THE SARABETH EFFECT

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 7th, 2014 Have you noticed the effect that eponymous cafe SARABETH’S is having on certain neighborhoods? It all started on the Upper West Side in 1981, the bastion of ‘family-living’……a cafe/bakery that presented the home cooked and baked experience. The store started out as a bakery and jam shop, where… [Read More]

GOOGLE IT! WEST CHELSEA GETS GOOGLED.

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 29th, 2012 Google it! A new Starbucks on the street corner used to be the most important signal of a gentrifying neighborhood. Well, Starbucks has been in West Chelsea for quite a while and there are several. So what could be the most important next signal of an even… [Read More]

LOCATION MATTERS, EVEN IN POLITICS!

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 24th, 2012 Location, location, location, the first three most important rules for the best real estate and yes, this rule even applies in politics!  Mitt Romney learned this painful lesson yesterday while delivering a speech in Detroit to a group of 1,000….in Ford Field, an arena that can hold 65,000 people…. [Read More]