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Sodom by the Sea

Catsimatidis Brings His Condo Carnival to Coney Island

Manhattan Transfers

Is There a Doctor in the Penthouse?

Lies Damn Lies ...

Glee in Midtown! Office Rents Approaching Pre-Lehman Levels

11 Questions

Meet the Neighbors! Kristina Leonetti, the Scootering Sloper

By The Editors | April 29, 2011 | 5:44 pm

Welcome to the latest installment of our ongoing interview series, Meet the Neighbors! Corcoran senior vice president Kristina Leonetti learned the rules of life on the golf course with her dad--it's you against yourself and no one else--and this mantra has guided her to treat all her clients as if they were family. Her eye was honed as a native New Yorker and working in animation and post-production, and she has won numerous inter-office awards as a... MORE»

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Google This! Experian Hitwise in Rockrose's 300 Park South

By Laura Kusisto | April 29, 2011 | 2:06 pm

Nothing feeds our procrastination habit like Experian Hitwise's dissections of Internet searchitude. (What does the fact that the term "royal wedding" was five times more popular than "NFL draft" in the last few weeks say about the modern... MORE»

Views every which way.
House Porn

It's Free to Look: Don't Look Down!

By Sharon Elizabeth Samuel | April 29, 2011 | 12:18 pm

This apartment might make your ears pop. The New York Residence listing notes, "Even in a city accustomed to high buildings an apartment on the 69th floor, 700 ft up in the air, is exceedingly rare." $16.9 million will buy you windows galore, with slightly intimidating views of Columbus Circle and silent motorized window shades for rainy days and added... MORE»

Fun With Panels

First Daughters: Silverstein's Former Flame; Durst's Dive into Mass Transit

By Laura Kusisto | April 29, 2011 | 11:45 am

Connie Milstein was in a tough spot when once she was asked about the challenge of being part of a prominent real estate family. "A lot of what Connie said was not suitable for TV or radio or anywhere," said Faith Hope Consolo, who recounted the story at last night's "The Women Leading NY's Real Estate Families" panel. But an entire table of Milsteins was hanging on the blunt blonde's every word, so Ms. Milstein took a deep breath and uttered these cryptic words: "Sometimes," she said, "you gotta go along to get... MORE»

Not for sissies.
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Joint in New Williamsburg Studio

By Laura Kusisto | April 29, 2011 | 10:16 am

Don't be fooled by the potbellies and mustaches, Williamsburg residents haven't gone soft... MORE»

An Arena Grows in Brooklyn

Eminent Cinema: Atlantic Yards Doc Coming to a Rooftop Near You

By Matt Chaban | April 29, 2011 | 10:16 am

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Fashionable Four-Eyes Coming to Meatpacking District

By Laura Kusisto | April 29, 2011 | 10:14 am

By now there is no better place than the Meatpacking District to oggle and be oggled. All the more reason, of course, to do so in some stylish... MORE»

Elsewhere

On the Market: Servants Quarters Swank Again; Zonkers, It's Xanadu; Bad Luck of the Irish

By Matt Chaban | April 29, 2011 | 8:31 am

Lower Fifth Avenue rents on the rise [Crain's] Having a hard time selling that Brooklyn loft? Maybe it's the giant cocoon [Curbed] John Madden selling his Dakota two-bedroom... MORE»

The times they are a changin'.
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Sign of the Financial Times! $100 Rent at 1330 Sixth

By Laura Kusisto | April 28, 2011 | 3:38 pm

No building has mirrored the economic ups and downs like the aptly named Financial Times... MORE»

Big Box Battles

Stringer, De Blasio, Anti-Gun Advocates Call on Bloomberg to Reject Walmart [Updated]

By David Freedlander | April 28, 2011 | 2:29 pm

A coalition of anti-gun advocates are calling on Mayor Bloomberg this morning to join them in rejecting Walmart's plans to expand to New York City in light of a report that the big box retailer is trying to increase its sales of guns and ammunition as a way to boost its bottom... MORE»

Fun in the sun!
Sodom by the Sea

Catsimatidis Brings His Condo Carnival to Coney Island

By Matt Chaban | April 28, 2011 | 12:24 pm

Another thriller is coming to Coney Island, and there's no admission--unless you want to live there, of... MORE»

Manhattan Transfers

Is There a Doctor in the Penthouse?

By Matt Chaban | April 28, 2011 | 9:39 am

Flashy and Manhattan- (even Miami-) worthy as Richard Meier's On Prospect Park may be, the glassic condo off Grand Army Plaza has actually attracted a majority of Brooklynites into the building.... MORE»

concrete thoughts

Watch Manhattan Pull the City Out of Recession

By Robert Knakal | April 28, 2011 | 9:24 am

As has been the case for more than a century, the Manhattan submarket is once again leading the city out of a real estate downturn. When markets recover, typically the best properties, in the best locations, show positive trends well before secondary and tertiary properties and locations do. And by almost any metric, the Manhattan investment sales market is trending... MORE»

the lead indicator

The New CMBS and the Question of Risk

By Sam Chandan | April 28, 2011 | 9:23 am

The industry was abuzz last week following news of the first delinquency of the re-emergent CMBS market. Looking past the large type of the headlines, it was readily apparent that market participants could afford to keep their... MORE»

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On the Market: Brookfield's Twin Towers Rise; Martha's Daughter Sells; FiDi Gold

By Matt Chaban | April 28, 2011 | 8:44 am

Mets ace Chris Young renting $12,000 two-bedroom at Extell's Lucida [Post] High Line architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro  reimagine the suburban home... MORE»