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Coveted Madison Avenue corner available for first time in 25 years

REW Staff
by REW Staff799
667 Madison Avenue’s corner retail unit will be available for the first time in 25 years when Cole Haan leaves in February of 2013. The corner unit consists of 1,689 s/f of ground floor retail and 1,858 s/f of storage space along with 500 s/f of mezzanine space. The retail...
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Top retail brokers compete for Deal of the Year

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by REW Staff814
The brokers behind 11 of best retail deals closed on New York’s streets last year are lining up to compete for the The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) coveted Deal of the Year award. REBNY announced this week that the task of selecting the best of retail real...
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Cutting through white noise of green revolution

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by REW Staff1094
For the property managers and superintendents charged with daily operations in New York’s buildings, the green revolution has brought opportunities to increase efficiency while improving the quality of everything from common area lighting to climate control. But it also brings the perils of any popular trend. “They have to separate all of the noise of the words ‘green’ and ‘energy efficient’ from what’s really good for them,” said David Kuperberg, chief executive of Cooper Square Realty, the city’s largest property management company. “It all comes down to money and costs.” 
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BuildingsNY stands out in crowd

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by REW Staff
By Dan Margulies, executive director, Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York, Inc. ABO sponsors BuildingsNY, which takes place May 2 & 3 Everyone … Continued
Home inprovement contracts: Having a license is not enough
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Home inprovement contracts: Having a license is not enough

REW Staff
by REW Staff736
By Howard Rubin Most contractors are aware of the need to obtain a home improvement license to do work on residences in New York City or they may be barred by public policy from obtaining payment for the work done and can be held liable for up to treble damages...
Hess to manage oil-to-gas conversion at Lindsay Park
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Hess to manage oil-to-gas conversion at Lindsay Park

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by REW Staff664
Lindsay Park Housing Corporation in New York City has selected Hess Energy Solutions, part of Hess Corporation, to convert its 10 boilers from No. 6 heating oil to cleaner-burning natural gas. Hess is managing the conversion from start to finish, providing turnkey project management and funding as part of a...
We can’t start until we finish
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We can’t start until we finish

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by REW Staff655
By Billy Procida, President, Procida Funding, LLC Hopefully, you have read part one of this article published in 2010, or its predecessor “Coming of the Half Builts,” published in 2006. If you followed its suggestions you don’t own either side (the fee or the loan) of a half built. If...
Cleaning up contaminated property pays off
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Cleaning up contaminated property pays off

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by REW Staff664
By David Lent, managing director, IVI Environmental Assessment Cleaning up environmentally contaminated property can be expensive — at times prohibitively so — which is why many property owners required by their lender to maintain an environmental reserve don’t always consider remediation a viable option. This can be a mistake. Sometimes,...
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New $75M fund will invest in developing green housing

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by REW Staff588
Citi Community Capital and Rose Investments, a division of Jonathan Rose Companies, have launched a $75 million fund that will make investments in multifamily affordable housing along the Eastern seaboard. The Rose Green Cities Fund LLC will acquire and renovate existing multifamily properties with cost-effective, high-impact green technologies, and preserve...