Anyone who’s ridden the Long Island Railroad into Penn Station has almost certainly noticed the rapidly changing skyline in Long Island City! Development is occurring in LIC at a frenetic space and I for one, having worked in the Citigroup Building at One Court Square back in the 1990’s, barely recognize the place when I’m there! Of […]
For readers interested in the subject of NYC air rights, this article examines how developer appetite in Manhattan seems to be waning utilizing price as anecdotal evidence! And, for those readers not particularly focused on this subset of the NYC real estate market but who have none-the-less had to suffer through many recent articles on the subject, rest […]
Post-approval of Beechwood Organization’s Country Pointe at Plainview project, a small group of environmental activists have filed a lawsuit challenging the environmental review conducted by the Town of Oyster Bay! The plaintiffs claim is that ‘nearly 55 species of wildlife, including foxes and bats, inhabit the area and would be harmed by the project.‘ ‘Richard Brummel, […]
Currently there are discussions taking place in three of the tonier towns on the East End of Long Island (Southampton, East Hampton and Sag Harbor) to limit the size of new construction! For those living elsewhere around the country, the Hamptons is a region on Long Island in New York with some of the most beautiful […]
California real estate developer Nile Niami is spec building a home with a $500 million price tag that, when finished, will allow the lucky buyer to actually claim the title of ‘Prince of Bel Air’! Spec building, for those who may be unfamiliar with the term, entails building a home with no buyer in mind hoping […]
Post-TOB approval of the Country Pointe at Plainview project, a small group of environmental activists have filed a lawsuit challenging the environmental review conducted by the Town of Oyster Bay! The plaintiffs claim is that ‘nearly 55 species of wildlife, including foxes and bats, inhabit the area and would be harmed by the project.‘ ‘Richard Brummel, 55, […]
Almost one year ago to the day we had written that the new Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point public golf course located on the Bronx-side of the Throgs Neck Bridge was going to cost the City of New York a small fortune to complete! But while the cost may indeed have been high and it appears […]
Driving to attract foreign buyers looking for dollar-denominated investments in the form of 2nd, 3rd and even 4th homes, developers need to remain squarely on the cutting edge of luxury and innovation! The developer of The Porsche Design Tower in Miami, Gil Dezer, in conjunction with the Porsche Design Group has succeeded by offering the first […]
