New residential brokerage ‘on fire’
A new brokerage devoted to Manhattan rentals, dubbed ONE NYC RE, launched on Dec. 1 and will be going on a marketing blitz early next year. The firm is a division of United Equity Investments, a five-year-old real estate company that owns over 1 million square feet of commercial and residential space in New York […]
Welcome to the Riff Hotel, a new rock and roll-oriented spot that evokes 1980s New York
A photo of a waifish Madonna, snapped back in her “Borderline” days, smiles at you mischievously from the wall, as a vintage image of young Boy George winks back from across the room. Piles of classic vinyl albums pack the shelves behind the check-in counter, nestled next to old turntables and a vintage reel-to-reel tape […]
New Hipster Boutique Budget Hotel, the 44-room Riff Chelsea Set to Open in New York City
New York City, October 6, 2014 – Riff Chelsea, a musically-inspired walk-up hotel, will debut its soft opening in fall 2014 following a physical transformation that pays homage to its creative DNA. In the early ’80s, pop goddess Madonna crashed at a rundown hotel called the Chelsea Star – the rumored inspiration for her first top-five […]
San Fran investment firm pays $21M for Hell’s Kitchen building
Five-story building on 10th Avenue last sold for just $3M in 2011 SPI Holdings, a San Francisco-based investment firm, is breaking into Hell’s Kitchen with the $21 million purchase of a five-story apartment building, The Real Deal has learned. The property, at between West 45th and 46th streets, contains 24 rental apartments including one- and two-bedrooms, and has three vacant retail units […]
Here’s what the $10M-$20M NYC investment sales market looked like last week
Queens hospital trades for $10.9M; Akelius buys Crown Heights rental building for $10.5M UPDATED, 11:20 a.m., August 5: 1.) New York criminal defense attorney Gerald Lefcourt sold a five-story commercial building on the Upper East Side after 26 years of ownership. Joshua Polan and Teodora Zobel purchased the building for $16 million. The property, which is […]
Salt Equities Buys Two UES Buildings for $22 Million
Nine-year-old Salt Equities has purchased two Upper East Side buildings from The Mildred G. Thaler Cohen Family Limited Partnership for $22 million,
Toronto City in Canada
Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontario’s northwestern shore. It’s a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queen’s Park to 400-acre High Park and its […]
Montreal Municipality in Canada
Montréal is the largest city in Canada’s Québec province. It’s set on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart. Its boroughs, many of which were once independent cities, include neighbourhoods ranging from cobblestoned, French colonial Vieux-Montréal – with the Gothic Revival Notre-Dame Basilica at […]
Calgary City in Canada
Calgary, a cosmopolitan Alberta city with numerous skyscrapers, owes its rapid growth to its status as the centre of Canada’s oil industry. However, it’s still steeped in the western culture that earned it the nickname “Cowtown,” evident in the Calgary Stampede, its massive July rodeo and festival that grew out of the farming exhibitions once […]
Vancouver City in Canada
Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. A popular filming location, it’s surrounded by mountains, and also has thriving art, theatre and music scenes. Vancouver Art Gallery is known for its works by regional artists, while the Museum of Anthropology houses preeminent First Nations collections.