Category : Residential

Leave it to New Yorkers to move the goal posts on city living. As national pet ownership soars to all-time highs, New York City's real estate community has tales of clients with everything from a Jaguar to a teacup pig and everything in between. Just as condo developers lay out a welcome mat for mutts, incorporating dog runs and spas into more and more buildings, residents have upped the ante on what kind of critters they want to keep as pets. City Connections broker Mollie Bean said she got the fright of her life when she turned up to view a live / work space and came face to face with a Jaguar. “The owners told me, ‘Don’t worry, he doesn’t bite.’ Yeah, right. I wouldn’t go in until he was out on the deck,” recalled Bean. As New Yorkers gravitate towards more outrageous pet trends, they are mastering the secret housing of the animals.

By Sarah Trefethen Wall Street and its environs have long been a global center – for finance. But as Downtown’s residential population continues to grow, observers say, it’s also become a magnet for investors and residents from around the world. International economic conditions are driving investors from London to Shanghai to purchase residences in Manhattan, Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc, told the audience at Becoming FiDi, a panel discussion hosted by 75 Wall Street. “Luxury real estate has almost become a sort of new global currency,” he said.