SUPER CITIES – THE ‘VIRTUAL CONTINENT"

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 4th, 2011 A dislocation between a few  “super cities” is emerging, where international money moves markets, and national counterparts that are still closely linked to economic inertia. In to-day’s Financial Times it is reported that a separation has become marked over the past two years, with strong price growth in some major… [Read More]

ZOMBIE BUILDINGS…..DOES NEW YORK HAVE ANY?

In this morning’s Wall Street Journal the subject of Spain’s 1,5million vacant apartments in ZOMBIE BUILDINGS is addressed: do we have ZOMBIE BUILDINGS in Manhattan? Two that come to mind are 1 Madison Park and 245 Tenth Avenue, both really wonderful buildings caught in the financial storm of 2008/2009. “The difference between these two buildings… [Read More]