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Visit TRD’s Facebook page “Like” The Real Deal magazine on Facebook here, and you’ll be sure to stay abreast of the latest real estate news. Our Facebook page features breaking industry stories, links...
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“Hideous” Brooklyn building OK’d to stay despite locals’ complaints, 750...
750 Lexington Avenue 1. Rental at 40 Bond on the market for $19,000 a month [Crain’s] 2. Building site at East 12th Street in Homecrest, Brooklyn, that locals call “hideous” gets OK to continue...
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Mid-conversion Midtown West building on sale for $36M
315 West 35th Street (inset: John Krueger of Marcus & Millichap) A gutted office building that was once the focus of a dispute involving Isaac Chetrit and poorly proofread title documents has hit...
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Boston Properties sees market ripe for asset sales
Mort Zuckerman and the GM Building at 767 Fifth Avenue The capital markets’ hunger for trophy assets has led Boston Properties to focus on investment sales rather than acquisitions, executives for the...
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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. UES rental with high-end condo potential could fetch $120M 2. Where in NYC would the royal baby reside?: PHOTOS 3. Donald Trump claims he’s worth $8B; we got...
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The Real Deal discusses NYC real estate market: VIDEO
From left: NBC’s Pat Battle and TRD’s Hiten Samtani There are deals out there — you just need to know where to look. So goes the advice of The Real Deal‘s own Hiten Samtani, speaking to NBC’s Pat...
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$24M Blatt Billiards deal signals end of an era
Joseph Berko (inset), 809 Broadway The Blatt Billiards loft building in Union Square — one of the last relics of the area’s manufacturing past — is set to trade hands for $24 million, underscoring the...
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“Real Housewives” star faces 50 years in mortgage fraud case
Joe and Teresa Giudice Teresa Giudice, star of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” has been charged with 39 counts of fraud, ranging from mortgage fraud to tax evasion, along with her husband Joe,...
View ArticleTAMI to the rescue of the commercial market
From the August issue: It’s been a difficult month for financial firms, with investment bank Gleacher & Co. winding down and hedge fund giant SAC Capital Advisors accused of insider trading....
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Brooklyn’s all-cash townhouse buyers drive up prices, MoMA architecture...
Lower Manhattan plan of 1966 (Credit: Andrew Lynch via Wired) 1. Investors buying Brooklyn townhouses are paying cash only and driving up prices [Brownstoner] 2. MoMA architecture and design curator...
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Mayoral candidate settles family feud over UES brownstone
George McDonald and 232 East 84th St. Mayoral candidate George McDonald and his wife, accused of taking out nearly $1.5 million in mortgage loans in her father’s name and then forcing him out of their...
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High kickin’ it at the MDLNY season finale: PHOTOS
From left: Fredrik Eklund, Dottie Herman and Luis Ortiz As the second season of Bravo TV’s broker battle reality show “Million Dollar Listing New York” came to a close yesterday, the stars of the...
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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. Stonehenge tenant falls to death from balcony 2. Real estate mogul’s wife is having “X Factor” Cowell’s baby 3. $24M Blatt Billiards deal signals end of an era
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NYC has $7M plan for a beach under the Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo’s 30 Washington...
30 Washington Street in Dumbo (Credit: Dumbo NYC) 1. Dumbo’s 30 Washington wraps conversion and is now 61 percent leased [Curbed] 2. City wants to turn 11,000-square-foot area near Brooklyn Bridge into...
View ArticleBrooklyn councilperson reverses stance on City Point
Amid heat from her constituents, Brooklyn council member Letitia James has done an about-face on City Point, Crain’s reported. She previously criticized the large, 1.9-million-square-foot mixed-use...
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Pam Liebman: Broker reality shows bad for NYC real estate
From left: Corcoran’s Pamela Liebman and Ryan Serhant of MDLNY Despite the popularity of real estate reality shows like “Million Dollar Listing New York” and “Selling New York,” several of New York...
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Keller Williams says adios to “MDLNY” star Luis Ortiz
From left: a Keller Williams NYC ad published in TRD, the cast of “Million Dollar Listing New York” Luis Ortiz, a star of “Million Dollar Listing New York,” has been shown the door at Keller Williams...
View ArticleShady upselling returns to mortgage market
It’s called “upselling” — steering home mortgage applicants into higher-cost terms that increase the lender’s profits — and it was rampant during the housing boom years. It worked like this: Rather...
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Top 5 investment sales recorded in July
From left: William Shanahan, 425 Lexington Avenue and Darcy Stacom Click here to see the top five investment sales recorded in July and more.
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NYCHA taps ex-board member for community outreach
Margarita Lopez The New York City Housing Authority is bringing on an ex-board member to take over a mixed bag of duties, including community relations, Crain’s reported. Margarita Lopez starts Aug. 15...
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