Red Hook’s revival picks up after Sandy
Fairway in Red Hook From the April issue: For years, real estate insiders have been pointing to Red Hook as the next hot Brooklyn neighborhood, predicting an explosion in sale prices and activity in...
View Article“Hot broker” Tiana von Johnson to star in new reality show
Tiana von Johnson Tiana Von Johnson, founder of the Manhattan brokerage Goldstar Properties, will be the protagonist of a new reality television show being developed by Style Media, according to the...
View ArticleAtelier combo with $85M price tag gets $38M offer, micro-unit developers...
Artist Donald Judd’s studio at 101 Spring Street, mid-renovation (Image courtesy: Judd Foundation) 1. A $38 million offer for full-floor Atelier combination, asking $85 million, is rejected [NYT] 2....
View Article“Crooklyn” crib in contract for $500K above ask
A still from “Crooklyn” A Bedford-Stuyvesant home that was featured in Spike Lee’s movie “Crooklyn” has sold for $1.8 million in an all-cash deal, Brownstoner reported. The three-family townhouse,...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Daniela Kunen, Richard Pretsfelder, Richard Steinberg, Linda Melnick and Tim Desmond Sources: StreetEasy and The Real Deal. Footnotes: Data is for closed deals filed with the city this week...
View ArticleVornado planning improvements to Penn Station properties
From left: 7 West 34th Street, Steven Roth and the Hotel Pennsylvania (credit: PropertyShark) Vornado Realty Trust is planning to renovate its properties around Penn Station in a push to improve the...
View ArticleThe Jefferson condos in the East Village hit the market, priced at up to $2.5M
A rendering of the Jefferson Pricing at the Jefferson condominiums will range from $850,000 to $2.49 million, BuzzBuzzHome reported, citing a new website for the East Village development. The 83-unit...
View ArticleLIC development site to hit auction block with $39M lien
Baruch Singer and the Purvis Street lot A development site in the Court Square area of Long Island City is slated to hit the foreclosure auction block May 17 with an outstanding lien of $38.54 million....
View ArticleMulti-family sales drop to $1.1 billion in first quarter, due to fewer...
From left: Shimon Shkury and a multifamily building Multi-family property transactions accounted for $1.1 billion in New York City real estate sales in the first quarter of 2013, declining 41 percent...
View ArticleNYC bike share initiative will drop kickstand in Sunset Park
From left: Citi Bike and Alec Monaghan Though the delayed New York City bike share initiative will have multiple station locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the headquarters of Citi Bike will be...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy dented Hamptons homes prices in Q1: report
An aerial shot of the Hamptons The lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy dealt a blow to Hamptons residential prices, according to the most recent quarterly market report from East End brokerage Town...
View ArticlePorzio nabs Wagner Davis attorneys
The Wagner Group From the April issue: New Jersey–based law firm Porzio, Bromberg & Newman is diving into the New York City real estate game with the addition of attorneys from Wagner Davis, a...
View ArticleGreystone pays $6.5M for Dumbo lot, U.S. home prices hit 2005 levels … and more
Inside Admiral’s Row (Credit: Bogdan Mohora and Curbed) 1. Greystone buys Dumbo lot for $6.5 million [Brownstoner] 2. A 100-year-old Park Slope townhouse asks $9 million [Curbed] 3. And a West Village...
View ArticleApparel firm Ralph Rucci leaves Soho for Chelsea expansion
From left: Travis Wilson and 151 West 26th Street (credit: PropertyShark) Clothing designer Ralph Rucci is tripling its office, manufacturing and showroom space and leaving its Soho location behind for...
View ArticleHFZ’s Marquand condos on UES to start at $15M
Rendering of the Marquand HFZ Capital is redeveloping the Marquand condominiums on the Upper East Side and will list the renovated units between $15 million and $40 million, Curbed reported. Douglas...
View Article432 Park Avenue, visualized in geeky Minecraft game: VIDEO
It’s not often that the worlds of video gaming and real estate collide, but when they do, especially on a high-profile project such as 432 Park Avenue, the results are worth the wait. A YouTube...
View ArticleConey Islanders wait to see what will come of Horace Bullard’s real estate
The Shore Theater and Horace Bullard Coney Island residents are waiting to see what will become of the late Horace Bullard’s real estate holdings, which include some of the neighborhood’s most prized...
View ArticleFriedland Properties plans 702 Madison expansion with high-end retailer in mind
702-706 Madison Avenue Friedland Properties, a landlord considered one of the largest retail owners along the prime section of Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side, plans to increase the height of 702...
View ArticleFinancial firms more than double space at 280 Park Ave.
Vornado’s Steven Roth, 280 Park and Sl Green’s Marc Holliday Two 280 Park Avenue tenants — which were formerly in smaller, temporary spaces inside the 1.2 million-square-foot building — have inked...
View ArticleMeet the landlord: DelShah’s Michael Shah talks taxes, nightmare tenants and...
Michael Shah From the April issue: Michael Shah, principal of DelShah Capital, has been making moves lately -- especially with recent acquisitions in the Meatpacking District. In this month's Meet the...
View Article