Leyva called for Verizon Building conversion
Ismael Leyva Architects has been tapped to design the planned residential condominiums at 140 West Street, the former Verizon Building in Lower Manhattan. ISMAEL LEYVA … Continued
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Simone signs three new tenants at Metro Center
Metro Center Simone Healthcare Development Group announced that Parkchester Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, Ophthalmologist Dr. Eric Wolf, MD and Hanger Prosthetics have all signed … Continued
Group powering up for annual New York Light Festival
The New York Festival of Light (NYFOL), a non-profit art organization whose mission is to bring to New York City, the beauty and wonder of … Continued
Multi-lingual brokers on rise as apartment sales to foreigners top $2B
By Konrad Putzier So far this year, international buyers have spent $1.96 billion on New York City real estate — a market multi-lingual brokers are … Continued
Citi Habitats going all Google on its uptown agents
By Holly Dutton Manhattan brokerage Citi Habitats will open a new Upper West Side office in December, merging two of its current uptown offices into … Continued
Non-profit helping build school, community
Watching Zambian schoolchildren trek five miles to school each day inspired Sciame Construction president Joe Mizzi to launch a non-profit that will build schools and improve African communities.
Mizzi launched the 14+ Foundation with native Zambian Nchimunya Wulf, a fashion stylist, after a chance meeting during a trip there in 2011. “I went to Africa in May 2012 and then formed the foundation in June,” said Mizzi, noting that he had watched children from the village of Chikapata in Zambia walk close to five miles each way to school.
Cash deal for Cobble Hill Townhouse project
Jason Halpern and Gerard Longo, co-developers of The Townhouses of Cobble Hill, announced that they recently closed a $10 million construction loan for the project. … Continued
Work starts on new Fort Lee community
The first shovel of dirt was dug for a new one million square feet community in Fort Lee, NJ, yesterday (Wednesday). Rendering of Hudson Lights … Continued
Brookfield cooks up 71,000 s/f deal at Brookfield Place
BROOKFIELD PLACE Brookfield Office Properties Inc. announced that the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), New York City’s largest center for culinary learning, will relocate to … Continued
WHOâS NEWS: New franchise boss at NGKF; Murray Hill Properties welcomes trio; Global capital markets chief arrives at CBRE
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) Retail announced the addition of Jennifer Watson as senior managing director. Watson joins NGKFâs Chicago office and will work with … Continued