Devonshire House and Daniel Brodsky

Last week, the Observer reported that the ground floor retail space at
Greenwich Village’s Devonshire House had been sold to a “very wealthy
family” from New York for $10.35 million. Today, the deed hit public
records, revealing the buyer as the Brodsky Organization, the prolific
New York developer, builder and property management firm headed by
Daniel Brodsky. Brodsky, whose recent projects include Chelsea Enclave
and an under-construction Hunter College social work facility in East
Harlem, will be getting a fully-leased 8,426-square-foot space below
the pre-war condominium conversion at 28 East 10th Street.
Tenants include a floral shop, cleaners and bagel store.
Representatives from Eastern Consolidated, which represented sellers
the Cheshire Group and Sterling Equities in the deal, told the
Observer last week that the purchase was for “pure investment”
purposes. TRD

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HGTV’s new realty reality show, “Selling New York,” premiers tonight at 9 p.m., promising to showcase the “top of the real estate food chain.” The show follows Gumley Haft Kleier’s Michele Kleier and her broker daughters, Samantha Kleier Forbes and Sabrina Kleier Morgenstern, as well as Core’s Shaun Osher, among other brokers from each firm as they maneuver their way through some of the city’s most high-end real estate transactions. In honor of the debut, The Real Deal did some digging to find out which of the city’s prized properties are slated to be featured this season. Among them: a four-bedroom loft at the Chelsea Mercantile listed for $22.45 million, the 25 Murray Street loft for which former Giants star Michael Strahan is asking $1.85 million, a $17 million landmarked townhouse at 109 East 69th Street, and a 2,295-square-foot spread at highly-anticipated One Brooklyn Bridge Park (see slide show of many of the homes above). Click here for more information about the residences expected to appear in the upcoming season.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his plans to pour another $1 billion into an affordable housing build-up effort during a talk at the New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Meanwhile, Devonshire House, the pre-war-turned-condo building at 28 East 10th Street, will be the site of a cooking event with Food Network chef and star Alexandra Guarnaschelli, and buyers’ brokerage Elika Associates announced a new partnership today with alchemyRED, a real estate developer and renovation liaison service for homeowners, and Cross It Off Your List, a so-called “relocation and lifestyle management company.” Click here for more. TRD
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The Devonshire House at 28 East 10th Street in Greenwich Village puts units on the market. FirstService Real Estate Advisors expands to D.C. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer denounces rezoning proposal. For more click here. TRD
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The state attorney general’s office has approved a condo conversion on a pre-war rental building in Greenwich Village. Developers Cheshire Group and Sterling American Property have begun marketing units at the Devonshire House, at 28 East 10th Street, at an average price per foot of $1,436, which, according to Cheshire Group partner Jenifer Steig, is 10 to 15 percent below the prices they had planned on a year ago. “We are going to be realistic about what we can sell at a reasonable pace,” Steig said. “We are priced for today. No one can say this building is overpriced.” [more]