Name: Stefan Soloviev wants to break his own office rent record
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Description: Stefan Soloviev is betting Manhattan's office market can reach a milestone few thought possible: $400 per square foot.

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Stefan Soloviev is betting Manhattan's office market can reach a milestone few thought possible: $400 per square foot.

Stefan Soloviev wants to break his own office rent record

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New York real estate is famously brutal — but Victor Sigoura has managed to build and sell in some of the most competitive, supply-constrained corners of Manhattan. In this live Salon Series conversation with Amir Korangy, founder of The Real Deal, Victor breaks down how he went from litigator at Greenberg Traurig to a luxury condo developer behind projects on the Upper East Side, Gramercy Park, West Chelsea, and Greenwich Village.

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Why Realtors are walking away from NAR

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This developer needs $187M in 3 days

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A crowd of zombies — fake blood, rotting teeth and all — marched in support of Gotham Housing Alliance as New York’s Rent Guidelines Board weighed a potential rent freeze. The twist: several actors behind the undead spectacle say they weren’t told what cause they were hired to embody.

NYC's zombie protest backfired in real time

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⚽ World Cup windfall or own goal for U.S. real estate?

A blocked return. A decisive phone call. And a CEO title within the hour. Watch Stephen Siegel recount the career-defining turn that took him from a setback at Cushman &amp; Wakefield to the top job at ESG — after real estate legend Edward S. Gordon showed up in his office 20 minutes later.

Stephen Siegel on going from setback to CEO

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