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Concierge Services @ Swig Equities 25 Broad & Sheffield 57 New Developm
2007-12-17 17:23:00 Few things conjure images of luxury like a 24/7 concierge service and in this edition of Floorplan, we learn how increasingly Manhattan luxury apartment buildings are installing these as fixtures in their developments. OpenHouse NYC host George Oliphant visits Sheffield 57 and meets with Ken Swig who explains that this is the way for his building to stand out from competitors. Michael Fazio of More About: Services , Equities , Broad
William Beaver Sales Update
2007-12-17 16:09:00 The William Beaver House, hotelier Andre Balazs’ amenity-stacked residential venture in the Financial District, has also sold 60 percent of its units since coming on the market last year. The 47-story, 320-unit building, at the corner of William and Beaver Sts., has all except its penthouse units available with mostly two- and three-bedrooms, said Caroline Grane, a sales agent with exclusive More About: Sales , Update
The Exchange @ 25 Broad on Open House NYC
2007-12-02 20:56:00 If you work on Wall Street or find yourself gravitating towards the newly revitalized financial district in Lower Manhattan, you would be hard pressed to find a building with nicer apartments and more amenities than The Exchange at 25 Broad Street. With benefits such as a health club, day spa, screening room and private dining room, it is no surprise that 25 Broad Street is fast becoming one of More About: House , Open , Open House
NYC Ranks as Best Market to Watch
2007-11-30 22:31:00 November 29, 3:50 pm New York City ranks as the top domestic real estate "market to watch" in 2008 and alongside London as the top world market, according to a study presented this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Washington-based Urban Land Institute at a conference on real estate market trends. The study shows that New York is driven by the nation's tightest rental market, single-digit More About: Watch , Market , Ranks
'GREEN'-LIGHTED ECO-FRIENDLY SCHOOL
2007-11-14 19:57:00 By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief CLASS PROJECT:A sketch of the proposed school at the site of a women's museum, which The Post first called a boondoggle a year and a half ago.November 14, 2007 -- Officials yesterday unveiled plans to open the city's first "green" classrooms just blocks from Ground Zero. "This will be the most environmentally friendly school ever constructed in New York More About: Green , School , Friendly
Sold! Beaver House Condos Go for $5 M.— A Financial District Record, Says
2007-11-14 19:44:00 by Max Abelson Published: November 13, 2007 This article was published in the November 19, 2007, edition of The New York Observer. The $5 million spread adds up to 2,116 square feet, three bedrooms, two kitchens and a Murphy office. André Balazs, the short and well-tanned hotelier, Uma Thurman ex-boyfriend and now hip condo developer, has had a good year. Over the summer, he reportedly sold More About: House , Financial , Financial District , District , Record
Crumbs has opened a bakery at 87 Beaver Street
2007-11-13 23:37:00 Financial District: Crumbs has opened a bakery at 87 Beaver Street between Hanover Street and Wall Street, and to celebrate the shop will give away 1,000 cupcakes this Friday starting at 7 a.m. More About: Bakery , Opened
What Market Slump?
2007-11-13 00:18:00 As reported by the developer in yesterday’s real estate section… Last Wednesday, the developers of the new 58-story W New York-Downtown Hotel and Residences on Washington Street found that Manhattan market was alive and well. Michael Shvo, whose firm Shvo Market ing is selling the properties, invited 3,000 people who had expressed interest to show up on the opening day of the sales office for the More About: Slump , Lump
RE: Bonus's do you really think that this would effect prices?
2007-11-10 18:57:00 Real Estate in New York: It seems the media has carefully thought out that the real estate industry is relying on a "few" people every year that get a substantial handout "Bonus" to sustain our market. Would you not think of this as absurd, if so, why do some prospective buyers get caught up into this media hype? More About: Effect , Prices
Downtown Hotel Condos at $2,000 a Foot
2007-11-02 16:25:00 BY BRADLEY HOPE - Staff Reporter of the SunNovember 1, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/65641 When the new W Hotel & Residences on Washington Street kicks off sales starting next week, potential buyers will be able to bid on condominiums costing $2,000 a square foot — or $800 more a square foot than the average downtown condominium. "I just can't see that for downtown or the financial More About: Downtown , Foot
The wealthy have been synonymous with Wall Street
2007-11-02 00:18:00 The wealthy have been synonymous with Wall Street since before the New York Stock Exchange was founded in 1792. But a prosperous group of potential shoppers had to move to the financial district before luxury retailers like Hermès, Thomas Pink and BMW could be persuaded to open stores in the neighborhood. Tiffany will open a store at 37 Wall Street on Oct. 10. Thomas Pink is at 63 Wall Street. More About: Wealthy
Swig plans for Helmsley-Spear's future
2007-10-31 16:45:00 Swig Equities president Kent Swig From the November issue: After adding the 141-year-old building services company Helm sley -Spear to his portfolio in early October, Swig Equities president Kent Swig became just the fourth owner of a firm with a famous pedigree.Swig purchased the firm from the Schneider family for an undisclosed amount. Helmsley-Spear provides building management services, More About: Future , Plans
All Signs Pointing Up in Downtown Manhattan
2007-10-27 23:21:00 BY MICHAEL STOLER October 25, 2007 URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/65237 In Lower Manhattan and nearby TriBeCa, every segment of the real estate market is hot as a pistol. Thousands of tourists from around the world, yuppies and eco-boomers, financial service executives, and construction crews are active in the revitalization of the nation's third-largest business district — the fastest More About: Downtown , Signs , Atta
Financier Patisserie in Financial District
2007-10-24 19:22:00 With three locations in lower Manhattan, Financier Patisserie serves and succeeds in satisfying the sweet tooth of every Wall Street resident and worker on a daily basis. The bakery, part of Peter Poulakakos' ever expanding restaurant empire, which includes Bayard's, Ulysses', Adrienne's Pizza Bar, Harry's Café and Harry's Steak, has garnered a following of New Yorkers in the know since the More About: Financial , Financial District , District , Serie , Erie
Luggage retailer opening downtown
2007-10-16 23:43:00 October 2, 2007 Upscale luggage maker Tumi is joining the financial district’s growing enclave of luxury retailers. It recently signed a 10-year lease for 1,100 square feet at 67 Wall St., between Pearl and Hanover streets. Hermès, Thomas Pink and BMW have already opened their doors in the neighborhood. Jeweler Tiffany and suit maker Canali are slated to debut stores nearby soon. The asking More About: Downtown , Opening , Luggage , Retailer
Ad agency triples space downtown
2007-10-16 23:26:00 October 2, 2007 Marketing firm GlobalHue is more than tripling its space by moving to the financial district, eschewing areas of Manhattan that are more popular with advertising and media firms. The Southfield, Mich.-based company signed a 10-year lease for 40,000 square feet at 123 William St., between Fulton and John streets. Global Hue has outgrown the 12,000 square feet it is renting at More About: Space , Agency , Downtown , Triple
Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data
2007-10-16 18:51:00 by Gerald Prante Fiscal Fact No. 104 The latest release of Internal Revenue Service data on individual income taxes comes from calendar year 2005, a year in which the economy remained healthy and continued to grow, as well as a year with higher-than-average price inflation. This year's numbers show that both the income share earned by the top 1 percent and the tax share paid by the top 1 More About: Data , Income , Individual , Summary , Dual
Silverstein Is Going Upscale Downtown
2007-10-15 18:15:00 By BRADLEY HOPE Staff Reporter of the Sun October 15, 2007 The main developer of ground zero, Larry Silverstein , is bringing a piece of the magic that broke records at the residential project 15 Central Park West to Lower Manhattan. Today he will announce the hiring of architect Robert A.M. Stern to design a five-star hotel and luxury condominium tower at 99 Church St., just a block from the More About: Downtown , Upscale , Stein , Going
MAYOR BLOOMBERG LAUNCHES "THIS IS NEW YORK CITY" - FIRST-EVER MULTIMEDIA GL
2007-10-15 13:51:00 City's First-Ever Global Marketing Campaign Includes Television, Print, Online and Outdoor Advertising Across the World; Campaign Will Help Achieve Mayor's Goal of 50 Million Tourists By 2015 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the first phase of "This is New York City," the first-ever global multimedia communications campaign to promote New York City . The comprehensive, multi-lingual More About: Multimedia
Tiffany welcomed back Downtown by merchants & others
2007-10-14 22:58:00 By Cristina P. Alesci Against the backdrop of a gray day, Tiffany & Co. painted a small corner of the Financial District blue on Wednesday morning, when it opened its second Manhattan store at 37 Wall St. For many of the Financial District’s independent and family-owned shops, Tiffany & Co.’s return Downtown after 67 years, albeit welcome, symbolizes the area’s rapidly changing retail More About: Back , Chan , Chant
Tiffany, Hermes Lead Luxury Downtown
2007-10-09 17:04:00 By ELIOT BROWN Special to the Sun October 8, 2007 When Tiffany & Co. opens its new downtown store at 37 Wall St., its signature blue boxes with white ribbons will join a growing mix of high-end shopping bags sprouting along the area's narrow streets. Together with the trademark orange bags from the recently opened Hermès store, the infusion of new color portends a transformation of retail in More About: Luxury , Downtown , Hermes , Lead
Near Ground Zero, a Mixed-Use Revival
2007-10-07 22:32:00 By PATRICK McGEEHAN New York Times Published: September 9, 2007 Six years ago, in the aftershock of the terrorist attack that reduced the World Trade Center to a smoldering pile, local officials wondered whether people would want to live or work around the financial district again. Today, as new residents fill converted office buildings and jam the raucous block party that erupts nightly on More About: Ground , Mixed , Ground Zero , Mixe , Viva
Manhattan Housing Boom Continues
2007-10-05 22:45:00 Even though the rest of the country may feel the squeeze of the housing slowdown, it hasn't fazed the Big Apple. By Keisha Lamothe, CNNMoney.com staff writer October 2 2007: 12:26 PM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Despite a housing slump across the rest of the nation, home sellers in New York City are selling houses faster with the number of listings reaching a two-year low, according to data More About: Housing , Manhattan , Boom , Conti , Atta
As Goes the Downtown Office Market, So Goes Manhattan
2007-10-01 19:51:00 by Tom Acitelli Published: October 1, 2007 Tags: Real Estate, Commercial Market , jones lang lasalle, Office market The downtown Manhattan office vacancy rate dropped from 8.37 percent in the second quarter of 2007 to 7.76 percent at the end of the third quarter, which ended Sunday, according to a new report from brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle. The vacancy rate for top-flight, Class A space in More About: Downtown , Goes
Trailblazers Heading to a New Shopping Destination
2007-09-30 23:54:00 * By CLAIRE WILSON Published: September 26, 2007 The wealthy have been synonymous with Wall Street since before the New York Stock Exchange was founded in 1792. But a prosperous group of potential shoppers had to move to the financial district before luxury retailers like Hermès, Thomas Pink and BMW could be persuaded to open stores in the neighborhood. Tiffany will open a store at 37 Wall More About: Shopping , Destination , TRAI , Trail , Blazers
New Goldman Sachs Green Tower to Rise Near WTC
2007-09-30 23:52:00 Goldman will consolidate it's existing downtown buildings into a single 9,000-person office Downtown's largest employer is consolidating its headquarters under one Battery Park City roof. Goldman Sachs , the investment bank founded on Pine Street in 1869, announced plans this week to erect a 43-story office tower at West and Vesey Streets. The plan follows negotiations between the bank, state, More About: Green , Tower , Rise
DOWNTOWN WITH LOVE!
2007-09-30 21:49:00 By KATHERINE DYKSTRA as Printed in the NY Post, September 27, 2007U.N. REAL: Midtown's 865 U.N. Plaza. September 27, 2007 -- YOU'VE decided to put your home-ownership plans on hold, just for a year or so, in order to ride out the aftermath of the subprime storm. But now you need to find a rental in which to hunker down. You want a space that compares to what you would have purchased - big More About: Love , Downtown , With Love
Land of 10,000 Home Deals/Sales are skyrocketing this year
2007-09-05 01:03:00 by Tom Acitelli Published: September 4, 2007 Who will be the 10,000th Manhattan apartment buyer of 2007? Will it be a hedge fund impresario flush with dumb luck and mild savvy? A star fresh off the red carpet and into a mess of green? Some punk with too much time on his nicotine-tinged hands and cash in his skinny jeans pockets? A young couple emerging from prolonged adolescence into a More About: Sales , Home , Land , Year
FIDI SOARING HIGH THE OLD FINANCIAL DISTRICT HAS IT ALL
2007-08-09 23:13:00 By STEVE CUOZZO BMW, at 67 Wall Street, is one of the big retail names already operating in FiDi.April 25, 2007 -- The Financial District is over. So is the "Wall Street area." But say hello to FiDi, the coinage of major downtown landlord Kent Swig, who decided it's time to humanize the old F.D. with an easily remembered, fun-sounding acronym. "'Downtown' doesn't cut it," says Swig, who points More About: Financial District , High , Soaring |



