Macklowes Mull East 57th Street Monster Tower

Harry and Billy Macklowe are so busy. Two months ago, they more than doubled their New York portfolio with a $7 billion buy from Blackstone. And now here comes their next prize.

We already know that the Macklowes are planning something at the corner of Park Avenue and 56th Street, where they own the soon-to-be-demolished Read More

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The 10 Most Expensive Buildings in New York City
If every New York City office building went up for sale, which ones would sell for the highest price? The Observer asked the denizens of the real estate world–the people who buy the buildings and the ones who trade them–which towers they thought would close Read More

Insatiable Broadway Partners Need Cash

Broadway Partners is looking for some money-men to help pay for its $5 billion portfolio buy from Beacon Capital Partners, which includes 237 Park Avenue and 100 Wall Street. The Observer reported the purchase last week.

The leading candidates are the usual suspects. Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, RBS Greenwich Capital and Wachovia are all Read More

Ravenous Broadway Partners Gobbles Two More Monsters

Is there anything more active than Scott Lawlor’s Broadway Partners?

The relentless real-estate investment firm is in contract to purchase another national portfolio from Beacon Capital Partners, which includes two Manhattan prizes, a source familiar with the deal said. The sale price for the portfolio is expected to be close to $5 billion.

The Partners’ Read More

Giant News Cave Bought By Broadway for $700 Million

Now Mort Zuckerman will have to write his monthly rent checks to a rival.

The home of Mr. Zuckerman’s prized asset, the Daily News, is in contract for more than $700 million, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.

A young and bullish landlord, Broadway Partners, will buy the 14-story media mecca at Read More