CORE uses cinema-centric app to generate sales at Tribeca’s 93 Worth
93 Worth and Shaun Osher When it comes to marketing high-end New York City real estate it helps to be creative. But when the property is in a neighborhood with a creative history, brokers have to up...
View ArticlePriciest, cheapest units to hit the market
From left: 158 Mercer Street and 42 West 138th Street The priciest residential listing to hit the Manhattan market this week belongs to rock star Jon Bon Jovi, according to StreetEasy. The condominium...
View ArticleExisting U.S. home sales reach three-year high
Existing home sales across the U.S. grew 0.8 percent in February over the previous month, pushing them to the highest level since November 2009, according to National Association of Realtors data cited...
View ArticleSilverstein’s Silver Suites Offices 50 percent leased
Tal Kerret, Silver Suites Offices and 7 World Trade Center Half of Silver Suites Offices, a collaborative work space in the Financial District, is already leased — only two months after its launch by...
View ArticleBrokers, appraisers struggle to value green homes
When it comes to energy efficiency and “green” features in homes, there’s a chasm-sized disconnect in the marketplace among consumers, real estate appraisers and the nation’s realty sales system. On...
View ArticleIn reversal, U.S. investors look to South American real estate
From left: Sao Paulo and Sam Zell While South American buyers have been buying up condominiums in South Florida and New York City, helping to boost the super high-end in both markets, American real...
View ArticleMNS tapped to lease Manhattanville complex
From left: MNS CEO Andrew Barrocas and 601-603 West 137th Street (source: PropertyShark) Bonjour Capital, a New York City-based investment and development firm, has tapped residential brokerage MNS to...
View ArticleNYCHA says 14 residential buildings could rise on public housing lots
NYCHA’s John Rhea The New York City Housing Authority has released details of its plan to lease public housing land for private market-rate development, the New York Times reported. All in all, NYCHA...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s litigious leanings dissected
Donald Trump Real estate mogul Donald Trump has filed a slew of lawsuits over the past decade, and the Atlantic has rounded up a list of seven noteworthy examples. Though the Donald is occasionally on...
View ArticleIn their words: the month’s funniest, most insightful real estate quotes
From the March issue: In their words... is The Real Deal's round up of the month’s funniest and most insightful comments on real estate. This month's edition includes musings and wisecracks from...
View ArticleBuying is cheaper than renting in NYC, but perhaps not for much longer
Trulia’s Jed Kolko Believe it or not, buying a home in New York City remains 26 percent cheaper than renting, a figure that has held steady over the past year, according to Trulia data. However, the...
View ArticleNYC developer beats $2M judgment in case over failed Las Vegas W Hotel
From left: 166 Perry Street, a rendering of the W Hotel in Las Vegas and William Fried New York developer Jason Halpern has escaped having to pay more than $2 million to his former partner in the...
View Article$1B New York-Presbyterian hospital plan approved, Larry David lists home for...
Inside Larry David’s Pacific Palisades home 1. State regulators approve $1 billion New York-Presbyterian Hospital expansion plan [Crain’s] 2. Construction is trucking along at Brooklyn Bridge Park...
View ArticleHoward Hughes faces third South Street Seaport lawsuit, this time from Gap
A Pier 17 project rendering and Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb The Gap has become the latest retailer to file suit against Howard Hughes Corp., which is rebuilding Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport....
View ArticleCity to fine Chetrit over Hotel Chelsea conditions
From left: Christine Quinn, Hotel Chelsea, Joseph Chetrit The city Department of Housing Preservation and Development said today it will fine Hotel Chelsea owner Joseph Chetrit for the recent loss of...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Carrie Chiang, Janet Wang, John Burger, Kyle Blackmon, Jed Garfield and Melanie Lazenby Sources: StreetEasy and The Real Deal. Footnotes: Data is for closed deals filed with the city this...
View Article$20.3M unit at the Baccarat goes into contract
Apartment 44 at the Baccarat A $20.25 million apartment at Midtown’s new Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York has found a buyer, according to StreetEasy. The home, Unit 44, is the second unit to go...
View ArticleU.S. home prices grow to highest point since June 2006: VIDEO
Single-family home prices across the U.S. leaped 8.1 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, for the biggest annual increase since before the housing market collapsed in June 2006,...
View ArticleDowntown luxury condo residents recoil at Denny’s lease in their building
150 Nassau Street Denny’s, home of the Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity breakfast, is going upscale with its newest location, DNAinfo reported. The national restaurant chain, known for always being open,...
View ArticleDevelopers eye possible conversion of Cobble Hill’s Long Island College Hospital
Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn The prospect of Cobble Hill’s 150-year-old Long Island College Hospital closing its doors for good has NYC’s developers drooling at the thought of $1 billion...
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