Laura Kusisto
How can you tell the difference between an East Sider and a West Sider exercising in Central Park? The former amble along in frumpy track suits while the latter sprint about in skin-fitting Lycra. No more! Athleta, the Gap sports brand that's been slowly muscling its way into major U.S. cities, is opening its second New York location at Third Avenue and 86th Street. The retailer has taken 4,000 square feet in a long-term lease at... MORE >
The much-watched Canadian retailer that recently landed on Fifth Avenue with a splash of red and white, is opening its second New York City location, multiple sources told The... MORE >
Bruce Weber, the world-renowned fashion photographer, whose ads for Calvin Klein and Abercrombie & Fitch, famously feature everything but, has snapped up some new Hudson Street... MORE >
Few know the true genesis of CIM, but the legend goes like this: In 1986 two Israeli soldiers, who worked on a kibbutz together, came to California on vacation and decided to stay. They started a small landscaping business and bought a couple of cheap apartment buildings, when one day they struck up a conversation about grass or some such with Richard Ressler, an alum of '80s junk-bond yard Drexel... MORE >
253 West 35th Street Could it indeed be true that the grungy Penn Station office market is getting a second chance? At minimum, a tenant named, yes, Better Chance has leased 9,600 square feet for 10 years at 253 West 35th ... MORE >
110 East 59th Street We can't tell if it's the pre-Lehman asking rents or the prescription pharmaceuticals, but it's a little dizzying atop Jack Resnick & Sons signature tower abutting Park... MORE >
Gary Barnett has scored some big victories in the Diamond District of late, but in this case Extell's loss is the World Diamond Tower's... MORE >
How will the Dursts contain their excitement this week? A scant 36 hours after we crowned Messrs. Douglas and Jody the kings of New York real estate, we learn that they've signed 22,000 square feet of new... MORE >
Our invitation to preview Harry Macklowe's new Drake Hotel model must still be in the mail. In the meantime, The Observer has managed to get our hands on the next best thing--some actual architectural drawings of the planned development circa 2008, when an Armani-branded tower might not have been too far-fetched.... MORE >
A few weeks ago, The Observer took a stroll around the Drake Hotel site and noticed an orange crane poised in the northwest corner. That was just the first in a series of signs that the developers are moving ahead on one of North America's most valuable development... MORE >
26 West 17th Street With tech companies popping up in new offices faster than tweets on our Twitter feed, it never occured to us it's actually not easy for them to find... MORE >
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 >
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.... MORE >
Don't be fooled by the potbellies and mustaches, Williamsburg residents haven't gone soft... MORE >
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 >
