Category : Residential

By Liana Grey Ten years ago, Anthony DeGrotta, co-founder of A.C. Lawrence, managed a brokerage office on the ground floor of 100 John Street, in the shadow of the World Trade Center. As he exited the subway on the morning of September 11th, a plane roared overhead and slammed into the north tower. DeGrotta’s first instinct was not to run north, as police were urging dazed survivors to do, but to make his way to 100 John.

By Roland LiRE/MAX of New York, Inc. has expanded to include franchises in smaller markets in northern parts of the state, including around 40 new counties. Henry Weber, president and regional director of RE/MAX of New York, Inc., said the company noticed it had dominant market share in areas with small offices. In Rome, N.Y., for example, a few agents had over half of the real estate market.

By Liana Grey When I told a friend, several weeks ago, that I was moving from the heart of the East Village to a town across the Hudson River, she looked puzzled. “Union City? Is that, like, Jersey City?” she asked. Then, like other die-hard New Yorkers I’d broken the news to, she bombarded me with questions: ‘How long is the commute? How do you get there, exactly? Will I ever see you again?’ During college, I lived in a 300 s/f alcove studio near Astor Place, on the sixth floor of a century-old walkup.

When New York City was on the verge of declaring bankruptcy in the 1970s, Shirley Hackel was an English professor at Queens College looking for a means to prosper during grim times. After switching careers to real estate in 1980, witnessing the start of the 21st century and the transformation of Manhattan, Hackel is now an executive managing director at Warburg Realty and was ranked among the Top 10 Women in residential real estate by Residential magazine last year. How did she thrive in New York's famously cut-throat industry? “Every happy client will lead to the next successful transaction. And, after each deal, you add something to your toolbox, you refine another skill, and you figure how to adapt that skill to a particular market.”

By Roslyn LoSome of the most coveted luxury properties in New York surround one attraction: a view of Central Park, a rare glimpse of lush greenery in the concrete jungle. North from the City, Susy Glasgall is dealing with a different kind of luxury: sprawling manors, tennis courts, golf courses, pools, and winding, gated driveways. The Westchester area — explored first by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 — is now the seventh wealthiest county in the nation, and the second in New York State outside Manhattan.