New York’s biggest general contractors
By Kevin Sun | Research By Matthew Elo | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
With global supply chains, an inherent need for on-site workers and a client base that depends on optimism, construction firms faced challenges on several fronts when the pandemic shook the world economy last spring....
New York’s biggest general contractors
“Not our kind”: How discrimination persists in New York co-ops
By E.B. Solomont and Sylvia Varnham O'Regan | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
Stefani Berkin spent much of 2019 visiting apartments with two of her clients, a gay couple in their 30s....
“Not our kind”: How discrimination persists in New York co-ops
The Closing: Scott Durkin
By Erin Hudson | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
Scott Durkin doesn’t mind playing second (or third) fiddle. The president and COO of one of New York’s largest brokerages doesn’t bask in his title. Instead, he operates with a light touch, favoring delegation...
The Closing: Scott Durkin
The 20 priciest Hamptons sales this year
By Cordilia James | May 16, 2021 10:40PM
UPDATED, May 14, 2021, 6:45 p.m.: Home sellers’ usual strategy is to list in the spring, when buyers are most active. But Hamptons buyers could hardly be more active than they have been since...
The 20 priciest Hamptons sales this year
Serious buyers only: The 10 priciest new Hamptons listings
By Cordilia James | May 16, 2021 10:44PM
Never has there been a better time to list a Hamptons estate. The pandemic supercharged interest in vacation homes...
Serious buyers only: The 10 priciest new Hamptons listings
Retailers rush to open in the Hamptons
By Sasha Jones | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
Phil Zelonky has been planning to open a pop-up nightclub in the Hamptons ever since his first club, Noir, debuted in Manhattan two years ago. There’s just one issue: finding a space. As New...
Retailers rush to open in the Hamptons
North Fork home inventory can’t meet demand
By Laura Euler | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
That warm westerly breeze you feel? That’s coming from the North Fork of Long Island, where the real estate...
North Fork home inventory can’t meet demand
Think buying in the Hamptons is tough? Try building
By Laura Euler | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
When it comes to trophy homes, Hamptonites tend not to trust anyone’s taste but their own. There is always...
Think buying in the Hamptons is tough? Try building
Shinnecock Nation rolls dice on Southampton casino
By Laura Euler | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The Shinnecock Nation is planning to build a casino in Southampton. The...
Shinnecock Nation rolls dice on Southampton casino
East End reels from influx of year-round visitors
By Laura Euler | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
In the Hamptons, summer vacationers and year-round residents endure something of a symbiotic relationship. The hedge funders, Hollywood types,...
East End reels from influx of year-round visitors
The social housing movement picks up steam
By Kathryn Brenzel | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
When Shaya Schreiber started searching for a home in Madison, Wisconsin, her options were limited. Student loans made the single mother of two ineligible for certain affordable housing and a market-rate home was beyond...
The social housing movement picks up steam
The curious case of the vanishing attorney
By Rich Bockmann | May 16, 2021 10:49PM
The spin class at the New York Sports Club near City Hall was a popular lunchtime workout for landlords and real estate attorneys. They would go for the intense instructor, Mitch Kossoff, a spinning...
The curious case of the vanishing attorney
The problem with escrow
By Lidia Dinkova | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
Real estate lawyers routinely hold millions of dollars in escrow for their clients, serving as trusted third parties to ensure funds are delivered and deals close properly. The attorneys safeguard the money for days,...
The problem with escrow
The return to the workplace is re-shaping the workspace
By Bill Egbert | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
As more Americans get vaccinated, the return-to-office movement is gathering steam. Companies that a month ago were merely speculating...
The return to the workplace is re-shaping the workspace
South Florida’s hotel conundrum
By Katherine Kallergis | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
The lights are still dark at the Diplomat Beach Resort, a sprawling 1,000-room oceanfront hotel in South Florida. More than a year after the pandemic began, conventions and business travelers — the lifeblood of...
South Florida’s hotel conundrum
Real estate’s susceptibility to data breaches
By Erin Hudson | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
In 2018, the company that manages the Brooklyn condominium where cybersecurity expert Roman Sannikov lives was hacked. The hacker...
Real estate’s susceptibility to data breaches
NYC landlords could find a lifeline in carbon trading
By Keith Larsen | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
The year is 2030. New York City landlords, struggling to comply with city-mandated greenhouse gas emission caps, are on...
NYC landlords could find a lifeline in carbon trading
Editor’s note: Battling the old guard
By Stuart Elliott | May 17, 2021 07:00AM
“The old guard has to be stopped.” That quote may sound like it came from a progressive politician in Albany, but it actually came from a real estate broker in Manhattan. One of our...
Editor’s note: Battling the old guard
