Deals & Dealmakers
Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty knows his product
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By Roland Li When Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sternhell founded the investment sales firm Cignature Realty in early 2009, friends were concerned the duo
Residential
Photo Gallery: Citi Habitats 2010 Awards
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[slideshow id=3 w=590 h=400] Photos courtesy of Citi Habitats (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)
Deals & Dealmakers
Law firm HSG scores rare sub-lease at 425 Lexington
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Law firm Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP (HSG) has subleased 59,750 s/f from AmLaw 100 firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP at 425 Lexington Avenue for 16 years.
Retail
Harlem’s restaurant row getting jazzed up with a little Sugar Monk
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Art in a glass is being added to the menu on Harlem’s Restaurant Row. Mixologist Ektoras Binikos – who has created specialty drinks for a slew of high
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WHO’S NEWS: Optimar hires social media influencer, Fox Resi adds two
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Enzo LaRocca has been named Director of Marketing at Optimar International Realty. His primary role will be as a social media influencer helping Optimar
Technology
REBNY launches PropTech Challenge, Global Virtual Hackathon Series
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The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and its Technology Committee announced the launch of the PropTech Challenge, a new virtual real estate hackathon
Deals & Dealmakers
SELLING POINTS: AMAC spends $59M on Rutgers St., GFI sells Brooklyn portfolio
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● AMAC Arbor acquires Rutgers building for $59M A New York-based investment firm purchased 10 Rutgers Street for $59 million in an off-market transaction.
Construction & Design
Anita Laremont tapped to lead city planning department
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Planning Director Marisa Lago just announced that the department’s general counsel, Anita Laremont, will replace Purnima Kapur as DCP’s next Executive Director.
Deals & Dealmakers
Midtown malady canʼt take shine off NYC office leasing
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Midtown Manhattan, the haven of aging office towers filled with banks and law firms, received a bleak diagnosis from the city’s real estate experts.
Deals & Dealmakers
Iluna buys commercial condo at 110 East 40th Street
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110 East 40th Street, PropertyShark By Daniel Geiger Iluna USA, a Milan based manufacturer of women’s undergarments, has purchased a roughly 6,000 s/f
Deals & Dealmakers
De Blasio denies doing favors for FBI targets
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Mayor Bill de Blasio has distanced himself from two real estate investors implicated in a corruption probe involving the NYPD. In a press conference on
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As elderly population soars, brokers are filling gap in market
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New York City is often thought of as a place brimming with young people, fresh out of college and amped up for big city life. But one population demographic