WALKER TOWER $50m PENTHOUSE FINDS A $ 95m BUYER: RUMOR OR REALITY?

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on September 17th, 2012 Rumor has it that the $ 50 million penthouse at 212 West 18th Street (Walker Tower) has gone to contract with a rather rich oil+gas guy from Texas…..and the rumor goes further ….that he combined additional units to make a $ 95m combination penthouse. If this rumor is true, this… [Read More]

THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE RICH TODAY AND 30 YEARS AGO…..

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on April 3rd, 2011 In 1980, the average CEO earned 42 times the average worker, according to the Institute for Policy Studies. In 2009, the multiplier had skyrocketed to 263. Has the disparity in wealth and incomes between the very rich and the working classes become a global hot button issue… [Read More]

TWEET NOTHINGS!

I just returned from a Real Estate Conference that addressed the future, existing technology, and new technology, and how all this will impact our lives as real estate brokers. About 500 people attended. So here I am blogging…. The most annoying aspect of this conference was the strong encouragement of that recent phenomenon called TWITTER…. [Read More]