Jan 28 On the Sadness of Spec Estates and Trophy Flips The practice of building spec houses or conducting renovations with only profit in mind is increasingly common in the highest echelons of real estate. By Kim Velsey
Nov 3 Pied-a-Terre Owners Use City Services, Too: On the Myth of the Benevolent Billionaire On the myth of the benevolent billionaire, giving to the city with a real estate investment and asking nothing in return. By Kim Velsey
May 17 Doesn’t Anyone Love One57? Poor, lonely, luxury condo tower! Unlike the co-ops lining Central Park to the East and the West, whose residents really By Kim Velsey
5 hours ago Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closed Over a Planned Climate Protest By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
1 day ago Met Museum Accused of Holding More Than 1,000 Antiquities Linked to Traffickers By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
1 day ago Upcoming Christie’s Sale Includes a Nepalese Sculpture Tied to Antiquity Looters By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly