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Space exploration on everybody’s mind
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Space exploration on everybody’s mind

REW Staff
by REW Staff831
Office users are are giving more thought to how their space can help boost productivity and recruit top talent. That's the finding of a new report from Cushman & Wakefield following a global survey identifying the key drivers of workplace transformation. Occupiers cite human resource factors, such as recruiting, employee collaboration, workforce productivity and improved work/life balance over cost factors as drivers of workplace change.
Direct Energy completes Hess biz buy
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Direct Energy completes Hess biz buy

REW Staff
by REW Staff1375
Direct Energy has completed its acquisition of Hess Corporation’s Energy Marketing Business (HEM). According to Hess, the total consideration was $1.2 billion. The company has now raised a total of $4.5 billion this year as it divests itself of non-core business to focus on funding drilling-and-exploration. HEM supplies natural gas...
Property ManagersResidential

Building service workers awards

REW Staff
by REW Staff1093
 Employees of four properties managed by Douglas Elliman Property Management (DEPM) were honored at the 7th Annual Service Workers of the Year Awards ceremony by Service Workers Union 32BJ and Straus News. John Egan was named Building Manager of the Year, Ideniz Cintron was named Doorwoman of the Year, Albert...
Office MarketProperty Managers

What you should know as Windows XP reaches end of life

REW Staff
by REW Staff777
By Michael Mullin, President, Integrated Business Systems (IBS) November 20, 2013 – March 2014 may seem far away, with July 2015 even further out. However, for businesses running Windows XP Professional, Server 2003 or Small Business Server 2003 these dates – which represent support end-of-life for these three popular products –...
Kuperberg named FirstService Residential chairman
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Kuperberg named FirstService Residential chairman

REW Staff
by REW Staff823
FirstService Residential New York, formerly known as Cooper Square Realty, has announced that David Kuperberg, its founder and chief executive, will become the company’s chairman and transition from his role as president effective December 31, 2013. At that time, Dan Wurtzel, an associate and partner of Kuperberg’s since the company’s earliest days, will succeed him as President and oversee day-to-day operations. Kuperberg, who founded Cooper Square Realty nearly 28 years ago, has driven the company from managing a single property with one employee (himself) to become the largest residential management firm in New York overseeing a portfolio of more than 500 condominiums, cooperatives, and rental properties across the five boroughs with an aggregate value of over $6 billion.
Property Managers

David Kuperberg named First Service chairman

REW Staff
by REW Staff913
FirstService Residential New York, formerly known as Cooper Square Realty, has announced that David Kuperberg, its founder and chief executive, will become the company’s chairman and transition from his role as president effective December 31, 2013. At that time, Dan Wurtzel, an associate and partner of Kuperberg’s since the company’s...
Construction & DesignDebt & EquityProperty Managers

Green money growing one dollar at a time

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by REW1121
Two Columbia University doctoral students are venturing into the green start-up world with an idea that first took shape over a couple of beers. Earth and environmental engineering post-graduate students Kyle Fricker and Rob van Haaren recently founded Divvy, a crowd-sourcing website that funds solar and clean energy projects. “It's like the Kickstarter platform, but instead of creative projects it’s focused on clean energy projects,ˮ said Fricker. “People can bring ideas to the website to get them funded.ˮ
Argo named NYARM Management Company of the Year
Property Managers

Argo named NYARM Management Company of the Year

REW Staff
by REW Staff1052
The New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) has named Argo Real Estate as Management Company of the Year for 2014. Argo Real Estate, one of New York City’s longest-standing independent real estate companies, has set the standard for hands-on, consumer-focused, ethical service. “NYARM selected Argo as the recipient of...
International role for SEIU’s Fishman
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International role for SEIU’s Fishman

REW Staff
by REW Staff768
SEIU’s International Executive Board HAS elected Mike Fishman and Rocio Sáenz to help lead the 2.1 million-member union. Fishman will be International Secretary-Treasurer, the union’s second-highest-ranking leader. Sáenz will be the first Latina to serve as an SEIU International Executive Vice President. “As our union continues to focus on income...
Property Managers

Rose to manage two East Side buildings

REW Staff
by REW Staff
Rose Associates has been named exclusive leasing and managing agent at Renoir House and Electra. CAROL JONES Located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the properties … Continued