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Category Archives: Real estate
PEP refuse to enforce West Thames grass field rules, leading to destruction of grass
June 25, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The BPCA is still refusing to acknowledge that the strip of land along the West Side Highway is now BPCA responsibility, per (more…)
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Danny Meyer places Op-Ed in NYT to explain the closing of Union Square Cafe
July 3, 2014- Danny Mayer addresses the controversy over the closure of Union Square Cafe due to high rents in a NYT Op-Ed. He writes, “Because the market suggests they can, landlords are using this moment to demand the significantly … Continue reading
Will the Asians save Hudson Eats from failure?
June 30, 2014- By Steven E. Greer Monday, I walked through Hudson Eats during prime dinner time at 6:30 PM, and most of the shops had zero people in line. It was sad. (more…)
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The feds go after realtors using drones in the city
July 1, 2014- BatteryPark.TV previously exclusively reported that drones were peeping into high-rise apartment buildings (more…)
Poulakakos team justifies Pier-A beer garden as “Tribute to German immigrants”
June 5, 2014- By Steven E. Greer. At the June 3rd SLA public meeting to discuss the Pier-A liquor license, the much-denied beer garden planned for Pier-A was proven to be a real plan. (more…)
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BPCA has no plans to renew ground leases expiring in 2069
June 3, 2013- By Steven E. Greer The new President of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), Shari Hyman, made a grand appearance before the Community Board 1’s (more…)
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Wary Price’s lame Aquatic Carousel will never be completed
June 27, 2014- By Steven E. Greer To no one’s surprise, the stalled construction project inside the Battery Park Conservancy, the aquatic-themed carousel, is delayed yet again. DNAinfo reports that it will now open in 2015. (more…)
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Brookfield Place to seal off major pedestrian thoroughfare
June 17, 2014- By Steven E. Greer AT the BPCA board meeting today, it was announced that Brookfield wants permission to expand the size of the retail shops. (more…)
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BNY Mellon gets sweetheart lease, moves to Brookfield Place
June 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported that BNY Mellon, (more…)
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No more drugs in Rector and West Thames parks
Update June 25, 2014- As we warned at the end of this story, the police and PEP will need to constantly patrol these parks, or else the problem will return. (more…)
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Ritz-Carlton apartment breaks record for sales price
June 21, 2014- A real estate blog reports that a joined trio of apartments at the Ritz are selling for a record $118 Million. (do they know the city’s largest nightclub is going in 200-feet away at Pier-A?). (more…)
Know your cuts of pork, BPCA-style
June 21, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV obtained the Fiscal 2014 budget for the BPCA. As usual, it is loaded with pork and contracts to cronies. Some notably egregious and inexplicable spending that caught our attention was: (more…)
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Time Magazine gets 3 years of free rent to move to Brookfield construction zone
June 18, 2014- Crain’s reports that Brookfield is having to give huge incentives to keep recently signed tenants from leaving. Time Magazine is getting a whopping three years of free rent. (more…)
Exclusive: BNY Mellon might back out of Brookfield Place
June 18, 2014- BatteryPark.TV has learned that the real estate team of BNY Mellon, deciding now where to relocate after selling their Wall Street headquarters, is reconsidering (more…)
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New corporate tenants flee Brookfield Place shortly after signing long-term lease
June 18, 2014- BatteryPark.TV has exclusively reported on the chaos within the Brookfield Property companies, and that the Brookfield Place renovations are years behind schedule. Those issues seem to be weighing on the tenants. (more…)
N.Y. RPT. LAW § 421-a : NY Code – Section 421-A:
N.Y. RPT. LAW § 421-a : NY Code – Section 421-A: Exemption of new multiple dwellings from local taxation 1. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this section, shall have the following meaning, unless a different meaning … Continue reading
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Why was the Brookfield Office Properties CEO pushed out?
June 9, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD Over the weekend, news broke that the man in charge of U.S. commercial operations for Brookfield Office Properties, Mitch Rudin, abruptly left office. Crain’s and Bloomberg could not get much comment from … Continue reading
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Manhattan Condos See Prices Fall From First-Quarter Records
June 18, 2014- The Fed will raise rates soon and the housing bubble is deflating. WSJ reports, “Second-quarter Manhattan (more…)
The fix was in: SLA grants unconditional approval for Pier-A beer garden and nightclub
June 16, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer The final SLA letter for the Pier-A beer garden and nightclub was obtained by BatteryPark.TV. (more…)
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