AN AMENITIES ARMS RACE?

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 18th, 2014 Last night at Ian Schrager’s spectacular presentation in his immaculate penthouse at 40 Bond Street for his new building 215 CHRYSTIE above the PUBLIC HOTEL in the Lower East Side, he made a statement that I think was noteworthy: in describing his building he said the building was… [Read More]

IAN SCHRAGER SPEAKS OUR LANGUAGE

At yesterday’s REAL DEAL FORUM Ian Schrager spoke the words that resonate with us most: “There’s always an opportunity for something special and unique.”  We couldn’t agree more. And more importantly, we think the vast percentage of real estate developed is so hideously, grotesquely, boringly un-special, it almost deserves to stagnate and be discounted. Unfortunately,… [Read More]