Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 11th, 2013 The streetscape around Astor Place and Cooper Square is in the process of being altered significantly: In the past few years, the architectural landscape has been revolutionized, most recently with the addition of 51 Astor Place, home to hi-tech including the IBM Watson Group. Other buildings added… [Read More]
CAPE TOWN AND LALELA PROJECT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
Cape Town & @lalelaproject‘s Maboneng Township Art Experience named #1 of 52 Places to Go in 2014 by #nytimes #WDC! http://lnkd.in/dyGNnu5
LUXURY LESSONS FROM ROLLS ROYCE
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 10th, 2014 Rolls Royce Motorcars announced its highest-ever annual sales volume, delivering 3,630 cars in 2013 in its fourth consecutive record-breaking year. That makes Rolls-Royce the best-selling automaker in the world of cars that cost more than $250,000.00 and a brand all who make ultra-luxury products should watch closely:… [Read More]
SHVOHO: SHVO COMES TO SOHO!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 9th, 2014 Michael Shvo has partnered up to buy another site, this time in the Soho/Hudson Yards area at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, next door to Trump Soho. Here are some facts to ponder: This actually may be a cheap purchase: 280,000sf for $140 million = roughly… [Read More]
MAYOR DE BLASIO: THE FIRST WEEK
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 8th, 2014 Mayor de Blasio has been in office now for just one week: many are already saying “I told you so!” after the rather divisive and disrespectful tone of his inauguration and the disappointing snow clean-up of Manhattan that was relegated to second priority after the outer boroughs, even though… [Read More]
WELCOME BACK TO CHELSEA’S EMPIRE DINER
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 8th, 2014 Chelsea’s Empire Diner is back in business! The West Chelsea classic located at 22nd Street and 10th Avnue has re-opened. Located at 210 10th Avenue it will serve ‘modernised diner food’……yay!
ANNIE LIEBOVITZ SELLS HER WEST VILLAGE TOWNHOUSE COMPOUND
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 8th, 2014 Annie Liebovitz, the famous Vanity Fair photographer extraordinaire has just sold her ivy-clad West Village townhouse compound for $28.5 million after it sat on the market for many, many months. The compound consists of three unconnected homes: her home is at 757 Greenwich Street, her office at 755… [Read More]
New Listing!! Start your new year with these gorgeous river views at 250 West Street
Located on the Platinum Mile, the river-front esplanade of Downtown Manhattan’s most desirable properties, this brand new, never-lived-in home in the heart of Tribeca features superb (almost 40ft) frontage overlooking the Hudson River and the sparkling city lights beyond. This gracious condominium home has a perfectly proportioned layout with superb entertaining space that separates the… [Read More]
TALE OF TWO CITIES CONTINUES, ALTERED?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 4th 2014 Did you notice during the snowstorm how poorly the streets in Manhattan had been plowed? Mayor de Blasio proudly exclaimed in a press conference that Queens and Brooklyn and the outer boroughs were the focus of City snow plows: is the TALE OF TWO CITIES that he so vehemently… [Read More]
WHY DO BILLIONAIRES AND OLIGARCHS BUY MANHATTAN APARTMENTS?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 3rd, 2014 The subject of Russian oligarchs and Chinese billionaires buying $ 20m+ apartments has reached a fever pitch: many New Yorkers are OUTRAGED that we do not impose some form of punishment to these people for buying here. It is probably true that some of these buyers earned… [Read More]