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Brookfield inks 132,000 s/f Liberty Plaza lease

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Brookfield Office Properties Inc. has executed a 132,000 s/f lease at One Liberty Plaza with Investment Technology Group (ITG), an international research broker for global portfolio managers and traders. The new lease is for a 15-year term and the firm will occupy three floors of One Liberty Plaza. The building is now 98 percent leased, according to Jerry Larkin, senior vice president at Brookfield. “We are optimistic about leasing activity in 2012 as firms like ITG capitalize on Downtown’s dynamic changes in retail, transit and open space.”
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$100,000 bonus on table in Tribeca

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Platinum Properties is offering a $100,000 bonus to the broker who sells the penthouse at 200 Chambers Street in TriBeCa. To fuel a deal, the … Continued
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RFR hotel plan back on

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By Sarah Trefethen It’s back on at 610 Lexington Avenue. EARLY RENDERING OF PLANNED HOTEL Aby Rosen’s RFR Reality had plans to develop the site … Continued
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School customers

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By Liana Grey Long before their offspring receive Kindergarten acceptance letters, some Manhattan apartment hunters put proximity to a particular school — whether the Blue … Continued
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Christie’s, Brown Harris Stevens, selling $55M heiress home

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The Manhattan apartments of Huguette M. Clark, the copper heiress who died in May, 2011 at the age of 104, are officially on the market with a $55 million price tag. Interior images have yet to be released of the apartments at 907 Fifth Avenue Mary Rutherfurd and Leslie Coleman of Brown Harris Stevens are representing the properties, which overlook Central Park’s model boat pond, with international marketing services provided by Christie’s International Real Estate. 907 Fifth Avenue is a limestone clad, Italian palazzo-style co-operative on 72nd Street designed by architect J.E.R. Carpenter in 1915. Two of Mrs. Clark’s apartments make up the entire eighth floor; the third occupies half of the 12th floor.
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Hunt for bad guys extends to residential lenders

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By Al Barbarino Tough new rules designed to red flag financial crimes have been expanded to include residential mortgage lenders. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network … Continued
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Belkin fires latest salvo against city rent laws

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By Al Barbarino Amid a perpetual rent stabilization debate, one of New York’s leading housing experts is warning that the city’s highly contentious laws are … Continued
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Celebrity stares

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By Liana Grey For a new spinoff of MTV’s Jersey Shore, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jennifer “JWoww” Farley have moved into a converted firehouse just off Grove Street in Jersey City. When news broke that filming would begin this month, the blogosphere seemed less interested in the show itself than how it might impact the blocks surrounding the two-story house at 38 Mercer Street, in Jersey City’s trendy Van Vorst neighborhood.