “Flexible-office providers have struggled to be profitable amid dwindling demand for office space as work-from-home practices have taken hold. After downsizing, a failed initial public offering and a mismanagement scandal involving founder Adam Neumann, WeWork stock plummeted in August; Knotel, besieged with lawsuits by landlords over missing rent payments, ultimately filed for bankruptcy in January.”