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Tenants circle 100,000 s/f at new-look 387 Park Ave. South

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by REW Staff1050
[imagebrowser id=298] By Linda O’Flanagan Matt Leon was the star of the show at a curtain call for the multi-million dollar renovation of TF Cornerstone’s 387 Park Avenue South last week. Unveiling the work directed by Moed de Armas & Shannon during a broker party for a slew of senior...
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National September 11 Memorial Museum opens to public

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by REW Staff1403
The National September 11 Memorial Museum (9/11 Memorial Museum) today opened its doors to the world after a ceremonial transfer of The National 9/11 Flag into the Museum's permanent collection. The public opening comes days after President Barack Obama and 9/11 Memorial Chairman Michael R. Bloomberg addressed 9/11 families, rescue and recovery workers, survivors and others in attendance at a May 15 dedication ceremony. The ceremony also included remarks by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former New York Gov. George Pataki and former New Jersey Gov.
Home shopping … the old fashioned way
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Home shopping … the old fashioned way

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by REW Staff1205
CORE’s Chelsea office is hard to overlook. Straddling the corner of Seventh Avenue and 18th Street, it sits behind floor-to-ceiling glass windows that showcase the brokerage’s latest listings on classic print-outs. Through the windows, passers-by can see couches in the waiting area and photos of brownstone walk-ups on the walls. Everything about the office is designed to draw people’s attention – with some success. A observers argue that brokerage storefronts are a dying breed in the internet age, they have proven to be a remarkably resilient model.
Forget the pool parties; Brendan Gotch dives into dealmaking
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Forget the pool parties; Brendan Gotch dives into dealmaking

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by REW1347
The annual ICSC gathering at the Las Vegas Convention Center had started — but not where you'd think. “It's funny, its just not here,ˮ Massey Knakal’s Brendan Gotch told Real Estate Weekly at his company's booth on Sunday. “Everybody is at the pool scene, as always, and it’s packed, it’s been non-stop there. The pool is busier than it is here. “I probably won’t sign any leases while I'm here, but you can definitely go from zero to 60 percent at this kind of an event,ˮ he said
The art of selling the New York lifestyle to oligarchs
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The art of selling the New York lifestyle to oligarchs

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by REW Staff1010
Say you suddenly decide you want to buy an SUV. Would you call your real estate broker at 5 a.m. and tell him to drive to the next dealership ASAP? If this sounds ludicrous, you haven’t met Gennady Perepada’s clients. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, the fifty-something, Soviet-born broker sat in his small Midtown office examining the sales contract for a brand new Toyota Highlander. His workday had begun in the crack of dawn when a Russian client called him on his Blackberry, which he never switches off or mutes. The client’s wife, who lives in the Manhattan luxury apartment Perepada found for them, needed a car to drive her daughter to school. Could he go to a dealership and choose one.
Rosabianca has a roadmap to success
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Rosabianca has a roadmap to success

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by REW1501
First-generation Italian-American sales agent Santo Rosabianco is quickly rising in the real estate ranks in New York City — and drawing on his Italian roots to help him get there. Rosabianco was born and raised in the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst, after his parents immigrated to New York City from a small town in Sicily.
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For his next trick, Farkas eyes NYC

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by REW Staff1777
Successful Long Island developer, Joe Farkas is on the hunt for opportunities in New York City and the boroughs. “That’s where were looking to expand our business,” Farkas told Real Estate Weekly, adding that he is currently looking at a handful of properties to buy. Farkas said his likely next targets are properties located in industrial parts of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx