Sierra Realty has hung a for-lease sign out for 40,000 square feet of available space at 140 William Street, a seven-story bank building previously owned by developer Kent Swig.
Chris Soukas bought the building, at an enormous discount, for $11.35 million earlier this summer. Mr. Swig — he of the unfortunate timing — acquired Read More
New York City developer Jerry Speyer and
construction giant Daniel Tishman, whose company has built many of the city’s most important projects, were the two leading individual contributors to Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s campaign, donating a combined $187,400. Mr. Speyer chipped in $100,000 and Mr. Tishman gave $87,400, according to analysis by The Buffalo News. Read More
The ranking of the five most expensive markets for office space—London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai and Moscow—remained unchanged over the last year, according to CB Richard Ellis’ semi-annual survey. Office occupancy costs are down 1.3 percent year-over-year in the 175 biggest markets.
The most expensive office market in the world remain’s London’s West End, where Read More
Developer Bruce Ratner came to Steven Spinola for help in 1985. Mr. Ratner needed to get tenants for his planned MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, and Mr. Spinola was Ed Koch’s economic development chief. Part of his job was to keep tenants in New York, and Morgan Stanley was thinking about moving its back offices to Read More
This morning at the New York Public Library during the Bloomberg Real Estate Briefing, Sam Zell sat for an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Betty Liu. While the Local 46 Union protested Mr. Zell’s use of non-union labor to finish an apartment building on West 23rd Street outside, Ms. Liu asked Mr. Zell about the Read More
This morning at the New York Public Library, residential developers Henry Elghanayan, Thomas Shapiro and Douglas Yearley Jr. sat on a panel about the housing market with Bloomberg reporter Prashant Gopal.
As his last question, Mr. Gopal asked the panel how the midterm elections were going to affect the commercial real estate business.
“I’m actually Read More
Two punks pushing middle age, a man and a woman dressed in black, sat together on a bench in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 29. The room was decorated for Halloween.
Near the couple’s feet, three plastic tombstones and some fake bones were arranged beneath a black-and-white photograph Read More
Tom Shales, The Washington Post Style section’s fabulous curmudgeon in residence, confirmed that after almost 40 years with the Post he’ll be leaving in December. “It’s scary, damn scary,” he told TBD.
Mr. Shales took a buyout from the Post in 2006 and has been working on contract ever since. He says that he Read More
Jody Quon has resigned as creative director and editor Stefano Tonchi’s number two at W after three issues. She was one of the leading voices in the new design of the magazine for its September relaunch. A spokesperson for the magazine told The Daily that Ms. Quon’s position will not be filled.
Mr. Tonchi Read More
Larry Burstein, the publisher of New York magazine, was standing outside the barroom on the fifth floor of the SoHo House on Tuesday night taking pictures with Tracy Morgan
“Larry! Larry!” the comedian squealed, draping one arm over the shoulder of Mr. Burstein’s navy suit and rocking him back and forth for the camera. “Larry! Read More
