Real Estate Board of New York President Steven Spinola escorted Governor David Paterson through the cocktail reception before REBNY’s 114th annual banquet on Thursday evening at the Midtown Hilton. “This is Sandy Lindenbaum,” Mr. Spinola said, introducing the governor to the legendary real estate lawyer (interviewed in November by The Commercial Observer). “He’s one Read More
At noon on Wednesday, about 50 retail brokers and landlords trickled into the Harvard Club on West 44th Street for a members-only Real Estate Board of New York Retail Committee luncheon, the first of the year.
There was buttery sea bass, green beans and potatoes, which the more figure-conscious among them abjured. More to Read More
It’s hard to tell we’re in an economic contraction – or, dare we say, recession (cue scary music) – what with retail rents continuing to rise along prime New York shopping corridors.
Haven’t the landlords paid any heed to Ben Bernanke? Or to the plight of their colleagues in commercial real estate who, Read More
And you thought the slumping economy meant you might finally be able to afford a home in this absurdly expensive city.
Fat chance.
New York City’s streets (particularly in Manhattan and Brooklyn) continue to be paved with gold, according to a report released today by the Real Estate Board of Read More
We have a Q-and-A with longtime Real Estate Board of New York President Steven Spinola running in tomorrow’s Observer. Among the many topics he discussed in his spacious Lexington Avenue office was the immensely powerful trade group’s relationship with Albany as of late. Apparently, things with Governor Eliot Spitzer are particularly rosy:
What’s REBNY’s Read More
It’s got a whiff of that Bastille-on-July 13, 1789 feeling.
The Real Estate Board of New York sent out a letter (after the jump, below) to those attending its 111th annual banquet, this Thursday at the New York Hilton. The letter, which came with an admission ticket, implores guests to keep out Read More
