Development

Grad student encourages "sportaneity" with new app

Omar Haroun, Law/Business ‘12, co-founded Sportaneous, an app that allows people to find and propose local group fitness activities at a moment’s notice. The app was released in New York earlier this year, and now has hundreds of users­—including Columbia students.

By Emma Goss | Oct 28 01:59 am ET

Harlem apartments retrofitted with stimulus funds

This week, Jonathan Rose Companies—a local developer committed to green affordable housing—is breaking ground with the renovation and retrofit of the 135th Street apartments.

By William Jacobs | Feb 9 01:38 am ET

Columbia plans new Baker Field facilities

Columbia is beginning to plan for a new sports center at the Baker Athletic Complex.

By Sam Levin | Dec 10 04:53 am ET

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Harlem under construction: mapping a new landscape

By Sam Levin | Nov 30 02:21 am ET

Nonprofits move ahead with Mart 125 redevelopment

In the spring, two local non-profits—the National Jazz Museum and ImageNation—were chosen by the city to spearhead the Mart 125 redevelopment project to reinvent a retail spot across the street from the Apollo Theater.

By Catherine Mas | Nov 8 10:04 pm ET

Parking garages eyed as affordable housing

A residence built from a garage? Only in New York.

By Leah Greenbaum | Oct 25 11:27 pm ET

Vacant site readies for Harlem kids

An underused space may be transformed by the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem.

By Sam Levin and Alisa Lu | Oct 12 12:33 am ET

NYC universities expand campuses

Columbia is not the only school expanding around New York City. As the Manhattanville expansion moves forward, other universities are changing the dynamics of neighborhoods from Harlem down to Greenwich Village.

By Maggie Astor | Apr 30 10:22 pm ET

Columbus Village brings new retail, development

The elementary school courtyard, the public housing playground, the market-rate condo, and the backyard garage sale are part of a three-block neighborhood on the brink of transformation.

By Sam Levin | Apr 22 07:52 pm ET

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