By Tom Acitelli 2/12/08 4:15pm

STAT OF THE DAY: Ogilvy Goes Way West

The biggest Manhattan office lease in January was the 550,000-square-foot one taken by advertising giant Ogilvy & Mather at 636 11th Avenue. The company, a subsidiary of WPP, will take the entire building, owned by the Hakimian Organization. More of the month’s major leases are listed in a new report from brokerage Colliers ABR. Read More

By Blair Golson 12/15/03 12:00am

Power Punk: Richard Welch

Lanky Brit Ogilvy and Mather trend-spotter; threw best party in London; commands international network of cool-hunters; what’s next?

Pipe down, Faith Popcorn! Richard Welch is the lanky 30-year-old Brit ad genius of the moment, recently hired by the advertising mega-firm Ogilvy and Mather to head the New York office of Crystal, a new division that Read More

By Ralph Gardner Jr. 1/26/98 12:00am

Finger Lickin’ With Ivana On Park Avenue

I try to walk everywhere. Not just because walking is good exercise or because I’m convinced that sitting in traffic with the meter running causes heart disease, but because you never know when you’ll run into a celebrity. For example, I was strolling up Park Avenue recently, past the Waldorf-Astoria, when I suddenly found myself Read More