Half the units at Alchemy’s 35XV in contract, inflatable rat placed outside...
A rendering of 35XV 1. Half the units at Alchemy Properties’ 35XV are in contract [WSJ] 2. Activists install large inflatable rat outside Anthony Weiner’s Park Avenue South building [NYO] 3....
View ArticlePresenting a list of beasts banned from NYC apartments
Clockwise from top: A jaguarundi, polar bears, a black mamba, an aardwolf, a black widow and a mountain lion Oliver Twist’s Mr. Bumble famously proclaimed that “the law is an ass.” But when it comes to...
View ArticleOrbach Group extends UWS buying spree with $13M deal
Meyer Orbach, Peter Von Der Ahe and 933 Amsterdam Avenue The Orbach Group has scooped up a multi-family building at 933 Amsterdam Avenue, adding to its burgeoning presence on the Upper West Side, The...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Austin Schuster and 88 Central Park West Price: $10,500,000 Listing Broker: Austin Schuster of Sotheby’s International Realty Address: 88 Central Park West From left: Serena Boardman and 812...
View ArticleDesigner Rebecca Minkoff buys Clocktower condo for $1.8M
Rebecca Minkoff, Gavin Bellour and interior shots of their 1 Main Street purchase Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff and husband Gavin Bellour, an actor and director, purchased a home at the Clocktower...
View ArticleREBNY-backed City Council PAC raises $5.3M
REBNY’s Robert Speyer Jobs for New York, a political action committee spearheaded by the Real Estate Board of New York and advised by a coalition of organized labor, will report $5.3 million raised in...
View ArticleJoin TRD’s third annual Hamptons golf tournament
The Real Deal’s 3rd Annual Golf Outing Come tee off with The Real Deal at our 3rd Annual Hamptons Golf Tournament, to be held on Monday, Aug. 12 at the Baiting Hollow Golf Club in Baiting Hollow, N.Y....
View ArticleNew Penn Station would trigger neighborhood real estate development boom
Penn Station Moving Madison Square Garden and revamping the underlying Penn Station would recast the entire surrounding neighborhood, Crain’s reported, citing a new report from the Municipal Art...
View Article452 Fifth Avenue leasing penthouse floors for the first time
452 Fifth Avenue For the first time, the penthouse floors of the Class A office tower at 452 Fifth Avenue are available for lease, according to a release from Ehud Elizer, president of PBC USA Real...
View ArticleNewcomer Stratco to focus on ‘high-stress’ assets
Robert Sedaghatpour From the July issue: Stratco Property Group — Stratco is a combination of the words strategy and command — officially launched July 1. The company specializes in repositioning...
View ArticleFulton Street Transit Center roof catches fire, will Katie Holmes become a...
A detail of the Lipstick Building in Midtown (inset: Katie Holmes) 1. New Hell’s Kitchen co-op the Park Clinton accepting applications for affordable units [Curbed] 2. Fulton Street Transit Center roof...
View ArticleManhattan listings getting snapped up 38% faster than last year: Report
a one-bedroom apartment at 244 Riverside Drive Active listings in Manhattan are being snapped up more quickly than ever, according to a new report from Brown Harris Stevens. In July, the Manhattan...
View ArticleJennifer Convertibles disputes Rosen’s eviction claims
Rosen CEO Friedrich Hecker, 902 Broadway Jennifer Convertibles, the national furniture retailer, has filed suit against the Rosen Group to block an eviction proceeding at 902 Broadway, claiming that it...
View ArticleNormandy buys Flatiron District office building for $50M
119 West 25th Street Real estate private equity firm Normandy Real Estate Partners has acquired a 135,000-square-foot Flatiron District office building for around $50 million, The Real Deal has...
View ArticleCapital One in talks to sublease massive 299 Park Avenue space from UBS
From left: 299 Park Avenue and Richard Fairbank of Capital One Capital One is in talks with UBS to take about 250,000 square feet of office space at the latter’s Park Avenue building, Bloomberg News...
View ArticleConstruction firm HAKS expands at 40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street Design and construction management firm HAKS just signed a 15-year lease for 69,000 square feet and is re-engineering its offices at 40 Wall Street, Crain’s reported. The deal expands...
View ArticleStrokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas sells Village apartment
29-45 East 9th Street, Julian Casablancas (inset) Julian Casablancas, frontman for New York City-based rock band the Strokes, has sold his Greenwich Village co-op for $1.25 million, Real Estalker...
View ArticleDolly Lenz’s first post-Elliman listing is an $11M condo
From left: 15 East 70th Street and Dolly Lenz The first listing with Dolly Lenz’s eponymous new brokerage is for a condominium at 15 East 70th Street asking $10.95 million, which the super broker had...
View ArticleTRD is looking for your announcements
Planning a wedding? Got promoted? Newborn baby? Let The Real Deal know! We’ll be debuting a new “Announcements” column for real estate industry professionals in the Comings & Goings section of the...
View ArticleIndustry mourns real estate reporter Jason Sheftell
Jason Sheftell From the July issue: In New York City real estate, it is rare for someone to be universally loved, or even liked. But Jason Sheftell, the late New York Daily News reporter and editor,...
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