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Chinese money dominates US investment sales market
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Chinese money dominates US investment sales market

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China has dominated the North American investment sales market in the past 12 months, investing over $1.6 billion in US properties, according to a new report from DTZ. North American investors dominated the U.S. market, acquiring nearly $76 billion of assets in the year to Q2 2014 and representing 84...
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Elghanyan, Ratner, Guggenheim join big-name crowdfunding supporters

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Real estate crowdfunding platform, Fundrise announced a number of new investors have joined the company’s first-round Series A including Guggenheim Partners, Rockrose president Justin Elghanayan … Continued
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$228M construction loan for Flatotel conversion

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Meridian Capital Group negotiated $228.5 million in construction financing for the condominium conversion of the former Flatotel in New York City to residential and commercial … Continued
East Midtown steering  group gets underway
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East Midtown steering group gets underway

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The East Midtown Steering Committee, a planning group co-chaired by Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and City Councilmember Daniel R. Garodnick to set the framework for a new greater East Midtown area, has finalized the group’s membership and held its first formal session today (Tuesday). A facilitation team will...
Veteran photographer turns her focus to real estate
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Veteran photographer turns her focus to real estate

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The residential brokers of New York have earned a reputation as some of the most driven business men and women on the globe. The mystique of dealing with the most coveted properties in the world brings to mind an image of young millennials, sharply dressed and eager to advance upwards from rentals to major listings or seasoned veterans heading towards retirement with priceless experience in their pocket and the commissions of numerous sales in their bank accounts. Dana Buckley of Corcoran doesn’t exactly fit into either of those molds.
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DC drawing more millennials than the Big Apple

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By Konrad Putzier New York is falling behind in the race for millennials, according to a new report by research firm, RealtyTrac. While Manhattan and … Continued
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Manhattan condo prices reach all-time high in August

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Home prices in the Manhattan condo market reached an all-time high in August, and are now nearly 7 percent higher than their previous peak in September 2007. Lack of inventory remains a key driver in condo price gains, according to the August StreetEasy® Manhattan Condo Market Report. The total number...
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You are what you wear in New York City real estate

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By Holly Dutton In a city where the biggest the best fashion labels in the world are headquartered, it’s no surprise that residential real estate … Continued
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Top ten guests at Fogarty Finger party

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Fogarty Finger Architects drew a real estate and media power crowd to their 10th anniversary/office warming party at 69 Walker Street in Tribeca last week.  With a slew of high profile projects on their drawing boards right now – from the gut renovation of the  mid-century office building at 437 Madison Avenue...