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Downtown leasing shows midtown swagger

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By Konrad Putzier After years of stagnation, the downtown office market is now attracting a steady influx of tenants from midtown, according to new research … Continued
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Family justice center coming to Staten Island

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Spacesmith is pleased to announce the firm will be the architects for the New York City Family Justice Center, Staten Island, to be located in … Continued
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AKRF to speak at NJ conference

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AKRF, an environmental, engineering and planning consultant, will help lead the debate on how best to ensure sustainable development in the region during the 5th … Continued
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Architecture firm GWHA launches interior design branch

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Goldstein Hill & West Architects (GHWA), a NYC-based architecture firm and its partners, who are responsible for the design of more than 100 buildings throughout … Continued
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SL Green takes full ownership of $1.6B Citigroup headquarters

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SL Green Realty Corp. announced an agreement to acquire Ivanhoe Cambridge’s stake in 388-390 Greenwich Street, thereby assuming full ownership of Citigroup Inc.’s headquarters 2.6 … Continued
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Women suit themselves at annual forum

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Top minds from across the real estate industry shared insights and exploits with more than 550 attendees at the third annual Real Estate Weekly Women’s Forum last week. In her morning keynote, Jodi Pulice, founder and president of JRT Realty Group, made a strong case for a bigger role for women in real estate. “We are living in a time and economy where, in order to afford a certain lifestyle, both parents must at some point be in the workplace,” she said. “We must empower our own children and lead by example.”
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Developers lining up to do business with module makers

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By Sarah Trefethen FCS Modular, The joint venture-child of Forest City Ratner and Skanska Construction, is up and running in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, producing pre-fabricated building modules for the first residential tower at the Atlantic Yards site in Downtown Brooklyn. But the new company has already attracted interest from other developers considering modular construction …
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Sitt runs Heiberger out of TOWN brokerage

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By Holly Dutton Two real estate executives have gone from partners to bitter rivals. Days after he was fired as CEO of TOWN Residential, company founder Andrew Heiberger has filed a lawsuit against developer Joe Sitt seeking an injunction to prevent Thor Equities from removing him from the firm’s board of managers. The suit also …