A Lower Manhattan-based real estate firm known for its large outer-borough projects has acquired its frequent development partner to help speed up its growth in the city and bring brokerage and construction services in-house, the two firms announced Tuesday.

Manhattan-based Domain will take over The Vorea Group and its affiliates' development operations, the company announced in a statement. The deal includes Igloo, a brokerage focused on food and beverage, retail, creative office and maker space, and Vorea Construction Co., a full-service general contractor.

Real estate development and investment firm The Domain Companies has acquired The Vorea Group, a real estate company with several affiliates, the companies announced.

A new coworking space in Gowanus has officially opened its doors. The Shop Workspace, located at 420 Carroll St., is a mixed-use development that will cement itself in one of Brooklyn’s most dynamic and evolving neighborhoods.

Domain has officially acquired The Vorea Group, Vorea Construction and commercial real estate platform, Igloo — bringing together these powerhouse teams to fuel growth in NYC’s most dynamic neighborhoods, from Gowanus and Greenpoint Long Island City and beyond.

Vorea and Igloo bring deep expertise in development, construction, and brokerage while Domain brings a vertically integrated national platform plus $2.5B+ in executed projects. Together, we’re building a smarter, more impactful future for urban living. With nearly $2B in NYC projects on the horizon, this is just the beginning.

Formerly known as Maison de la Luz, this 67-room guest house in the Warehouse District reemerged in 2024 as Maison Métier. Designed by Studio Shamshiri and developed by Domain Companies with high-gloss red doors, moody lighting, and wrought-iron balconies, the hotel is a stylish mashup of high Southern drama and European sophistication. The rooms are generously sized, with custom-painted armoires, velvet headboards, freestanding tubs, and soaring windows that let in the glow of New Orleans afternoons.

The Domain Companies has closed on a $205 million refinancing for 420 Carroll, the first project completed under the 2021 Gowanus rezoning. The development comprises 360 mixed-income apartments, 27,000 s/f of commercial space and a 470-ft.-long public promenade along the canal. JLL and Newmark arranged the financing and an affiliate of Alliance-Bernstein L.P. provided the bridge takeout loan.

The Domain Cos. is taking over Mayer Malbin's old buildings in Long Island City.

JLL Capital Markets announced today it has arranged $114 million in capitalization for the next phase of Greenpoint Landing, the 22-acre mixed-use development rising along a half-mile of the East River waterfront in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. JLL represented the borrower, a joint venture of developer The Domain Companies and LMXD, an affiliate of L+M Companies, along with master developer Park Tower Group, which will deliver three new mixed-income residential towers with more than 1,000 residential units on the site known as Block C at 213 West St. in Greenpoint.

The Domain Companies and LMXD are teaming up with master developer Park Tower Group for the megaproject’s next phase, Commercial Observer reported. The joint venture will add more than 1,000 apartments, 20,000 square feet of retail and a public park to the 22-acre East River site, which has been reshaping the Brooklyn waterfront since its 2005 rezoning.