Category : Residential

‘Garden’ apartments grow in popularity
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‘Garden’ apartments grow in popularity

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If you think park view is the non-plus-ultra in Manhattan’s luxury market, then how about a view of two parks? Artimus Construction’s One Morningside Park faces its namesake green on one side, and is a block away from Central Park on the other. With the condo tower rising well above surrounding buildings, this makes for spectacular 360-degree views all the way to midtown.
Super Bowl means business for city apartment brokers
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Super Bowl means business for city apartment brokers

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New York's apartment brokers have carved themselves out a slice of the estimated $600 million this weekend’s Super Bowl is expected to pump into the area’s economy. While the biggest chunk of change is expected to be made in short-term rentals, the media glare brought by the nation’s biggest sporting event of the year has served as a great advertisement for tri-state real estate. “It has landed us some clients,” said Jordan Sachs, founder of the boutique BOLD NY residential brokerage.
Former NFL star joins Elliman team
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Former NFL star joins Elliman team

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Former New York Jet Bret Lockett has joined the Ariel Cohen Team of apartment brokers at Douglas Elliman. “Bret Lockett is ambitious, enterprising and driven to succeed in everything he does. I am proud to have him on board and to give him the opportunity to launch what is sure to be a banner real estate career with The Ariel Cohen Team,” said Ariel Cohen, founder of the Ariel Cohen Team.
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Brooklyn power broker enjoys starring role in real estate

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By Holly Dutton Longtime Corcoran broker Vicki Negron has spent 20 years putting herself at the top of her industry. A Washington, D.C. native, Negron studied journalism and English at Clarke College before attending Georgetown University and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. After moving to...
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Government watching landlord who harassed immigrant tenants

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By Sarah Trefethen A New York City landlord accused of illegally harassing Spanish-speaking tenants will be able to stay out of court in exchange for monitoring its compliance with the law more closely going forward, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week. Castellan Real Estate Partners/Liberty Place Property Management, which...
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DONE DEALS: Thinking out of the box

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Citi Habitats agent Morgan Turkewitz had to get creative when helping recent clients find their dream home. The married couple had grown out of their alcove studio in Gramercy and decided it was time to buy their “forever’ home,” said Turkewitz. “We decided to look for a two bedroom in...
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Eichner tower will top One Madison

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The residential skyscraper planned for 41 East 22nd Street is getting taller, according to Department of Buildings filings. The most recent documents, from late last year, describe a 60-story, 765-foot tower that is 75 feet wide at the base and 122 feet wide at the top. Air rights from six neighboring buildings have been assembled to create the fluted tower, which will cantilever over the neighboring five-story residential building at 33 East 22nd.
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High-tech program the ‘new Excel’ for veterans and newcomers

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Being a residential broker in New York City is a tough job. Reginald Johnson hopes to make it a bit easier. Together with IT-specialist Fredrik Holmberg, the former aptsandlofts.com broker founded the tech startup Netrieval in 2013, which re-launched in its updated form last week. Netrieval is a program that helps brokers stay on top of listings and in touch with customers via a Smartphone app.
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Schlamm welcomes Netmore Realty to City Connections

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Earlier this month, Netmore Realty principle broker and co-founder, Mike Malul, brought his company over to City Connections Realty. Mr. Malul had been the Broker and President of Netmore Realty for 5 years. Prior to opening his own firm, he worked in Queens for over 10 years in developments and sales. Malul decided to bring his firm to City Connections primarily to focus on working with clients instead of running a business.
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How to find a rich client

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The foreign billionaire is the broker’s white whale. She (or he) is somewhere out there, willing to spend big, but very, very hard to find. Well-connected super brokers are fortunate, but others often have to rely on guesses and hearsay in their hunt for wealthy clients. Wealth-X, a rapidly growing startup based in Singapore, is out to change that.