Beny Steinmetz sentenced to five years in bribery scandal
Romania’s Supreme Court has handed down a five-year sentence to billionaire Beny Steinmetz, a reported silent backer of New...
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Ben Ashkenazy threatened to “go nuclear” on Century 21 family: lawsuit
UPDATED Dec. 22, 2020, 2 pm: Real estate developer Ben Ashkenazy told the family behind Century 21 that he...
Madison Realty Capital to give Toledano tenants $1M in rent credits
Madison Realty Capital has agreed to give more than $1 million in rent credits to tenants of Raphael Toledano’s...
Retail magnate Peter Nygard hit with sex-trafficking indictment
Canadian retail magnate Peter Nygard is being indicted for allegedly running a sex-trafficking ring. Federal prosecutors are also bringing...
JDS sues 111 West 57th contractor, insurer over shoddy work and “blunderbuss requests”
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, you’re fired — and see you in court. That’s the...
Restaurant, luxury retailer duke it out for sidewalk space: lawsuit
When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Open Restaurants initiative in June, allowing customers to be seated in temporary...
Mezz lender takes control of Wonder Works’ UES condo
Right before a foreclosure auction was due to proceed for a loan tied to Wonder Works Construction’s condo project...
Bobby Flay’s restaurant group must pay rent despite pandemic woes: judge
In one of the first rulings in a Covid-related landlord-tenant dispute, a judge has decided that an office tenant...
Falling ice capades: Extell sued over icicles at Central Park Tower
First, a dying luxury market. Then a pandemic. And now, a dispute over falling icicles. Falling icicles? That’s according...
Foreclosures tied to 4 HFZ condo buildings halted, for now
HFZ Capital Group scored a victory in a legal battle against its lender CIM Group — but the prolific...