These 8 Powerful Women Are The New Guard Of NYC Real Estate Development
The New York City real estate community took notice when news broke in late January about MaryAnne Gilmartin’s expected promotion to CEO of Forest City Ratner.While women — including the Corcoran...
View ArticleMANHATTAN REAL ESTATE: 'This Is What Happens When You Choke Off Supply By The...
Manhattan apartment prices held steady in the first quarter of 2013, while inventory continued to plummet dramatically during the same period, according to a quarterly market report released today by...
View ArticleThere Are Only 10 Days Left To File Taxes –– Here's How To Do Them Right
Filing taxes for the first time?Or maybe this is the year you vow to be smart about your returns. Either way, here is all you need to know when filing your taxes this year and what you need to know...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Neighborhood Is Feeling The 'Girls' Effect
Greenpoint has received a lot of attention lately for its role as the setting for the HBO mega-hit-series “Girls.”That exposure, brokers say, has boosted the neighborhood’s rental market.“We get more...
View ArticleNew York City Wants To Build Even More 'Micro Apartments'
The city will be putting out more requests for proposals for micro-apartment sites, the New York Observer reported.“We are considering RFPs for two or three micro-unit developments later this year,” a...
View ArticleDonald Trump Says Checks He Signed On Payments For His Clothing Line Were A...
The uniquely-coiffed real estate mogul Donald Trump had barely a hair out of place as he testified in court today, explaining that ALM Unlimited, a New York City-based licensing firm, was not entitled...
View ArticleA Single Manhattan Block Is Experiencing A Boutique Hotel Boom...
Across New York City, hotels have been popping up like post-recession beacons of an improving economy.But the area around 29th Street in Manhattan has seen an especially noticeable transformation.Just...
View ArticleHamptons Home Prices Plummet After A Busy Winter
If the Hamptons real estate market celebrated the end of last year with a boom — as high-end homebuyers rushed to complete deals before capital gains tax rates spiked at the start of 2013 — then the...
View ArticleNYC Real Estate Brokers Can No Longer Use Titles They Haven't Actually Earned
Brokers with inflated business titles are now prohibited by state regulators from identifying themselves by titles that they haven’t actually received, the Wall Street Journal reported.According to a...
View ArticleThe World Trade Center Is Having A Tough Time Finding Tenants
The three buildings at the World Trade Center site have massive vacancies, and with over 5 million square feet of space in the complex on or due to hit the market, landlords are racing to secure...
View ArticleCash-Strapped Portugal Sells Its Swanky Spread At The Dakota For $11.5 Million
Mired in an economic crisis, Portugal is selling off its assets, including an eight-room co-op at the Dakota at 1 West 72nd Street that the country has owned for 40-plus years, according to the New...
View ArticleNYC's American Folk Art Museum Is An 'Ugly Brown Mediocrity' That Should Be...
The architectural cause célèbre of the past few weeks has surely been the fate of the former American Folk Art Museum, which opened in 2001 and was designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.Located at...
View ArticleNYC's General Motors Building Is Now The Most Valuable Office Space In America
The families of Chinese real estate developer Zhang Xin and Brazilian banking magnate Moise Safra paid $1.4 billion for a 40 percent stake in the General Motors building, the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleNYC Penthouse With A 'Sky Garage' Will Hit The Market For $23 Million
The last remaining sponsor unit at 200 11th Avenue in West Chelsea, which was listed last year for $12.9 million, is slated to make its return to the market in September with a mammoth price tag of up...
View ArticlePower Broker Dolly Lenz Is Leaving Her Real Estate Firm After 14 Years
Dolly Lenz, Douglas Elliman’s perpetually top-ranked luxury sales broker, is leaving the firm after a 14-year tenure, The Real Deal has learned.Lenz was not immediately available for comment on the...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs HQ Is Worth $176 Million Less Now Than It Was Last Year
In the eyes of city assessors, the so-called market value of Goldman Sachs’ headquarters in Battery Park City has dropped by $176 million, or 26.7 percent, to $511.7 million — the sharpest reduction of...
View Article'Zero Dark Thirty' Producer And Oracle Heir Megan Ellison Just Bought A...
Film producer Megan Ellison, the daughter of billionaire tech mogul Larry Ellison, has purchased a $2.8 million apartment at the Police Building in Lower Manhattan, according to On-Line...
View ArticleA New Bill Could Bring Back New York City's Hostels
A piece of legislation that would permit the licensing of hostels in the city is slowly snaking its way through City Council, the New York Observer reported.The new law is part of an effort to correct...
View ArticleA Complete Breakdown Of Donald Trump's Net Worth
In the peach- and white-veined marble lobby of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, tourists can shop for items from Donald Trump’s clothing line and buy his best-selling book, “Trump: the Art of the Deal.”In...
View ArticleNYC's New Tallest Apartment Building Gets A Second Penthouse After The First...
Not content to simply break the record for the tallest residential tower in New York City, the developers of 432 Park Avenue are seeking to further capitalize on the project’s height.Macklowe...
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