real estate:

One-time Stuy Town suitor Guterman Westwood said it already offered a viable plan for tenant-owned units.

Tech giants Facebook and YouTube are making big changes to their hugely popular websites.

The townhouse used as the facade for Carrie Bradshaw's apartment in "Sex and the City was recently sold for $9 million dollars.

Pop superstar Lady Gaga's former Lower East Side apartment is on the market for $1,850 a month.

The Cooper Union in the East Village is considering charging students tuition for the first time to cope with a $16.5 million budget deficit.

The St. Mark's Bookshop has been seeking a rent reduction to save the struggling store.

Tenants of 515 E. Fifth St. joined elected officials Tuesday to call on the city to enforce its ruling.

Community Board 12 voted to oppose a plan by Quadriad Realty to build skyscrapers in Washington Heights as it stands. 

Rudin Management announced Monday that condos at 130 W. 12th St. costing as much as $12.9 million each will hit the market beginning in late fall.

The decade-old coffee shop closed Monday to make way for a new Starbucks outpost on First Avenue.

The St. Mark's bookshop's owners have been asked to provide a detailed financial plan to the president of Cooper Union, their landlord.

Coffee giant Starbucks is taking over First Avenue space of The Bean, which has its own expansion plans. 

The nearly 35-year-old bookstore claims it needs a rent break from landlord the Cooper Union.

A new 7-Eleven store is reportedly opening on the Bowery at East Fourth Street on Oct. 5.

Balazs is reportedly set to take over the 21-story East Village hotel as early as Sept. 1.