Laura Kusisto
10 West 33rd Street While we may have just uncovered the shopaholic's Holy Grail, sadly plebeians are not admitted. A specialty building in the garment district caters to retailers, who come to browse high-end accessories to purchase in bulk for their spring line. No mere Web surfing will do, Adams & Co.'s David Levy told The Commercial Observer. "The buyer needs to see the item that they're buying," he said. "It's not like you and me... MORE >
Speculating on star buys before they happen is, as they say, risky business. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were rumored to have bought one of the penthouses at 200 Eleventh Avenue, but it's now back on the... MORE >
Not since that ebullient fall of 2006 have Manhattan office brokers been so busy. Leasing activity hit a four-year high in 2010, according to Cushman & Wakefield's fourth-quarter Manhattan office report. Activity rose 61.4 percent in 2010 compared to the year... MORE >
On an August morning in 2008, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Central Park, crowds lined up for hours to take a ride in a hot-air balloon 30 stories above the park's southern end. Soaring above the trees, with a clear shot of the reservoir shimmering to the north and the midtown skyline to the south, for 10 minutes they glimpsed the elusive perfect... MORE >
Long gone are McSweeney's days as a magazine for brilliant rejects. In a sign the quarterly has gathered a whiff of the bourgeois, editor-at-large Sean Wilsey and his wife, Daphne Beal, a writer and former editor at The New Yorker, just sold their loft at 262 Mott Street for $3.525 million. The former Civil War armory was converted into condos about 15 years ago, and Mr. Wilsey, then a bachelor, moved in not long after... MORE >
Life imitates art after all. Former Whitney chairman Robert J. Hurst is following the cultural arbiter he once ruled from uptown to the High Line. The former Goldman Sachs chairman and Crestview Partners head sold his apartment at 950 Fifth Avenue-steps from the museum-for $25 million in September. The sale of a coveted duplex in the seven-unit co-op prompted an outburst of optimism among brokers that mega-sales were back in... MORE >
123 Baxter Street Spending $600 on sneakers is so 2005. Now Dave's Wearhouse will open a Soho spot for sneakerheads and skateboarders with budget sheets in... MORE >
123 Baxter Street Spending $600 on sneakers is so 2005. Now Dave's Wearhouse will open a Soho spot for sneakerheads and skateboarders with budget sheets in... MORE >
It's getting breezy outside, but not nearly as chilly as buyers' attitudes towards new condo... MORE >
119 West 40th Street Even a travel company has discovered there's no place like home. Tzell Travel, which specializes in arranging trips for businesspeople, just signed a long-term renewal for its 64,141-square-foot headquarters in midtown. The company already occupies 47,987 square feet on the entire 13th through 15th floors, as well as the penthouse and part of the basement, and now it will migrate to 16,154 square feet on the 12th floor as... MORE >
863 Washington Street Whether the High Line yet smells sweet remains open for debate, but at least for Bond No. 9 it certainly smells of success. The New York City-based perfumery released a new fragrance this fall in honor of the erstwhile industrial wasteland, capturing the aroma of "wildflowers, green grasses," and just "a hint of industrial grit." Now the perfumistas have followed their noses to a new 1,000-square-foot store at 863 Washington... MORE >
The Observer heard murmurings this afternoon that some coveted units at One River Terrace just came to the surface. And, sure enough, two corner units that can be combined into one just hit the market for $6.25 million. While nursing that post-festival time hangover, and perhaps pinching those extra five pounds, it might just be time to think about the 50-foot lap pool, yoga room and some twice-filtered water and... MORE >
--You don't have to look far to find Ralph Lauren on the Upper East Side. Now the firm's COO and president Roger Farah is strutting into a $2.125 million co-op in the neighborhood he helps clothe. Mr. Farah, who also lists a suburban abode, will enjoy three gracious bedrooms and a Viking stove in the Emery Roth-designed gem at 190 East 72nd Street. With all those half-off sales on striped sailor gear, Mr. Farah managed to score quite... MORE >
The Observer shed a tiny tear today upon learning that the pink paper's former home is seeing a touch of red. The townhouse at 54 East 64th Street, wherein many a scandal was exposed, soiree recounted and witty headline penned, just got price-chopped by $2 milllion. The 10,000-square-foot mansion was listed for $27 million in April 2009, but as of yesterday it could be had for a mere $25... MORE >
Peter Orszag may have dumped his pregnant girlfriend for a hot, young ABC correspondent in by no means the worst Democratic party scandal of 2009. But as every New Yorker knows, the best way to get even is to get better real... MORE >
