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Nolita landlord in Airbnb case loses bid to evict tenant
From left: Ken Podziba, 250 Elizabeth Street Eviction does not appear to be in the cards for Amy Parness, the Nolita tenant accused of raking in $500,000 by illegally subletting her apartment to...
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Ashkenazy takes another chunk of Emmes portfolio
21 East 62nd Street and Ben Ashkenazy (inset) Ashkenazy Acquisition, the Midtown-based real estate firm headed by young real estate mogul Ben Ashkenazy, has purchased another mixed-use Manhattan...
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Brauser Group sells Greenwich Village parking structure ripe for condo...
NGKF’s Justin DiMare and 17 East 12th Street The Brauser Group, one of Manhattan’s major garage owners, has sold a 50,000-square-foot parking facility in Greenwich Village, The Real Deal has learned....
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Planet Fitness joins at Magna’s Sheraton in Tribeca
From left: Sheraton at 370 Canal Street, and Planet Fitness Planet Fitness signed a 15-year lease for 15,700 square feet on the lower level of the Magna Hospitality Group’s Sheraton Hotel in Tribeca,...
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Blackhouse secures $82M for ultra-luxe Chelsea condos
An interior rendering of 522 West 29th Street (Image via Montroy Andersen DeMarco) Blackhouse Development has secured a deal to borrow over $82 million to finance two new ultra-luxe developments on...
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Home ownership is “American dream if you can afford it,” Herman says: VIDEO
Douglas Elliman President and CEO Dottie Herman stopped by Bloomberg News to reflect on the 6.5 increase month-over-month in annualized existing home sales — a number not seen since August 2010....
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Silvershore lists LES mixed-use building at 200% markup
Joe Koicim and 101 Delancey Street Silvershore Properties, a multi-family owner with more than 30 properties in Manhattan and Brooklyn, is in discussions to sell a Lower East Side residential rental...
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$17.5M UWS townhouse set to hit market after reno
38 West 87th Street Renovations on an 1891 Gilbert Schellenger townhouse on the Upper West Side will be completed this summer — just in time for a new resident interested in the $17.5 million digs. The...
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By the numbers: Gearing up for election day
From left: Eliot Spitzer, Gale Brewer and Christine QuinnFrom the August issue: New York City voters head to the polls Sept. 10 to cast primary ballots for a host of elective offices. In more than a...
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Spitzer calls for public housing reform, fundraisers toil to save Staten...
From left: Bill de Blasio and Boston’s Fenway Park 1. City comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer calls for sweeping public housing reform [Brooklyn Eagle] 2. Nonprofit seeks funds to preserve...
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John Lam’s purchase of Extell’s Chelsea garage tops $67M
John Lam Hotelier John Lam has paid Extell Development $67.5 million for a Chelsea parking garage site primed for the development of a 270,000-square-foot hotel tower, according to commercial firm...
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Cuomo warns apartment seekers against rental scams
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Governor Andrew Cuomo is urging apartment seekers to report rental scams to the New York State Division of Consumer Protection. Cuomo cited brokers’ false promises of...
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City Planning approves condo plan for LIC’s 5Pointz
5Pointz in Long Island City Two residential towers with retail space, outdoor art and possibly a swimming pool will soon take the place of the 5Pointz graffiti art site in Long Island City. The City...
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One Vandam condos take shape in Soho
180 Sixth Avenue Quinlan Development Group and Tavros Development Partners are building a new 14-story condominium apartment building at 180 Sixth Avenue in Soho, where the developers ruffled feathers...
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First look: HFZ’s High Line-straddling condo reveals itself
A rendering of 505 West 19th Street More details on developer Ziel Feldman’s new High Line-straddling condominium project are coming to light, almost two years after his company, HFZ Capital, inked a...
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Sandy-damaged businesses get extra $1M for building repairs
From left: 224 Front Street and 3152 Brighton 6th Street Up to $20,000 in aid for businesses still suffering from Hurricane Sandy storm damage is on the way. The city’s Small Business Storefront...
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In their words: the month’s funniest and most insightful comments on real estate
Anthony LolliFrom the August issue: In this month's "In their words" feature, we hear an analogy from Anthony Lolli on the mass market appeal of Rapid Realty. The Real Deal also shares words from the...
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Goodbye Gershwin! Composer’s cousin unloads family’s second condo at 25...
Are the descendants of George Gershwin abandoning Central Park West? Two months ago, relatives of the renowned composer sold their apartment at the Century Condominium, a twin-towered Art Deco building...
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Catsimatidis puts $5.9M East Harlem site on market
From left: Adelaide Polsinelli and 2202-2210 Third Avenue Eastern Consolidated has taken on the marketing of a 30,000-square-foot East Harlem site owned by mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis,...
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JLo fends off Hamptons pool house squatter, New Yorkers happiest near Times...
Times Square… the happiest place in New York City? 1. Pool house squatter breaks into JLo’s Hamptons home [NYDN] 2. Study: New Yorkers happiest near Times Square [New England Complex Systems Institute]...
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