This month’s Luxury Report

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:58:35 -0400

This month's Luxury Report from Prudential Douglas Elliman's
Leonard Steinberg finds that inventories are up, but most real estate
is just generic properties. "There is limited supply of QUALITY,
luxury apartments in strong locations downtown." Moreover, you can't
even move into them because some haven't been constructed yet. There
are 111 available units between $5 million and $ 10 million, and soon
co-ops will be a rarity in Downtown real estate.

The new home of the former Fairchild Publications on Third Avenue
and 46th Street are "a hole." (Page Six)
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/62538.htm

More hotels are pleasing illicit lovers with bedside bathtubs.
(The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114073821313081898-tHca5lE3DfMUjkKQWbx_Yji_DVA_20070224.html?mod=rss_free

Man, military people have got it all, including federal
regulations that ensure they and their families aren't evicted while
serving. (The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/realestate/26home.html

Craigslist now charges for apartment listings. These Web sites
don't. (Curbed)
http://www.curbed.com/archives/2006/02/28/the_official_alternatives_to_craigslist_list.php

New Yorkers like their food gourmet. And, what's wrong with
choices? Trader Joe's opens March 17. (New York Post)
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/60411.htm

The State Development Corp.'s proposal for a Mets stadium cuts
the team down to what it really is: one with fewer fans. (New York
Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64365.htm

Frank Bruni awards the embattled Italian eatery, Del Posto,
helmed by Mario Batali three stars. (New York Times)
http://events.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/dining/reviews/01rest.html?8hpib

A glass and stone building will rise in the South, the first
national museum in the country devoted to black slavery. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-02-28T162806Z_01_N27394843_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ARTS-MUSEUM.xml&archived=False

Tom Ford likes his models in the nude, but will dress you up in
anything you can afford in his three story emporium. (New York Daily
News) http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/395206p-335065c.html

- Riva Froymovich

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