1 Bryant Park Nears Full; Lever House at $150 a Foot

The budding 54-story 1 Bryant Park is still a year from opening, but recent negotiations have moved the tower toward 100 percent occupancy.

The Durst-developed building is on the verge of two new leases: one with the hedge fund Marathon Asset Management for two floors with a total of 75,000 square feet, said a Read More

The Young and the Rising

Bill Lipton, Ed Skyler, Rich Baum, Rodney Capel…

These names (and precisely 31 others) can be found on the City Hall News list of “Rising Stars.” It’s not clearwhat the criteria were for making it, other than that the honoree be less than 40 years old.

In any event, the young Manhattan Media publication Read More

Marty Lipton

“To the extent that there is an Elvis Presley in the M&A field,” former Securities and Exchange commissioner Joseph Grundfest once told The American Lawyer, “it’s Marty Lipton.”

But the analogy only extends so far: When he’s not working on a big deal or case, Mr. Lipton’s life is about as drama-free as they Read More