Ackerman Institute

May 15

This is How it Ends: From Non-Profit Institute to $20 M.+ Penthouses

A real estate chronicle on the Ackerman Institute and the luxury condos that will replace it.

By Kim Velsey

Mar 27

Does It Matter That Nonprofits Are Vanishing From Manhattan?

While charity balls and galas, luncheons and dinners remain a key component of Manhattan social life and probably always will—who

By Kim Velsey

Dec 11

Ack! The Ackerman Institute, an Uptown Stalwart, Buys Downtown

The famed family and couples therapy center needed to learn how to live within more modest means after it lost $3.3 million in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

By Kim Velsey

Dec 3

New Owner of Townhouse Duo on East 78th Street Is Also Buying the Ackerman Institute

By Kim Velsey

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