Steinberg sells Chelsea condo for $2.7M — more than double what he paid
251 West 19th Street and Leonard Steinberg and Herve Senequier Leonard Steinberg and Herve Senequier of Douglas Elliman not only rake in the big bucks with multi-million dollar luxury apartment sales,...
View ArticleJehovah’s Witnesses sell Dumbo development site for $31M
173-177 Front Street UPDATED, 4:25 p.m., Apr. 25: The Jehovah’s Witnesses have sold another portion of their New York City property portfolio in apparent preparation for their move upstate. Three...
View ArticlePark51 developer considering condos for controversial site
From left: Sharif El-Gamal and 51 Park Place Developer Sharif El-Gamal appears to be considering a residential condominium development on the site of the stalled Park 51 project, also known as the...
View ArticleMartha Stewart eyes $30M glass house in Bedford Hills, Brookfield acquires LA...
5 Pointz in Queens 1. Home decorating queen Martha Stewart eyes $30 million glass house in Bedford Hills, N.Y. [NYP] 2. “So Soho” duplex listed with Town Residential’s Dana Power for $14.66 million...
View ArticleRFR nabs $1B loan for Seagram Building
Aby Rosen, Michael Fuchs and the Seagram Building RFR Realty has arranged a roughly $1 billion loan for its 38-story Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue, Crain’s reported. The financing came from...
View ArticleGramercy Park’s Menno House offers cheap rents to select few
314 East 19th Street On the hunt for cheap housing in the city? You might have to convert. It’s possible to rent a room inside a Gramercy Park home for under $500 monthly, but with one caveat — you...
View ArticleJanna Bullock faces foreclosure on Park Avenue digs
Janna Bullock and the Park Avenue Court Russian mansion flipper Janna Bullock has been accused of money laundering and organizing horse-killing safaris for wealthy huntsmen. Now, she is being accused...
View ArticleTop developers to discuss South Florida market at TRD roundtable May 16
Clockwise from left: Eric Trump, the Miami skyline, Carlos Rosso The Real Deal will launch its spring 2013 South Florida Market Report, an in-depth look at all aspects of real estate in the region,...
View ArticleDouble-wide: how much does townhouse width affect sales?
Chris Halstead, the 50-foot-wide Harkness Mansion and the super skinny 75 1/2 Bedford Street At first glance, Manhattan’s toniest townhouses would seem to have little in common with mobile homes. But,...
View ArticleStaten Island’s North Shore poised for major new developments
A rendering of the ferris wheel in Staten Island Private investors will spend nearly $1 billion over the next decade into transforming Staten Island’s North Shore from a sleepy outpost into a bustling...
View Article34th Street office building listed by SL Green could net $225M
333 West 34th Street and Marc Holliday of SL Green Commercial landlord SL Green has listed 333 West 34th Street, a fully-leased, 350,000-square-foot office building that sources say could sell for $225...
View ArticleApril 2013 Crossword
From the April issue:This month’s crossword puzzle is live on our website. You can get hints and see how fast you are with an on-screen stop watch in the interactive version. Click here or above.
View ArticleAnother stalled Tribeca development makes a comeback
A rendering of the Sterling Mason development in Tribeca Besides 56 Leonard Street, slated to be the tallest building in Tribeca, there’s another notable development project in the neighborhood that’s...
View ArticleWest 26th St. becoming city’s new restaurant hub, actress Penelope Cruz on...
Sons of Essex 1. West 26th Street becoming city’s new restaurant hub [WSJ] 2. Michael Shah, Matt Levine duke it out over Sons of Essex on Lower East Side [NYP] 3. Condo at 25 Columbus Circle sells for...
View ArticleGretsch condo sales break Wburg price per square foot record
The Gretsch condo and Arina Yakobi of Elliman Three condominium sales at the same 120-unit Williamsburg building have broken neighborhood price-per-square-foot records, Crain’s reported. The sales —...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Daniel Hedaya, Wendy Sarasohn, Lisa Lippman, John Burger, Deborah Rieders and Douglas Albert Sources: StreetEasy and The Real Deal. Footnotes: Data is for closed deals filed with the city...
View ArticleDevelopers’ mad dash for land is driving prices sky high
Peter Hauspurgof Eastern Consolidated Property prices are reaching record highs as developers make wild bids to claim available land, Crain’s reported. Eastern Consolidated, for example, had a client...
View ArticleBronx retail market blossoms
Equity One’s Broadway Plaza The Bronx retail market is asserting itself with several new centers that are expected to attract national retailers to the borough, the Wall Street Journal reported. Real...
View ArticleRockaways real estate makes a comeback
Rockaways properties in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy The Rockaways section of Queens is making a comeback from the whack it took from Hurricane Sandy — both homes sales and summer rentals...
View ArticleMuss Development, helmed by a new generation, eyes Manhattan projects
Jason and Josh Muss Jason Muss, the 41-year-old heir apparent of his family’s real estate business, is steering the firm towards Manhattan residential and commercial projects, rather than the outer...
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