Tools swiped from Flank construction site 03/10/09 Forty-two tools were stolen from the construction site of Flank's
condominium project at 385 West 12th Street, according to law
enforcement sources. Summit Construction and su...
Co-exclusives: more exposure or just an aggravation? 03/09/09
Elliman's Lisa Simonsen (left) and BHS's Frans Preidel are selling a unit at 140 Franklin Street.
As prices continue to fall and sellers become more desperate to fi...
Wear your home hunt on your sleeve 03/04/09
T-shirts by Jason Solarek
In addition to listing your apartment with brokers or on Craigslist, you can now advertise your real estate search on your chest. East Vil...
Construction scion takes fall for Steve Martin 02/28/09 Viewers who tuned in to see actor/comedian Steve Martin being tackled by federal marshals on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock" this season actually saw Tim Gallin, a salesman at a family...
Platinum Properties opens office in Paris 02/28/09 Platinum Properties has opened an office in Paris in order to bring more international buyers to New York. Platinum Properties, which opened in 2005, offers management and marke...
William B. May changes to 100 percent commission model 02/28/09 Brokerage William B. May has changed its business model so brokers can receive 100 percent of their commissions. Charles Rutenberg Realty adopted a similar model in 2006, as rep...
Procida hires 11 new 'crisis' employees 02/28/09 Anticipating an increase in business in its real estate crisis management and restructuring services, William Procida Inc. has hired 11 new employees. "Somebody's got to fix thi...
French food invades Spanish Harlem 02/18/09 Two French eateries have opened recently on Lexington Avenue in East
Harlem, both owned by Europeans who live in the neighborhood. Yo in Yo Out opened last week at 1569 Lexingt...
Williamsburg developer holds out for buyers 02/10/09 The Northside Piers condominium is slashing prices to bring in buyers and clear
out excess inventory, but another Williamsburg waterfront developer is holding
out. "You don't ...
Web hits: The month in review 01/30/09 The name of the high-end game: extreme apartment price cuts
What goes up must come down. Sellers who once jockeyed for the highest sales prices are now struggling to outdo each...
West 24th St. could get new kind of tenant 01/30/09 For the past 18 years, 27 West 24th Street has been serving up drinks
to crowds of New Yorkers as a nightclub, but after a recent eviction,
the space might take on a new life....
BHS names new president of residential management 01/29/09 Brown Harris Stevens has promoted Paul Herman from executive vice president and director of management to president of residential management. Herman joined BHS three years ago ...
Robert K. Futterman opens first New Jersey office 01/29/09 Retail brokerage Robert K. Futterman & Associates has opened its first office in New Jersey. Barry Fishbach, an executive vice president at RKF, said the brokerage has been ...
Mystery houses: Gingerbread and gems 01/29/09 From the January issue: In the early 1900s, a stretch of land in
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, near the waterfront was lined with mansions. While
the neighborhood is now known for its ...
Austin Street may see residential development with rezoning 01/16/09 A proposed rezoning in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens would
allow residential development for the first time on a portion of Austin
Street, but residents say the area...
Co-op seller keeps dead buyer's down payment 01/06/09 In a recently settled lawsuit, the seller of an Upper East Side
cooperative unit got to keep a down payment from a buyer who died
before the closing. Glen Altman was in contra...
Halstead SVP departs for Elliman 01/02/09 Looking for a way to reinvent himself, Alan Pfeifer has moved to Prudential Douglas Elliman as an
executive vice president and associate broker. "Change inspires creativity and...
Brokers' resolutions to rise above the downturn 12/31/08 This year brought a series of horror stories to the city's real estate
market, with dropping home prices, fewer buyers, increasing layoffs and
no credit available for mortgage...
Mystery houses: Gingerbread and gems 12/30/08 In the early 1900s, a stretch of land in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, near the waterfront was lined with mansions.
While the neighborhood is now known for its collection of single-f...
