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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. Conde to nab more space downtown—not at WTC 2. Related nabs former AREA exec for new role 3. City makes $250M deal with Peebles, Chetrit Group for landmarked...
View Article113 Nassau Street tower tops out, Brighton Beach, Coney Island most affected...
The Coney Island boardwalk 1. 113 Nassau Street tower tops out [Curbed, 1st item] 2. Brighton Beach, Coney Island most affected by Sandy, new report shows [NYDN] 3. Music mogul rents Chipotle founder’s...
View ArticleLuxury sellers who rushed to avoid fiscal cliff may have been too hasty,...
Manhattan home owners who scrambled to unload high-end properties just before the nation went over the fiscal cliff a few months ago probably lost money because the madcap rush pushed prices down, the...
View ArticleJudge approves Grubb & Ellis’ bankruptcy plan
Breakdown of where Grubb & Ellis executives have landed A state bankruptcy judge approved Grubb & Ellis’ liquidation plan on Wednesday, almost a year after the struggling commercial firm was...
View ArticleState officials question mortgage providers on Sandy-related payments
Damage from Hurricane Sandy New York state officials will investigate whether banks are pushing Sandy-hit homeowners to pay monthly payments despite agreeing to postpone them after the storm hit, the...
View ArticleBidding for NYC apartments gets ‘absolutely insane’
From the March issue: With a continued inventory shortage and interest rates still low, bidding wars have emerged as the new norm for increasingly desperate buyers, industry experts said. And while...
View ArticleMelo and La La ink lease at 1212 Fifth Avenue
Carmelo Anthony and 1212 Fifth Avenue New York Knicks scoring superstar Carmelo Anthony has made yet another clutch play, nabbing a posh apartment at the swanky 1212 Fifth Avenue for $29,000 a month,...
View ArticleTD Ameritrade takes 10,000 sf at 100 Broadway
100 Broadway Online stock broker TD Ameritrade has inked a 10-year, 9,509-square-foot lease at the 24-story, late 19th Century office building at 100 Broadway, the New York Observer reported. The lease...
View ArticleSL Green facing ground lease eviction at Times Square retail property
Marc Holliday of SL Green and 1604 Broadway UPDATED, 1.35 p.m., Mar. 7: A partnership headed by SL Green Realty claims it is in danger of being evicted from its ground lease at a distressed Times...
View ArticleHalstead EVP Charles Homet sells Dumbo home
Charles Homet and 30 Main Street Charles Homet, an executive vice president at Halstead Property, has sold his Dumbo home at the Sweeney Building — on Main Street at Water Street — for $1.2 million,...
View ArticleHFZ sells Bryant Park site for $83M
Ziel Feldman and 20 West 40th Street (building photo: PropertyShark) HFZ Capital Group has sold the site of a new condo-hotel development at 20 West 40th Street, adjacent to Bryant Park, for $83...
View ArticleA look at the 15 worst U.S. housing markets for the next five years
The Miami skyline Many analysts agree that home prices have bottomed out. According to the latest data from Fiserv Case-Shiller, National home prices are expected to rise 3.3 percent in the next five...
View ArticleManhattan rents increased in February: MNS
Click to enlarge Manhattan rents more or less stayed the same in February, compared to the previous month, according to the latest Manhattan rental market report issued today by brokerage MNS. The...
View ArticleNumbers to Know: skyline sales, record Downtown contracts, the Harmony co-op...
Inset: Harmony at 61 West 62nd Street (credit: Property Shark) “Numbers to know” is a weekly web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics. Skyline sales...
View Article$6M Kips Bay apartment seeks deerhunting electric guitarist: PHOTOS
Residential brokers are wont to label their listings as “unique” or “one-of-a-kind,” even when describing less than distinctive properties. But Lauren Muss of the Corcoran Group, who is marketing a...
View ArticleEast Village lot with approved condo plans sells
277 East 7th Street An East Village development site located at 277 East 7th Street has sold for $1.9 million, EV Grieve reported. The site already has city-approved plans for the development of a...
View ArticleElliman to open Los Angeles outpost this year
From left: Howard Lorber, chairman of Douglas Elliman and Beverly Hills, Calif. New York City’s largest residential real estate brokerage will expand to Los Angeles, The Real Deal has learned. Douglas...
View ArticleGuggenheim names new head of real estate biz
Henry Silverman Guggenheim Partners, an asset management firm with $170 billion under management, has named Henry Silverman, 72, as the new head of its real estate and infrastructure business,...
View ArticleHustle with muscle: Real estate pros look for thrills (fox hunting anyone?)...
Bond’s Sebastien Lindenmayer is an ice climbing enthusiast From the March issue: The first time real estate agent Anita Zander went fox hunting, she ended up in the hospital with three broken ribs. But...
View ArticleCity Council vote on Hudson Square postponed, WalMart scales back NYC...
Mock penthouse netting atop East Village synagogue (Credit: DNAinfo) 1. East Side Access is $4 billion over budget and 10 years behind schedule [Capital New York] 2. City Council postpones vote on...
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