In downturn, suits pile up 04/02/09 From the April issue: In a downturn, it can seem like everyone sues everyone else. Squabbles between developers and lenders are escalating, leaving a growing number of dormant c...
Ratner buys first AY property in two years 04/01/09
Bruce Ratner's (left) Forest City Ratner has purchased 467 Dean Street
Forest City Ratner recently purchased a property in the Atlantic Yards
footprint, the compan...
In downturn, suits pile up 04/01/09 In a downturn, it can seem like everyone sues everyone else. Squabbles between developers and lenders are escalating, leaving a growing number of dormant construction sites in t...
Brokers vs. developers: battling it out in court 03/31/09 The Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group has filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court alleging that the developer of Tribeca's Five Franklin Place condo owes the brokerage m...
Jon Gollinger: Staging a better auction 03/31/09 Jon Gollinger does not want to be known as an auctioneer. And yet his company, Accelerated Marketing Partners, conducted 50 condominium auctions in cities around the United Stat...
Apartment hunting on the iPhone 03/24/09 From the March issue: Last month, the most popular applications
that could be downloaded to the iPhone from Apple's iTunes store
included a puzzle game named "Blocked," a joke...
Apartment hunting on the iPhone 02/28/09 Last month, the most popular applications that could be downloaded to the iPhone from Apple's iTunes store included a puzzle game named "Blocked," a joke generator called "Yo Ma...
Going, going gone 02/26/09
A condo auction
As home to the flagship locations of Christie's and Sotheby's, New York is no stranger to the auction business. When it comes to real estate, though, ...
Jewish Press building for sale 02/12/09 A large warehouse that has been home to the Jewish Press for nearly four decades is now on the market. The property, at 323 Third Avenue in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, was ...
New units sell Costco-style 02/03/09 From the February issue: Not so long ago, many New York City
developers modeled their sales efforts on stores like Barneys,
marketing luxury wares to consumers with nary a hal...
New units sell Costco-style 02/02/09 Not so long ago, many New York City developers modeled their sales efforts on stores like Barneys, marketing luxury wares to consumers with nary a half-off sticker in sight. Now...
North Slope holds its own 02/01/09 It's a neighborhood that hardly needs to be identified, thanks to its turn-of-the-century brownstones, sprawling Frederick Law Olmstead-designed park, and tree-lined streets. Wi...
Manhattan rental weakness spreads 01/30/09 Renters looking to be just a convenient train ride away from Manhattan are finding more choices as vacancies tick upward in the popular alternative-to-Manhattan neighborhoods of...
Not-so-prime times at the Prime 01/29/09 In mid-December, the Prime condominium tried to lure buyers to an open house by having Christmas carolers sing outside its West 14th Street building. According to the condo's de...
For a new market, new math 01/26/09 How much do you ask for a home when fewer and fewer deals are being
inked, prices are heading down, and buyers are bargain hunting? For many Manhattan brokers, that question is...
Sun sets on hotel boom in Brooklyn neighborhood 01/13/09 From the January issue: A few years ago, the prolific McSam
Hotel Group opened a Days Inn in Sunset Park, the Brooklyn neighborhood
south of Park Slope and north of Bay Ridge....
Review of a regrettable year 12/31/08 Until recently, it seemed like New York City's real estate market was the exception to the rule. Unlike the rest of the U.S., what went up here showed few signs of going down, a...
