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Greystone expands to 55,000 s/f at Carnegie Hall Tower
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Greystone expands to 55,000 s/f at Carnegie Hall Tower

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by REW2967
Real estate investment firm Greystone and Co. has renewed and expanded its lease at Carnegie Hall Tower in Midtown. Greystone, which has been a tenant in the building since it was built in the early 1990s, continued its incremental expansion in the 60-story tower. The company, which previously occupied a...
New subway line already impacting home prices along Second Avenue
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New subway line already impacting home prices along Second Avenue

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by REW2529
The Second Avenue Subway line, long derided as fantasy by New Yorkers who had seen plans for construction stall and linger for decades, finally has an end date in sight — and it’s poised to shake things up for the Upper East Side. Areas of the neighborhood became affordable again...
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REW TV: C&W’s Laura Pomerantz talks about Brooklyn retail

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by REW1105
Laura Pomerantz, the vice chairman and head of strategic accounts at Cushman & Wakefield, has seen prices shoot up in Brooklyn since closing her first deal in the borough around three years ago. “Three years ago, I did my first lease in Brooklyn for retail… and the rents were $60...
John Banks: Celebrate the leading ladies of real estate
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John Banks: Celebrate the leading ladies of real estate

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by REW3057
Through the leadership of women in the real estate industry, New York City has benefited from some of the most impressive transactions and significant developments in the past few decades than in the entirety of our city’s history. In the wake of Real Estate Weekly & EisnerAmper’s fourth annual Women’s...
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Hardhats remember their dead at memorial mass

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by REW3228
Thousands of construction workers, public officials, immigrant advocates, and clergy and community members joined together for a memorial mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor victims of construction accidents throughout New York City. The annual mass, which takes place on Workers Memorial Day, was also attended by families of construction...
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Lowline developer James Ramsey shopping new ideas for space

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by REW1558
New York real estate development is an industry built upon what the future can hold. James Ramsey, principal at RAAD and the brain behind the development of the Lowline, has an eye on tomorrow while being equally inspired by yesterday. During this week’s B’nai B’rith luncheon at the Cornell Club...
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REBNY, unions remain “far apart” on 421a deal

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by REW1568
Almost four months after the expiration of the 421a tax break, real estate representatives and labor unions are starting to forego civility, trading barbs as they occupy separate sides of a chasm. “There’s a lot of acrimony going on,” Gary LaBarbera, the president of the Building and Construction Trades Council...