Investment Showdown: Stocks Versus Multifamily Properties
In a strategic showdown, which investment takes the prize — multifamily real estate investments or the stock market? …
From private tutors to meditation sessions, inside NYC’s new amenities battle
Seated at a long dining table in a staged $11.8 million apartment on the 65th floor of 35 Hudson Yards, Mensur Cekic looks out the windows and surveys his territory. Cekic, 39, is the “director of…
Fantastic Leases and Where to Find Them: A guide to the mysterious world of New York’s rent-stabilized hotels
In March 2009, a Queens woman checked into the Upper West Side’s Imperial Court Hotel for 10 nights. She requested a lease from management and became a permanent tenant. Her rent? Just $99 a month. Flash…
Who Says New Yorkers Are Rude? Survey Shows Big Apple Is Friendliest City In Nation
Contrary to its reputation, a new report says New York is quite neighborly. …
Special Report: Inside the title insurance cartel
TRD Special Report: On December 10, 2013, regulators summoned the nation’s biggest title insurance firms to 1 State Street. Much of the hearing focused on the technicalities of title insurance fees and covenants. Representatives of firms…
This Is Where Edith Wharton Wrote The House Of Mirth
Edith Wharton built The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1902 as a country retreat for herself and her husband, Teddy Wharton. …
The Many Homes of Toni Morrison
“I live in places that I love. And I’d hate to lose them,” Toni Morrison told a reporter for The Telegraph in 2012. At the time, she was doing press for her latest book, Home, and…
Groundhog Day: Judge annuls DFS’ title insurance regs for second summer in a row
The title insurance industry can pop the bubbly once again. Roughly seven months after a New York Appellate Court reinstated most of the controversial new regulations the Department of Financial Services had imposed on the title…
‘Hunger Games’ producer Nina Jacobson quickly sheds Brentwood Midcentury
Film executive Nina Jacobson has unloaded her 1950s Midcentury home in Brentwood for $6.925 million. …
iStar-managed REIT signs $620M contract to buy ground lease at L&L’s 425 Park redevelopment
L&L Holding Company will soon have a new landlord at its $1 billion 425 Park Avenue office development. Safehold Inc., a REIT managed by iStar and led by Jay Sugarman, has signed a contract to buy…
Two Things Drive China’s Economy. One Is In Trouble.
Consumers and real estate have helped China’s growth story. Only one of them is healthy. …
The Charm, and Challenge, of Savannah
Eastern Wharf is the largest expansion of downtown Savannah, Ga., in the city’s 286-year history. Like other projects, it met intense scrutiny….
Restored post-and-beam in Pasadena was architect’s own home
In Pasadena, a Midcentury Modern home that architect Calvin B. Straub designed for himself is for sale at about $2.09 million. …
Calvin B. Straub’s personal residence
The post-and-beam home, designed by architect Calvin B. Straub for himself, was extensively renovated and restored by design firm HabHouse. …
Trump imposed a Venezuela embargo; not long ago, he sold the regime luxury condos
Prior to President Donald Trump placing an economic embargo on Venezuela, Trump’s business was selling condos to supporters and associates of the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro. More than six Venezuelans tied to either Maduro or his…
Tom Barrack’s Middle Eastern connections run deep. Here’s how they’ve boosted his real-estate business
Play “six degrees of separation” with Middle Eastern investors active in the U.S. real estate market, and chances are Tom Barrack’s name would pop up. The founder of Colony Capital is under scrutiny for his ties…
Tallying the trade war with China
The multibillion-dollar trade war between the United States and China hit a boiling point this summer, with the real estate industry caught in the crosshairs. In June — more than a year after firing his first…
The Daily Dirt: Compass opens door to ex-Uber staffers
Uber laid off hundreds of people last week — and Compass swooped in to remind those workers that it’s hiring like gangbusters. It’s not uncommon for tech companies to circulate job openings when one of their…
ABS inks 99-year ground lease at 136 East 57th Street
ABS, AEW and East End Capital have inked a 99-year ground lease for 136 East 57th Street. A partnership controlled by Richard Halpern of Silk & Halpern Realty Associates has owned and managed the 20-story building…
Barneys files for bankruptcy, Disney plans for Hudson Square HQ revealed: Daily digest
Every day, The Real Deal rounds up New York’s biggest real estate news, from breaking news and scoops to announcements and deals. We update this page at 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 4 p.m. ET. Please…
