Category : Featured

Owners, managers urged to adopt new technology to keep Legionnaires out of their buildings

REW July 25, 2018 July 25, 2018

by REWJuly 25, 2018July 25, 20182058

As the city probes another outbreak of Legionnaires Disease clustered in Washington Heights, building owners and managers are being encouraged to look to new technologies to help eradicate the bacteria once and for all.

Construction & Design Featured

BANKS: When it comes to affordable housing, it’s time to look at the bigger picture

REW July 24, 2018 July 24, 2018

by REWJuly 24, 2018July 24, 20181953

REBNY president says deferring to local Council members on land use applications is creating an environment where hyper-local interests supersede broader regional goals.

Featured Lawsuits

Trade Secrets Act invoked for first time in listing dispute

REW July 23, 2018 July 23, 2018

by REWJuly 23, 2018July 23, 20182701

A dispute over Long Island City listings has been moved to federal court and for Compass, which stands accused of boosting data from Modern Spaces, that’s a good thing. Filed under the Trade Secrets Act, the move gives the firm a chance to get out from under a temporary restraining order imposed in state court

Featured Lawsuits

Tenants win right to live rent-free in Downtown building

Kyle Campbell July 23, 2018 July 23, 2018

by Kyle CampbellJuly 23, 2018July 23, 2018686

A federal judge has given a group of renegade Downtown tenants the green light to keep living rent-free. The 17 residents of 533 Greenwich Street, a rundown former warehouse in Hudson Square, haven’t paid a penny in rent for 25 years. Now, thanks to a 1980s law that protects New...

Deals & Dealmakers Featured Lawsuits

Lawsuit: Houlihan Lawrence used dual agents to dupe clients

REW July 19, 2018 July 19, 2018

by REWJuly 19, 2018July 19, 20184252

A class-action lawsuit filed against a leading Westchester brokerage accuses the firm of using “bait-and-switch” tactics to lure clients into forfeiting their right to dedicated representation. The suit alleges that Houlihan Lawrence, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate that is active in Westchester, Fairfield, Dutchess and Putnam counties, failed to fully disclose...

Deals & Dealmakers Featured

CetraRuddy’s strategy chief paving the way for the next generation

REW July 19, 2018 July 19, 2018

by REWJuly 19, 2018July 19, 20181425

As a female executive in the industry, Emmanuelle Slossberg is now paving the way for future young women of real estate. Recently, the French-born but Italian-raised Slossberg was appointed as the co-chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Women’s Leadership Initiative membership subcommittee where she’ll be responsible for bridging the current...

Featured Property Managers

Zones a lock for new commercial trash plan

REW July 18, 2018 July 18, 2018

by REWJuly 18, 2018July 18, 20181642

Every day in New York, hundreds of garbage trucks log long hours on the city’s streets, pumping exhaust fumes into the air along with a cacophony of unpleasant sounds and smells. These vehicles frantically crisscross the five boroughs collecting trash from companies big and small before hauling it off to...

Featured Lawsuits

Cuomo calls for Kushner probe after more tenant allegations surface

REW July 18, 2018 July 18, 2018

by REWJuly 18, 2018July 18, 20181625

New York State investigators have piled onto the mounting tenant harassment probe into the Kushner Companies’ rent-regulated apartments. Lawsuits brought by the Housing Rights Initiative, the latest on behalf of former tenants of the Austin Nichols House in Williamsburg, accuse the company of raising rents and using disruptive construction to...

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Transit specialist Janet Jenkins mapping out a new course for cityʼs bus network

REW July 13, 2018 July 13, 2018

by REWJuly 13, 2018July 13, 20183594

From MetroCards to park-and-ride to Select Bus Service, urban planning veteran Janet Jenkins has had a hand in it all. The senior director of Transit Development at the New York City Department of Transportation, Jenkins has spent 25 years in urban planning. After receiving her master’s degree in urban planning...

Deals & Dealmakers Featured

Meridian to launch new retail division

REW July 13, 2018 July 13, 2018

by REWJuly 13, 2018July 13, 20181177

Meridian Capital Group has launched a retail leasing division to represent both tenants and landlords throughout all asset classes in the New York City market. James Famularo, formerly of Eastern Consolidated, will lead the newly-formed Meridian Retail Leasing team. Known for its expertise in capital market debt and investment sales, Meridian...