By Daniel Geiger 3/01/12 9:42am

Big Real Estate

Greetings from Cannes.

What’s MIPIM? In NYC, Nobody Knows.

It’s not just the biggest real estate conference no one has heard of. It’s the biggest real estate conference period. And, yes, most real estate professionals, at least in New York, haven’t heard of it.

Next week 19,000 guests from 90 countries will descend on Cannes, France, for MIPIM, a four-day event that roughly translates as “International Market for Real Estate Professionals” featuring speaking panels and networking opportunities that allow developers to shop major new projects to prospective tenants and investors. Read More

By Eliot Brown 8/16/10 6:41pm

Sitt Readies for Coney Island Demolitions

A push by preservationists be damned, Coney Island landlord Joe Sitt appears to be near the start of property demolitions in the amusement hub’s central district.

Late last week, the Department of Buildings approved demolitions on two buildings: the Shore Hotel, built in 1903, and the Bank of Coney Island, built in 1923, according to Read More

By Emily Geminder 3/15/10 11:15am

A Coney Constant

On Palm Sunday, the Coney Island Cyclone will clank, sputter and tilt into motion, careening its shrieking cargo around clattering curves and ushering in the new season. The whole neighborhood, rusty gears and all, will churn into motion, the same way it has for years. And like every other season in recent memory, Read More

By Guelda Voien 1/05/10 4:40pm

From Second Empire to Second Chance

Lord & Taylor, one of the most successful and enduring department store brands, was known for its female elevator operators at one time. The operators on one side of the building were redheads, while those on the other were brunettes.

The (clearly innovative) retailer’s third instantiation in New York City was at Read More

By Emily Geminder 12/14/09 10:18pm

Splendida! Italian Clothier Krizia Plants New Store in Thor’s MePa Spot

446 West 14th Street
Krizia, the Italian fashion line of Mariuccia Mandelli, is said to have taken its name from an unfinished dialogue of Plato on the subject of women’s vanity (Plato did, however, manage to finish a number of other gender-related theories, most notably his belief that cowardly men were reborn as women, Read More

By Eliot Brown 7/16/09 8:45pm

Talk in No Short Supply as Coney Island Vote Potentially Days Away

The debate over the Bloomberg administration’s plans to remake Coney Island is dashing toward a close, as the City Council is just days away from an expected vote (a subcommittee is tentatively scheduled to vote Monday, though these things often change at the last minute). And, with potentially just days left, city officials are still Read More