One of the few upsides to a down real estate economy is the plethora of deals to be had by the savvy investor with money on hand. That is certainly one way to describe the Fisher family, who began developing real estate in the outer-boroughs in 1915 and progressively worked their way in to some Read More
At 10 on a Tuesday morning in late December, representatives of the Fisher Brothers met in the well-appointed offices of the law firm Paul Hastings at 75 East 55th Street to close on the sale of a $227 million ownership stake in an East River development company to the apple-cheeked, art-loving billionaire landlord Sheldon Solow. Read More
When word leaked out just after New Year’s Day that a development team led by the venerable Fisher Brothers Company had won the bidding for nine acres on the East River shoreline, it marked the end of a feverish real estate bidding war and the dawn of a new era in Manhattan.
For several weeks, Read More
