NEW YORK — Dark plumes of smoke filled the sky over SoHo in Lower Manhattan after a fire broke out on a rooftop Wednesday. The flames and smoke could be spotted from blocks away. Firefighters ...

By 1988, the skyline of lower Manhattan has densified considerably, including the addition of the World Trade Center towers, the Verizon building (now the tallest high rise data center in the world).

New York City real estate developer Scott Rechler is on a mission to reshape Manhattan’s future — and skyline. As CEO of RXR, Rechler has $17 billion in properties under his management but ...