Real Estate

John Catsimatidis and his Red Apple Group will begin work soon on the second phase of a four-block, four-building development on the firm’s sites along Myrtle Avenue, east of Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn. … Full Article

New to Brooklyn and New York City, the Lightstone Group, a national real estate development and investment firm with its headquarters in Manhattan, is revisiting a plan for housing along the Gowanus Canal. … Full Article

Brooklyn’s real estate market recovery continued to gain steam during the first half of 2012, according to our firm’s recently released Brooklyn 2012 Mid-Year Sales Report. … Full Article

The New York Landmarks Conservancy has awarded the Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church a $6,500 grant to replace the roof over its sanctuary. … Full Article

Ideal Properties Group, a Brooklyn-based brokerage, reports the sale of a development site in the Columbia Street Waterfront District.

The three-lot site, at 14-18 Carroll St., sold to a developer for $1.55 million, according to Ideal Properties’ Richard Burke. … Full Article

Supra, a skate shoe store, has leased space on Atlantic Avenue near the corner of Smith Street in Boerum Hill, according to CPEX Real Estate, based in Downtown Brooklyn. … Full Article

Along with its announcement that Bright Horizons Family Solutions has leased 15,000 square feet at 345 Adams St. in Downtown Brooklyn, Muss Development reports that Potbelly Sandwich Shop will join “restaurant row” along the street. … Full Article

A developer is being sought for the long-vacant Empire Stores on the waterfront in DUMBO, according to Regina Myer, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp. … Full Article

The new leasing agents have been selected for the former Federal Building 2 — also called the U.S. Navy Fleet Base Storehouse 2 — in Sunset Park. … Full Article

The Department of Buildings (DOB) last week approved plans for the Oro 2 site at the corner of Gold and Johnson Streets in Downtown Brooklyn. … Full Article