2013: A remarkable year for skyscrapers
The 20 tallest buildings of 2013 (click to enlarge) The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has just released their annual review of skyscraper construction. Overall, 2013 proved to be a year...
View ArticlePost-renovation, MSNBC anchor calls Hell’s Kitchen home
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts (right) with husband Patrick Abner (left) inside their recently renovated kitchen (Photo: Christian Fernandez) From Luxury Listings NYC: Thomas Roberts asks tough questions...
View ArticleStunning lakefront Italian property hits the market
Via Regina Lake Como, Laglio, Italy This is perhaps the most spectacular homes on Italy’s Lake Como and it’s currently on the market – price upon request. The 13,993-square-foot mansion features...
View ArticleMovie theaters with gourmet dinning expanding across NYC
A rendering of the IPic theater and Faith Hope Consolo There is no shortage of foodies in New York City, and movie theaters are beginning to take notice. New York City movie theaters are increasing...
View ArticleNumbers game
From Luxury Listings NYC: Just how much does it cost to live in this city? And exactly how long is the driveway at the highest-priced home in the country? To close this issue of Luxury Listings, we...
View ArticleSoap star Erika Slezak bids farewell to her UWS sanctuary
Erika Slezak (Photo: Getty) From Luxury Listings NYC: During the 40-plus years that six-time Daytime Emmy award-winning actress Erika Slezak has portrayed Victoria Lord on “One Life to Live,” her...
View ArticleA look at the AIA’s newly honored buildings
AIA award winning structures The American Institute of Architects has chosen the 26 recipients of the 2014 Institute Honor Awards, which recognizes excellence in architecture, interior architecture,...
View ArticleMTA may close East Harlem facility atop historic burial site
The MTA’s 126th Street bus depot (Credit: Angel Chevrestt) The Metro Transit Authority will likely close an East Harlem facility, which sits atop a 17th-century African burial ground, after years of...
View ArticleGov. Christie’s top Lt. allegedly tied Sandy aid to development
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Rockefeller Group CEO Atsushi Nakajima Two of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s top lieutenants are being accused of denying Hoboken hurricane aid over...
View ArticleStephen Gambrel designed Hamptons home asks $4.49M
The penthouse of Sag Harbor’s the Watchcase A Hamptons penthouse by praised interior designer Stephen Gambrel has hit the market asking $4.49 million. Originally the model unit in the Sag Harbor...
View ArticleApartment space saving tips for NYC families
A kid friendly apartment interior From Luxury Listings NYC: Tolstoy once wrote that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” If he had been writing 150 years...
View ArticleNew-built Times Square real estate is increasingly popular
Times Square Loathed by many New Yorkers first as seedy hotbed of crime and then as an over-the-top tourist attraction, newly built luxury condominiums have convinced some New Yorkers to give Times...
View ArticleStarbucks portends gentrification in Inwood, brokers say
The corner of Dyckman Street and Broadway in Inwood before and after the arrival of Starbucks Just after Christmas, the first Starbucks in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood opened for business, a sign...
View ArticleInside Fried Frank’s annual holiday bash: PHOTOS
[caption id="attachment_328632" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Fried Frank's annual real estate holiday bash[/caption] We may be little late to the party, but The Real Deal just got its hands on...
View ArticleInterfaith hospital workers rally in protest of possible closure
Interfaith Medical Center at 1545 Atlantic Avenue Hospital workers and community members rallied Sunday at the financially strapped Interfaith Medical Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant in an effort to halt...
View ArticleEnormous Brooklyn Heights brick townhouse asks $7M, China’s home sales in...
The brick townhouse at 273 Hicks Street (Credit: StreetEasy) 1. Enormous five-story brick townhouse at 273 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights asks $7 million [Curbed] 2. China’s home sales in 2013 hit...
View ArticlePredicting 2014: Pros weigh in on everything from de Blasio to prices, but...
From left: Steven Goldschmidt, Barbara Fox, David Kramer and Shaun Osher From the January issue: Sure, nobody knows what’s actually going to happen in the New York City residential real estate market...
View ArticleAnthropologie launches mini bridal boutique inside UES store
Anthropologie at 1230 Third Avenue on the Upper East Side A new bridal boutique is opening up inside ladies’ retailer Anthropologie’s Upper East Side location. BHLDN’s first New York City store will be...
View ArticleRising interest rates hurt housing starts in 2013
Housing construction starts totaled 923,400 units in 2013, missing analysts’ expectations and falling well below the long-term annual average of 1.5 million starts. A dearth of buildable sites and...
View ArticleCohen to sell $62M East Hampton pad: report
Steven Cohen and a view of East Hampton home Hedge fund mogul Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors is looking to sell the East Hampton estate he acquired for $62.5 million less than a year ago, the New...
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