Tom Acitelli and I notice a curious absence:
Mr. Trump nor his eponymous organization are members of the Real Estate Board of New York, the uber-powerful trade group that claims just about every big name in the business on its membership roster.
New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy has cranked out another annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods. The initial focus of the report appears to be on the growing, gnawing lack of housing affordability for much of the city:
The report… finds that the median home sales Read MoreReal estate gossip inside prime real estate–what better way to pass a Wednesday evening?
John and Denise Calicchio hosted a book party for High Rise Low Down, a new 360-page dish spilling the secrets of Manhattan’s ritziest apartment buildings. The fete filled but one section of their three-part duplex in 820 Park Avenue. Read More
Even Almighty God got the back of the hand.
On Thursday evening, the Real Estate Board of New York‘s annual awards gala assembled in a few thousand square feet of the Hilton in Midtown more money than anywhere else that night in the United States. But the crowd greeted the main Read More
Brace yourself: Manhattan housing market reports for the fourth quarter of 2006 are coming out on Wednesday. The reports from brokerages Prudential Douglas Elliman, the Corcoran Group, Brown Harris Stevens and Halstead Property are trickling out to the media today, and will spark at least a few days of (likely) widely Read More
Why spend that Wall Street bonus on real estate? How about a party instead?
A downtown Manhattan hotel is offering a swanky party package dubbed “Friends With Money” that costs $137,580, the average Wall Street bonus this winter, according to the state Comptroller.
The Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park, will provide overnight accomodations for 32 guests Read More
