REBNY-backed PAC goes on the attack
From left: Carlos Menchaca, Jenifer Rajkumar, Cliff Stanton and Joel Rivera Jobs For New York, the Real Estate Board of New York-supported political action committee, went negative last month, spending...
View ArticleDesigner Phillip Lim rents $12.5K a month West Village condo
Phillip Lim and 35 Bethune Street Contemporary fashion designer Phillip Lim has rented a $12,500 a month apartment in the West Village while waiting for the renovation of his Greene Street loft to be...
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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. Feil family feuds over $7B empire 2. Ex-Dodgers owner slides into NYC with $167M West Side buy 3. 529 Broadway plans revealed: PHOTOS
View ArticleRelated, Extell close fast on West Side property swap
From left: Gary Barnett, a rendering of One Hudson Yards, and Stephen Ross The Related Companies and Extell Development have closed on a property swap deal on Manhattan’s West Side. Related gets Extell...
View ArticleGot wood? Brooklyn homebuyers look past pricey brownstones
A wooden row house at 13 Pineapple Street. Wooden row houses are the new hot properties in Brooklyn as prospective buyers look for homes that are cheaper than those ever-pricier brownstones. The...
View ArticleColliers signs NYPD traffic division to 67K sf lease in Midtown
469 Seventh Avenue (Credit: PropertyShark) Colliers International is leasing 66,800 square feet in a building it owns near Penn Station to the New York Police Department. The NYPD’s Manhattan South...
View ArticleIt’s SuperPier! Youngwoo renames Pier 57, lands Balazs’ club
From left: Young Woo, a rendering of SuperPier (Credit: Pandiscio/ QuickHoney) and Andre Balazs Pier 57 has a new name – SuperPier – and its first three tenants, the project’s’ developer announced...
View ArticleRelated’s Ross gives $200M to alma mater
Stephen Ross and the Ross School of Business Related Companies head honcho Stephen Ross will give his alma mater the University of Michigan $200 million, the single largest gift in the institution’s...
View ArticleMayoral candidates get candid
From the September issue: Perhaps no mayor in recent history has taken such delight in shaping New York as Michael Bloomberg. Indeed, he rezoned over a third of the city, while developers added a...
View ArticleWashington Heights to get 62-unit residential property
Ariel’s Shimon Shkury and 607 West 161st Street Washington Heights is getting a new 62-unit residential building. Developer Samuel Sutton, a partner at 601 Associates LLC, filed a plan exam application...
View ArticleDeveloper Anbau picks up space near Madison Square Park
From left: John Buslik and 11 East 26th Street Development and architecture firm Anbau Enterprises has picked up a 5,420-square-foot space at 11 East 26th Street near Madison Square Park. James Buslik,...
View ArticlePrivate school leases for $1M a year in Williamsburg
From left: MetSchools’ Kevin McCarthy, 297 North 7th Street, Yona Edelkopf (building photo credit PropertyShark) A Brooklyn branch of the Midtown-based private educational company MetSchools signed a...
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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. Mayoral candidates get candid 2. Dolly Lenz sells John Madden’s co-op for $3.9M 3. “Rock stars of real estate” glam up for Details party: PHOTOS
View ArticleOut of the pool! Chelsea co-op owners battle with renters
London Terrace, the swimming pool and Tim Gunn(inset) Owners at Chelsea’s London Terrace are demanding that renters pony up $750,000 a year if they want to take a dip in the tony co-op’s Olympic-sized...
View ArticleRock-bottom jumbo loan rates get buyers to borrow more
Homebuyers are finding jumbo mortgages cheaper than traditional ones — something that has never happened before — and are taking advantage of the better rates by borrowing more. The average 30-year...
View ArticleUES restaurants betting on Second Ave. seek liquor licenses, lack of good...
The mural at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 1. UES restaurants betting on Second Avenue seek liquor licenses [DNAinfo] 2. Scarcity of suitable lots hindering housing recovery, home builders say [WSJ] 3....
View ArticleNo kidding: $120K for foot-wide strip of Hamptons
An aerial shot of Napeague Suffolk County is laughing all the way to the bank after a bidding war between two Manhattan financiers brought $120,000 for a foot-wide strip of land that it only wanted 10...
View ArticleReal estate’s new ruling class
Elizabeth Ann Stribling-Kivlan, Justin Elghanayan, Jeff Blau, MaryAnne Gilmartin and Rob Speyer From the September issue: They’re young, they’re tech-savvy, and some even wear sweatshirts and trendy...
View Article400 Park Ave. S. unveils teaser site
Toll Brothers and Sam Zell’s Equity Residential have just released a teaser site for their condominium and rental project at 400 Park Avenue South. Designed by Christian de Portzamparc, “Sky Couture”...
View Article“Slumlords” donate to De Blasio, one of their biggest critics
From left: Bill de Blasio and Robert Hess A group of landlords that has earned millions of dollars operating homeless shelters made a big bet on Public Advocate and mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio,...
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