Barry Sternlicht says investors could do with a little “fear,” a gingerbread...
The One57 "candy crane" (source: DNAinfo) Check out this “candy crane”: Le Parker Meridien buils five-foot gingerbread version of One57 crane collapse. “I want people to have some fear,” Starwood CEO...
View ArticleEmmes continues selling spree with $36M sale of Madison Avenue retail property
National investment firm Emmes Management has sold a two-story retail building occupied by Citibank at 1042 Madison Avenue for $36 million, according to public records filed with the city today. The...
View ArticleDaphne Guinness sells Stanhope apartment at loss
Beer heiress and fashion muse Daphne Guinness has finally found a buyer for her four-bedroom apartment at the former Stanhope hotel, just two months after she settled a lawsuit with her neighbors at...
View ArticleRiese inks $17.5M deal for 34th Street building
The Riese Organization, a retail-focused firm that specializes in budget restaurants, signed a contract this month to pay $17.5 million for a low-rise building on a bustling block of West 34th Street,...
View ArticlePhotographer Evan Joseph hosts 400 Fifth Avenue book release
To real estate brokers, Evan Joseph is probably best known as the go-to guy for photographing luxury apartments, and his subjects have included units at well-known developments such as the Laureate and...
View ArticleMann sells Gramercy Park rental for $39M
Maurice Mann’s Mann Realty has sold a 67,000-square-foot Gramercy Park rental building to Benchmark Realty for $39 million, The Real Deal has learned. This most recent purchase brings Benchmark’s...
View ArticleBrookfield WFC retail relaunch pushed back to 2014
Brookfield Office Properties is pushing back the opening of its revamped World Financial Center retail space by nearly a year, retail insiders say; the relaunch had been scheduled previously for the...
View ArticleBalazs in talks to develop landmarked TWA terminal, report says
Hotelier Andre Balazs, known for developing the Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District and the Mercer hotel in Soho, is in talks with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to develop the...
View ArticleHudson Yards breaks ground on first tower
The Related Companies and Oxford Property Group today broke ground at their Far West Side development known as the Hudson Yards. The public-private project is set to rise on 26 acres, the largest swath...
View ArticleHollywood producer pays $33.5M for Park Laurel pad
Up and coming Hollywood producer Riza Aziz may spend most of his time in Los Angeles, but he’s clearly serious about having a New York City pad. The 35-year-old Red Granite Pictures co-founder, and the...
View ArticleOffice market chugs along
From the December issue: In a weird twist, Hurricane Sandy made no measurable impact on November’s office leasing numbers. That’s despite the storm rendering nearly 20 million square feet of office...
View ArticleMoinian’s Fortuna Realty sells Morningside Heights portfolio, Brown Harris...
Interior shot of 45 East 74th StreetItalian construction scion turfs Town brokers, lists 45 East 74th Street townhouse with Brown Harris Stevens’ Paula del Nunzio for $30 million. EPA to release plan...
View ArticleExtell’s Midtown garage, Long Island City lot on offer at ICSC
The retail brokerage RKF is seeking to lease a Midtown garage owned by Extell Development that can be converted to suit retailers, particularly those on Upper Fifth Avenue looking for less expensive...
View ArticleUpper East Side plastic surgeon sues Macklowe over 737 Park conversion
Macklowe Properties is facing a $14 million lawsuit from a prominent Upper East Side plastic surgeon, claiming that the condominium conversion at 737 Park Avenue has flooded his practice, blocked...
View ArticleRudin thankful for Battery Park Tunnel flooding
William Rudin, one of the city’s largest landlords, is reportedly thankful that the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel flooded during Hurricane Sandy. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said that Rudin, who owns five...
View Article$25M Park Slope mansion gets $7M price chop
The potentially record-breaking Park Slope mansion that hit the market asking $25 million last month has gotten price chopped — to the tune of $7 million, Brownstoner reported. The neo-classical...
View ArticleForced to look beyond its headquarters, Google set to expand at Chelsea Market
Google is looking across the street to the Chelsea Market building for more office space, after some attempts to soak up additional space at its headquarters at 111 Eighth Avenue were thwarted, Crain’s...
View ArticleMadison Belvedere rental building fetches $300M
The Madison Belvedere, a rental property located at 10 East 29th Street between Madison and Fifth avenues, has sold for $300 million, sources told the New York Post. The property, owned by Rose...
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