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Month: October 2012
Nets Dunked by Sandy: Mayor Bloomberg Cancels Thursday’s Nets-Knicks Opener at Barclays Center
Deal Closings Postponed, CRE Finance Industry Recovers from Storm
Extell Blames PR Guy Pissed About One57 Evacuations for Cashing in on Tragedy
New New Amsterdam: Should New York Do Like the Dutch and Build Some Skyscraper-Sized Sea Gates?
DOB: One57 Crane Appears Safe, But It Could Be Days Before It Is Secured
A Force of Nature: Watch the One57 Crane Be Bent Backward by Hurricane Sandy [Video]
Even in a Hurricane, Mayor Bloomberg Bullish on Waterfront Development
Brooklyn Buzz: From Spike Lee to Etsy, C&W’s Glenn Markman Has BK Down
Equinox CEO Harvey Spevak on Decision to Keep Gyms Open During Sandy: ‘Safety is Our Top Priority’
One57’s Broken Crane Appears Safe But Will Not Be Secured Until After Hurricane Passes
Crane Collapses at One57, Developer Gary Barnett Hopes ‘No One Gets Hurt’
The MTA and the Real Estate Bubble: $88 M. Apartments Do Not Mean Transit Agency Is Rich Again
Check Out New Space on the Market at Brookfield Property’s 200 Liberty Street
Islanders Move to Brooklyn Will Not Make It Any Easier for You to Move to Atlantic Yards
Betting on Brookfield: Mitch Rudin Looks Back at First 15 Months
Starwood Sells Mortgage Stake To Vornado on Times Square Gateway Center Development
These Days, Tenants Housed in Insurance Submarket Anything But
Financial West Submarket Still Waiting, Waiting, Waiting for Market Boost
New Breed of Creative Class Tenant Heads to Financial East Submarket
In World Financial Submarket, Silverstein, Brookfield Rule the Roost
Dan Doctoroff Still Has Big Plans―Like Moving the Javits to Sunnyside Yards
EPIC’s Elghanayan Refinances the Olympia House with $71 million
Check Out Cortlandt Way, the New Shopping Street Taking Shape at the WTC
After Successful IPO, Shutterstock Plans to Move Into Bigger Office Downtown
Unveiling Competing Designs for 425 Park, David Levinson Says He Will Not Wait for Midtown Rezoning
Tech, Advertising, Media, Info All Competing for Midtown South Space
Check Out Billy Macklowe’s New Tech Prebuilt at 386 Park Avenue South
Investor Group Acquires Times Square Development Site for $430 Million
U.S. Postal Service Sells Building in Queens for $6.55 Million
City-Financed East River Apartments Will Remain Affordable for the Next 40 Years
Just One Call: Email, Text and Skype Are Fine, But Don’t Count Out Ma Bell
421-a For Dummies: When It Comes to Benefits, Politicos Don’t Have a Clue
Goldstein, Hill & West: How New York’s Most Anonymous Architects Have Taken Over the Skyline
Wells Fargo Finances Manhattan at Times Square Hotel With $120 million
Where Are the Big Tenants? CBRE Data Shows Lack of Large Deals in Manhattan
Northwestern Mutual Provides $91 Million Construction/Permanent Financing on D.C. Development
Microsoft the Latest Big Tech Company to Come to Midtown South
Rainbow Room Granted Landmarks Status, Paving Way for Restaurant’s Reopening
Trinity Real Estate, Hudson Square, Targeting Fashion Industry Tenants
Hip Retailers, Tech Startups, Compete For Scarcity of Space in SoHo
As High Line Thrives, Rent Rises in Chelsea While Some Art Galleries Flee
NoMad Meets RugLand Where Madison Square and Union Square Collide
Aimco Finances Lincoln Place Redevelopment for $190.7 Million
Sirius America Moves Domestic Headquarters to Financial District
Greenpoint Giant! Park Tower Group Building Two of First Ten Rental Towers By Next Year
Berkeley Point Arranges $74.7 Million Fannie Mae Loan on Woodner Apartments in D.C.
Madison Realty Capital Originates $22 Million Loan for Renovation of Mixed-Use Soho Property
Palo Alto University Makes Last Mortgage Payment, Becomes Debt-Free
Firefly Value Partners Takes Space at Hot Starrett-Lehigh Building
HFF arranges $34 Million Financing for Multi-Housing Community in Suburban Philadelphia
The Case for Networking: Among Skills Brokers Should Have, Small Talk Is Key
NorthMarq Arranges $31.3 Million for North Village Apartments in New Jersey
Berkadia Helps Borrower, New to Agency Financing, Secure $38 M. for Multifamily
Oritani Provides a $27.8 Loan on Roosevelt Island Co-op Conversion
Enter the Matrix: High-Tech, High-Rise Data Farm Puts Down Roots in Lower Manhattan
Lenders Increasingly Agree to Write Down Commercial Real Estate Loans
Moving Leases to Balance Sheets Has Landlords and Tenants Off Balance
Rapidly Expanding Accounting Firms Hungry For New Office Space
Distressed Owners of Commercial Real Estate on the Hook for Hefty Tax Bill
Domino Suit Thrown Out, Paving The Way For Factory’s $180 Million Sale
GSA-Heavy Bethesda Building Receives $47 Million in Financing
Silverstein Properties Obtains $63 Million Loan on 120 Wall Street
Perry Ellis International Stretches Out Its Gams at 530 Fifth Avenue
$51 Million Construction Loan from CIBC Funds Lightstone Multifamily
Mercedes House Speeds Ahead: Two Trees Sold Those Condos to Invesco Because It Was the Best Deal
650 Fifth Avenue, A Building With Alleged Ties to Iranian Bank, Celebrates New Coming-Out Party
Expiration of Controversial J-51 Program Could Prove Surprising
Use of 1031 Exchanges to Increase When George Bush-Era Tax Cuts Expire
Burden Heavy on Landlords of Multifamily Apartment Buildings
Accountants Stars of Show During Blockbuster SavaSeniorCare Trial
Another Reason for the Midtown East Rezoning: Bragging Rights
Parsons Brinckerhoff moving 146 employees out of One Penn Plaza to Pennsylvania
Dropping Red Hook, Nets Continue to Cruise for City Practice Facility
Thurston Moore and John Zorn Host ‘Save the Village’ Benefit to Fight NYU Expansion
The H&M Zone: Discount fashion retailer nabs former ESPN restaurant
Psst! Nominations Due Today for The Mortgage Observer’s 20 Under 35
432 Park Will Not Only Be New York’s Tallest Building But Also, at $2.43 B., Its Most Expensive
Vince Camuto Expands Showroom at 1370 Avenue of the Americas
Global Marketing and Technology Firm Expands at 11 West 19th Street
Jigga Scam: Jay Z Us Wait With No Brooklyn Booze and Water That Costs More Than Soda
Joint Venture Will Recapitalize 31-Property Southern California Portfolio
1717 Broadway, Newly Topped Out, Carries the Torch Blighting Rivals’ Views
Open House New York: A Decade of Showcasing New York’s Secret Spaces
APF Properties Signs Penthouse Deal Despite Stagnant Midtown
Cohen Brothers Hires John Sinon as Vice President Showroom Leasing
C&W Report Shows Investment Sales Volume Decline in the Third Quarter
Check Out David Mamet and William H. Macy’s Atlantic Theater Company Plans
Rockin’ The Suburbs: Fairfield and Westchester Counties See Mild 3rd Quarter Activity
Chief Investment Officer of Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Arm is Stepping Down
Foster + Partners Wins 425 Park Sweepstakes, Creating New Midtown Landmark for L&L
Bank of America Provides $60 Million Loan to Build New East Village Luxury Condo
The Ups and Downs of Rich Marin, the Ex-Banker Building the World’s Biggest Ferris Wheel
Douglas Arntsen, the Globetrotting, Real-Estate-Robbing Attorney, Takes Guilty Plea
10 Better Names for The Journal‘s New Friday Real Estate Section
Benchmark Real Estate Purchases Apartment Building at 425 Third Avenue
3rd Quarter Results Indicate Market Shift, Plaza District Not So Blah: Colliers Reports
Meridian Closes $41.3 Million in Financing on 240 West 37th Street
David Ash Nearly Said Goodbye to Real Estate. Then Something Happened.
Worldwide Plaza Bids Coming in Slightly Below George Comfort’s Lofty Targets
Languishing Chicago Address Gets New Life with $115 Million U.S. Bank Loan
Eastdil Secured Tapped to Sell 550 Madison, Philip Johnson’s Iconic Sony Building
Trinity Real Estate’s Fit to be Thai’ed, Signs Thakoon Panichgul