Posted on June 2nd, 2013 Bushwick, the uber-cool artists neighborhood a few stops past Williamsburg on the ‘L’ train, sweltered in the heat this weekend with an Artist’s open studio event. Hundreds of artists opened their studio doors to visitors……and while it was hot outside, it was even hotter inside. There certainly was some wonderful… [Read More]
WHERE ARE THE EDITORS?
Posted on June 1st, 2013 We live in a world where the volume of content that is growing at an excessive rate. In real estate land the volume of information is overwhelming: much of it is not fact-checked, and claims can be made that are not true, especially on the web. The same is seen… [Read More]
AS US HOME PRICES SURGE THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT TAKES HOLD: IS THE CONSUMER BEAST BACK?
Posted on May 29th, 2013 As more hard evidence emerges that the housing market is indeed experiencing a significant country-wide recovery, new data shows how impacting this is on the overall economy, fueling confidence and spending and off-setting other less-than-great economic news. In a consumer-driven economy, a confident consumer (with improved net worth because of… [Read More]
NEW YORK: ARE PARKING TICKETS DISGUISED TAXATION?
Posted on May 27th, 2013 Have you noticed how inefficient the systems of New York are in the area of deliveries? A good chunk of traffic congestion can be attributed to delivery trucks double parking and blocking the flow of traffic: why does the City not enforce delivery parking bays within certain hours so that trucks… [Read More]
BLOOMBERG'S TAXI FIGHT IS THE RIGHT FIGHT – PLEASE REPLACE THE CABS OF NEW YORK!
The NEW YORK POST continued its attack on Mayor Bloomberg who claimed yesterday he doesn’t remember unloading an f-bomb-laced tirade on a taxi-fleet kingpin during a Knick game last week. Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman, who won a legal challenge to Bloomberg’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” based on a technicality requiring more Hybrid cabs, told The… [Read More]
SHVO NO!
Posted on May 22nd, 2013 Michael Shvo is back……and this time he is returning as a developer, having partnered with an established developer to buy the LUKOIL/GETTY gas station (reported fist here, btw….). Shvo, with developer Victor Homes, beat out competitors to acquire 239 Tenth Avenue, a gas station site at Tenth Avenue and West… [Read More]
NEW LISTING: 361 W 22nd ST, PH
Perched above this charming walk-up townhouse on a prized tree-lined West Chelsea block conveniently close to transportation yet also minutes from the Highline and Hudson River Parks, the Arts District, the Meatpacking District, Chelsea Market and so much more, this wonderful duplex is indeed a rare find. Enter to the main floor with its elegant… [Read More]
TWEET-SAVVY ANTHONY WEINER TO REPLACE BLOOMBERG AS NEXT NEW YORK MAYOR?
Posted on May 22nd, 2013 Anthony Weiner, the texting-twittering-tiranic former U.S. Representative announced in a video message early this morning that he is running for New York City mayor. Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, he’s ba-ack. Pundits are asking if voters in the conservative state of North Carolina who recently re-elected Mark… [Read More]
TRIBECA EAST: HOME OF ONE 57 SOUTH?
Posted on May 16th, 2013 Is the concept of Midtown highrise living (a-la-One57)invading Eastern Tribeca? It appears so. Joining the sky-high condominiums of the Woolworth Building and 56 Leonard Street comes word that Larry Silverstein has finally secured funding for his long-planned $950 million luxury high-rise in TriBeCa: The 82-Story Robert A. M. Stern-designed tower will… [Read More]
US BUDGET DEFICIT TO SHRINK TO 2008 LEVELS: HAS RATIONAL EXUBERANCE ARRIVED?
Posted on May 14th, 2013 After this morning’s KNIGHT FRANK-led conference on the international housing outlook, predicting huge growth in demand for luxury real estate as global wealth expands, more news came in about the ever improving U.S. economy: The budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion, the smallest shortfall in five years….some good… [Read More]