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Catsimatidis cashing in on hot market
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Catsimatidis cashing in on hot market

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Supermarket billionaire and former mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis is cashing in on the buoyant Northern Manhattan sales market. HFF announced it is marketing a vacant 10,000 s/f lot at 1040 St. Nicholas Avenue, which city tax records show belongs to the Gristedes Foods chairman, whose real estate holdings operate under the banner Red Apple Group. “The current owner is looking to sell because the market up there is much better,” said Eric Anton, a senior director at HFF who is marketing the site with colleague Andrew Scandalios.
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Wilf bulks up tenancy in tight midtown market

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Eight tenants committed to three of Skyline Developers’ Midtown properties recently inking more than 44,000 square feet in leases amid tightening availability in Manhattan’s Plaza District. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) exclusively represented Skyline in all the transactions, which included six new leases and two renewals. “The brisk activity that Skyline experienced at its Class A properties is a microcosm of what is happening in the entire Midtown office market, especially at top-rate properties, following a quiet first quarter,” said NGKF's Billy Cohen.
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Modern Spaces opens sixth new office

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Residential brokerage firm, Modern Spaces,  will open its sixth New York-area office – and its second in Astoria – at 34-16 30th Avenue this October. The 2,000 s/f office will  house 25 agents and it has an outdoor garden space which will be used for hosting events. Much like the...
Douglas Elliman’s retail group brings   women’s care facility to Harlem
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Douglas Elliman’s retail group brings women’s care facility to Harlem

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Faith Hope Consolo, Chairman, and Joseph Aquino, Executive Vice President, along with Arthur Maglio of Douglas Elliman’s Retail Group have arranged a long-term lease for Trinity Women’s Care at 1845 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, culminating the leasing of three medical office suites in the revitalized prewar residential condominium, located...
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More workers put pedal power into their commute

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Vision Real Estate Partners (VREP) has brought bike sharing to the suburbs at its Crossings at Jefferson Park, located in the Whippany section of Hanover Township. The company this month introduced an onsite B-cycle station, from which employees of tenants at the 525,000 s/f office campus can rent bicycles by...
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Brooklyn luxury rental building marketed for $90M

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Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell “The Kestrel”, a luxury rental building at 33 Caton Place. The property is located between Ocean Parkway and East 8th Street in Brooklyn’s Windsor Terrace neighborhood. The asking price is $90,000,000. The newly-developed, eight-story building contains approximately...
Midtown tower earns LEED honors
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Midtown tower earns LEED honors

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The Rockefeller Group announced that 1221 Avenue of the Americas has achieved LEED EB-Silver certification from the US Green Building Council. The 2.5 million square foot property, which first achieved LEED-EB status in 2009, is the largest recertified LEED-EB building in New York City. LEED-EB is the designation by the...
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SELLING POINTS: Thor venture makes $40M buy; Crowd goes wild for UN property

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● THOR EQUITIES Thor venture makes $40M apartment buy In their second residential joint venture partnership, Thor Equities and GreenOak have purchased a pre-war rental apartment building at 150 West 82nd Street for $41.5 million from Maurice Mann of Mann Realty Associates. Built in 1926, the ten-story property is located...
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Boston Properties to sell 601 Lex to Norwegians

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Boston Properties announced that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell a 45 percent interest in each of 601 Lexington Avenue in New York City, and Atlantic Wharf Office Building and 100 Federal Street in Boston to affiliates of Norges Bank Investment Management for $1.5 billion....
Go West: Largest development in U.S. history poised for greatness
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Go West: Largest development in U.S. history poised for greatness

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By Steven Spinola If Horace Greeley were around today, urging folks to “Go West, young man” these days he would be talking about exploring the West Side of Manhattan over the Western United States. It is fitting then that Greeley Square sits just east of the largest development in the...