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DONE DEALS: Well worth the wait

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by REW Staff746
Two years and countless disappointments after Scott Fava started apartment hunting with his clients, he found them the ideal home. And the two-bedroom Upper East Side unit came just in time for the arrival of the couple’s first child. “There were a lot of ups and downs and lost bidding...
Shabby Chic – New York’s market for multi-million dollar fixer-uppers
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Shabby Chic – New York’s market for multi-million dollar fixer-uppers

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by REW Staff721
As condo prices in Manhattan’s luxury market rise to record levels, fixer-uppers are one of the last options for bargain hunters. “Here’s an opportunity to save a lot of money and do it yourself,” said CORE broker Reba Miller, standing in a full floor condo on East 66th Street. “There is just a very limited supply for people who want a big space in Lenox Hill. There are plenty of good reasons to buy fixer-uppers. They are often significantly cheaper than finished luxury apartments — despite the renovation costs — and they allow buyers to create a living space according to their own tastes. But somewhat surprisingly, brokers still tend to have a hard time selling them.
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Hartz collects tax credit to build new Jersey City rental

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by REW Staff609
 PHM II Associates, LLC a partnership of Hartz Mountain Industries, Panepinto Properties, Inc. and Garden State Development, Inc. today announced that it received a $19.2 million tax credit from the EDA’s Transit Hub Tax Credit Program, enabling it to construct a 13-story, 240-unit residential rental community at 3 Journal Square here. The...
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TF Cornerstone to build 1,200 Hunter’s Point apartments

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by REW Staff888
TF Cornerstone, the family-owned development firm responsible for transforming a swathe of the Long Island City waterfront, has been tapped to built the second phase of the city's massive Hunter's Point South development. New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas announced that TF Cornerstone would work with the non-profit for seniors, Selfhelp, to build two high-rises with 1,193 new apartments.
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Team player has a new game plan for brokerage biz

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by REW Staff548
By Holly Dutton   From the front lines of war to the world of New York City residential real estate, Citi Habitats broker Udi Eliasi’s has come a long way from his days as an Israeli soldier to a West Village family man. Eliasi grew up in Israel, and as...
DONE DEALS: Goldstein’s buyers thinking ahead
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DONE DEALS: Goldstein’s buyers thinking ahead

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by REW Staff802
AN LA couple was thinking ahead when they scooped up a Northside Piers condo for $1.39 million. MNS agent Ari Goldstein said the floor-to ceiling views of Brooklyn and Manhattan from Unit 20J at Toll Brothers’ One Northside Piers won them over. “My customers purchased the unit as a vacation...
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Recovering market inspires entrepreneurs to go it alone

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by REW1902
Best friends since birth, Todd Jacobs and Jordan Sachs moved to New York City with big dreams seven years ago. The duo started Bold NY, a boutique residential brokerage, in late 2010 with just three people and now have a staff of 25. The two are clearly passionate about their business, which they started in a one-bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side.
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Mariette Himes Gomez model unveiled at 515 East 72

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by REW Staff695
Manhattan brokers turned out in force for the unveiling of  interior designer Mariette Himes Gomez’s new Tower two-bedroom model at 515 East 72, the luxury condominium overlooking the East River.  The brokers also watched Cipriani’s executive chef Christian Di Matteo demonstrate the making of Risotto Alla Primavera after which they enjoyed...
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WHO’S NEWS: Jeff Appel, Robert Nelson, James Kaplove and Jessica Morgan

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by REW Staff798
TOWN Residential announced that Jeff Appel has joined its leadership team as president and chief operating officer. He is migrating from his current position as a vice president of CitiBank, where he was the number one home-lending consultant nationwide. Before that, he was a vice president at Bank of America’s...
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Rising star Hedaya riding downtown’s rebound

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by REW Staff1701
By Konrad Putzier Daniel Hedaya’s first inkling that he had a successful career ahead of him must have come when he was a teenager. “The first job I ever had was in a bagel place,” he remembered. “I was 14 years old and they had never hired anyone as young...