Wednesday: Ugly Properties, Pretty Models

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:00:00 -0400

Sotheby's International Realty acquired the assets of Julia B. Fee LLC, which in the last 12 months posted approximately $1.8 billion in closed sales volume. (Inman News)

The world is covered in water, condo developers thought. So, let's just start making homes there. (Inman News)

Sounds like a Fox sitcom: Beautiful models move in to Fort Greene. (Brownstoner)

What else finds a home in the same nabe but a multi-angled/leveled/bevelled building that never quite worked out on the Erector set. (Brownstoner)

Port Authority Executive Director Kenneth Ringler promises real building on Ground Zero this year. (New York Daily News)

Beware of hungry trolls when visiting art exhibits here. (Brownstoner)

The ugly property on West 42nd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues will be demolished come spring; a second Brooklyn Diner to open in Manhattan's Midtown; Sears plans a move to trendier Hudson Square. (New York Post)

Premium property...in New Jersey. (The Wall Street Journal)

Spice up your workday: Most Erotic Building Site in Brooklyn. (Transfer)

Apparently, it takes illegal gunrunning through secret tunnels into the Gaza Strip to afford a house. (The New York Times)

Barry Diller's LendingTree was found guilty of "literal infringement" against IMX Exchange for Brokers. (Inman News)

Coalition for the Homeless calls this decade the worst for "homeless New Yorkers since the Great Depression." (Coalition for the Homeless)

Last year in California, one in 13 homes sold for more than a million dollars. (Inman News)

Ellen Barkin considers her East 63rd Street townhouse "a bachelor pad." (Page Six)

Another high-end mart to come to Manattan. This time, it skips Union Square and heads directly to the city's downtown cobblestone. (The New York Times)

- Riva Froymovich

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Wednesday: Ugly Properties, Pretty Models