Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 20th, 2012 Is a new trend emerging whereby ultra-fussy buyers who had passed on properties they visited some time ago return and re-visit with a new, fresh, less critical set of eyes? I see this happening right now in a few instances. Some buyers in the luxury real estate… [Read More]
FORAGERS CITY GROCER COMES TO WEST CHELSEA
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 19th, 2012 Foragers City Grocer has opened in West Chelsea! And what a great addition to the area it is, certainly a welcome respite from the vulgar Gristede’s on Ninth Avenue and the rather generic Whole Foods on Seventh Avenue. It’s a high-quality market, somewhat similar to a Citarella… [Read More]
DO YOU PAY $ 55/MONTH FOR RENT?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 17th, 2012 Do you pay $ 55 per month for rent? Probably not. In this morning’s New York Post, a pensioner proudly boasts how he does in fact pay $ 55/month in rent. Why? Because he is entitled to that rent….and you are not! It’s called rent regulation, a law… [Read More]
FINAL SECTION 3 OF HIGH LINE PARK PLAN REVEALED
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 17th, 2012 At Monday night’s Community Board meeting, Friends of the High Linee released the initial design plans for the third and final section of the High Line Park at the Hudson Rail Yards. This third section will connect the West Village/Meatpacking District to West Chelsea and ultimately take you… [Read More]
A GRAY DAY IN NEW YORK? NEVER!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 16th, 2012 To-day was a miserable, gray day in New York and after yesterday’s gorgeous weather, it was somewhat depressing: but lest not we forget we live in NEW YORK……and along comes this guy who added more color than an early-global-warming-spring-sunshine-day!
THE GOLDMAN SACHS MESSAGE
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 15th, 2012 Yesterday’s New York Times OP-ED by departing Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith seemed to cause a bit of a storm throughout the Wall Street banking community: could it be true that one of the worlds most successful financial institutions puts itself before its clients? This question is… [Read More]
WHY IS NEW YORK REAL ESTATE DOING SO WELL?
= Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 12th 2012 Everyone keeps asking and e-mailing why on earth I keep posting all these blurbs about how the real estate market is doing so well right now….in March’s LUXURYLETTER I called New York MULTIPLE BID CITY…. Last night I received e-mails about an article talking about how… [Read More]
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NEW YORK ART SHOWS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 11th, 2012 Even though I live in West Chelsea surrounded by hundreds of the greatest art galleries, I nevertheless schlepp myself over to the Armory Shows on the Piers every year not only for the art (the perfect place to get a nice global perspective of the art market)… [Read More]
FASHIONS CHANGE FAST + FURIOUSLY
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 7th, 2012 Remember when those sleek white APPLE ear-phones were all the rage? They defined what we SHOULD be using tech-wise. Now all of a sudden BEATS and other super-large 70’s style headphones are all the rage. In this lies a big message: fashions change fast and furiously, and… [Read More]
THERE IS A SOLUTION TO HIGH GAS PRICES!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 6th, 2012 With rising gas prices posing a large risk on the US economic recovery, politicians continue to espouse stupidity and partisan politic as opposed to real solutions. T. Boone Pickens offers some real solutions based on some facts we ALL should know: **The gas price in the USA… [Read More]