Posted by Leonard Steinberg, president of COMPASS, on March 14th, 2015 Traditionally, couples who lived in New York City migrated to the suburbs, or at least to the Upper East Side, to raise a family. This has changed drastically over the past decade. With the gentrification of Downtown neighborhoods, schools, parks, services, amenities and property… [Read More]
560 WEST 24th STREET – WE LOVE THIS BUILDING!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 7th, 2014 I cannot help but gush over this exquisite building currently under construction in the heart of West Chelsea: Its location is superb, perched aside 200 Eleventh Avenue across the street from Gagosian Gallery, between the Hudson River Park and the Highline Park, around the corner from AVENUE’S SCHOOL…..and… [Read More]
AVENUES SCHOOL SOLD?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 6th, 2014 Rumors swirling that AVENUES SCHOOL has been sold to the Fisher Family (THE GAP)? And they are adding space!
RISING DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 6th, 2013 The other day while speaking at AVENUE’s SCHOOL (what an amazing place!) about the historical re-development of West Chelsea, I was asked why everything in new real estate is so expensive. Greed certainly comes to mind as the obvious answer and that certainly is part of the… [Read More]
AVENUES SCHOOL CRUISES INTO CELEBRITY STATUS!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 3rd, 2012 At last AVENUE’S SCHOOL may now have that one element to get it the press it so richly deserves….a celebrity! Lets face it, without some sort of celebrity content or affiliation, the press is just not that interested anymore in our Kardashianesque world. The rumor is that… [Read More]
WEST CHELSEA'S AVENUES WORLD SCHOOL IS LOOKING GOOD!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 2nd, 2012 As I peered up towards the new AVENUE’s WORLD SCHOOL earlier to-day while evaluating an exciting new townhouse project, I wondered how on earth they would be ready for the August 2012 enrollment….there certainly is a constant hive of construction activity daily, but this is a very… [Read More]
THE MEGA-CLASS: A NEW BREED OF RICH
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 1st, 2011 After attending the launch to-day of AVENUES, the new private school scheduled to open in September 2012 in West Chelsea on Tenth Avenue at 25th Street, I realized a new breed of global wealthy is emerging: The MEGA-CLASS. The MEGA CLASS is a group of very wealthy… [Read More]