Category Archives: Real estate

Club Monaco in Brookfield Place opens

November 11, 2015 (more…)

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Brookfield rehires lost retail leasing exec

November 12, 2015- Brookfield Properties has rehired Mark Kostik after he left five months ago for (more…)

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BPCA board member Martha Gallo opposes shutting down the BPCA

November 3, 2015- by Steven E. Greer At the November 2nd CB1 meeting, State Senator Dan Squadron discussed his recent essay (more…)

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Hilariously bad reporting by The Post on the PEP issue

November 8, 2015- The Post ran a strange little super-short “story” on the PEP firing. That was bad (more…)

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Told you so: WTC Oculus retail center delayed

November 4, 2015- by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has been the only source to correctly report, despite PR-placed infomercials (more…)

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The new Liberty Street WFC bridge

November 5, 2015- The scaffolding is down and we can see what it will look like. This is good for (more…)

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The best oak forest on the East Coast?

November 4, 2015- This has to be one of the coolest oak forests around. (more…)

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State Senator Dan Squadron praises Sheldon Silver at Gateway Plaza meeting

November 2, 2015- by Steven E. Greer On Thursday, October 29th, Gateway Plaza held the annual kabuki theater put on by the Gateway (more…)

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BPC prominent in opening of Late Show with Stephen Colbert

October 27, 2015- You probably know this, but the new Late Show with Stephen Colbert uses footage of BPC in the opening segment. (more…)

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BPCA proceeds with opaque West Thames turf project

October 29, 2015- by Steven E. Greer At the October 27th BPCA meeting, the board voted to approved $1.59 Million of your tax dollars (more…)

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U.S. New-Home Sales Tumble in September

October 27, 2015- The WSJ reports, “Sales of newly built homes fell across the country in September, (more…)

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NY Post wants the LMDC to shut down once and for all

October 26, 2015- The Post essays, “The “temporary” agency that won’t die — the Lower Manhattan (more…)

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The HRPT is run by idiots

October 19, 2015- Opinion by Steven E. Greer I attended the beginning of the CB1 and HRPT meeting tonight about the future of Pier-26 (more…)

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Outrage over BPCA ignoring the public on the West Thames turf field plans

October 6, 2015 (more…)

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Landlords reduce rent. Has the bubble bursting begun?

October 22, 2015- Observer reports, “The question has long been asked, when will the bottom fall out on retail rents? The answer appears to be now. (more…)

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Sharp decline in demand leaves the Hamptons with glut of luxury homes

October 22, 2015- Crain’s reports, “New Yorkers who want to buy a high-end retreat in the Hamptons (more…)

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Artificial turf fields are such a bad idea

September 9, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The local news is reporting a case of a local high school football team that suffered burn injuries (more…)

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Latest lame plan by HRPT to “Salvage Pier 40”

October 21, 2015- The NYT was leaked the scoop (by HRPT PR people) of their latest plan to salvage Pier-40. Surprise, surprise. It involves air rights sales to St. John’s across the street. (more…)

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Is the BPCA backing away from the West Thames turf project?

October 20, 2015- We previously reported on the investigation by the City Comptroller of the BPCA (more…)

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Exclusive: Port Authority delays jeopardize entire retail project under the World Trade Center sites

October 20, 2015- by Steven E. Greer We previously posted our exclusive video tour of the WTC “Oculus”, which will be the most (more…)

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