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Bitty Brooklyn Bungalow Has Astronomical Price Tag
Another example of a small house. Photo by Tammy Strobel A tiny home in Windsor Terrace has an asking price designed to make prospective buyers take notice. The 900-square-foot, three-bedroom bungalow...
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Vladislav Doronin Makes it to Top 20 Power Player List
Who are New York City’s power players? Which real estate business men and women are making the most noise in the City? In this article we read about a few of the main players for 2015, one of whom is...
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David Lichtenstein’s Lightstone Group and the Gowanus Apartment Lottery
The Gowanus apartment lottery attracted way more bidders than units available. This shouldn’t have come as such a great surprise since the price was right and the location, most sought-after. But...
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Downtown Brooklyn Welcomes Ashland Into Its Heart
Downtown Brooklyn Skyline. The transformation of Brooklyn’s cultural center has taken a huge step forward with the opening of the Ashland residential tower. The tower is located at the meeting point of...
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Fearless Development of Brooklyn’s Waterfront Proceeds Apace
The memory of Hurricane Sandy and the devastation it left in its wake seems to be quickly fading for many as developers clamor to bring modern structures into the most vulnerable Brooklyn...
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Affordable Brooklyn? Try Sheepshead Bay
Photo courtesy of Youngking11 Although the average rental in Brooklyn is considerably less than Manhattan’s sky-high prices, the range in Brooklyn is wide. Some people who might be thinking, based on...
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Montauk Colony – Living the Dream
If you want to own a piece of property in Montauk or you’re hoping to find a rental, you have many options. There are many real estate agents who can help you to find the right property for your needs....
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New York’s Passive Houses
Rocco Basile The passive house standard was established less than a decade ago in Germany by the Passivhaus Institut. Given the advantages to the environment and energy bills it provides, it soon...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses Sell Property as they Divest from Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Waterfront, 1911 Jehovah’s Witnesses are sold off close to their last bits of Brooklyn real estate in the wake of their relocation to Upstate New York. The most recent sale was of their...
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Florida Developer Purchases Jehovah Witness Building: Converting to Luxury...
Looking north along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, New York, USA. Photo courtesy Acroterion. A building in Brooklyn which was the property of Jehovah’s Witnesses was sold to a developer based in...
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Art Deco and Neoclassical Coming Together in Williamsburg
The area is being cleared and the foundations being dug in preparation for the construction of Brooklyn’s newest combo project: The Dime Savings Bank The main branch on Havemeyer Street, Williamsburg,...
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Out with the Old and In with the New: Historic Buildings Facing Destruction
Sunshine Cinema, NYC, July 2015. 143 E. Houston Street. Photo courtesy of Tero Koistinen. New York is an old city which is constantly growing and renewing itself. Unfortunately, for growth to happen,...
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Pouya David Yadegar: How one investor applied real estate skills to equity...
There are several reasons stocks can be a great investment vehicle along with real estate. Therefore, it is not surprising when Principal and CIO of Prime Opportunities Investment Group LLC, Pouya...
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Habitat for Humanity Brings Home Ownership to 15 Brooklyn Families
Row houses in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Photo Courtesy Robertafelice. Fifteen Brooklyn families are realizing their dream of owning homes in Brooklyn through a years-long project of the non-profit...
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Downtown Brooklyn Getting Taller
Until 2010 the Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower, with its iconic illuminated clock, at 512-feet-tall, was the tallest building in all of Brooklyn. The The landmark Williamsburg Savings Building,...
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The Popularity of REITs is a Long-term Trend
Big Y, Palmer Massachusetts, one of Bruce Schanzer’s Properties. Photo Courtesy John Phelan. There are two main ways to diversify a real estate investment portfolio, either with a real estate fund, or...
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Affordable Brooklyn? Try Sheepshead Bay
Photo courtesy of Youngking11 Although the average rental in Brooklyn is considerably less than Manhattan’s sky-high prices, the range in Brooklyn is wide. Some people who might be thinking, based on...
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New Sign Welcomes Everyone to Brooklyn
Watchtower Sign. Photo courtesy Marcos Vinícius Silva Brooklyn has a new sign welcoming visitors and guests alike Displaying the word “Welcome” in 15-foot-high bright red letters, the happy new...
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East New York Development Under Review
Map courtesy Wikipedia The New York City Planning Commission is looking into developing a 2.4 million-square-foot urban living complex close to the East New York, Brooklyn waterfront. The plan was...
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Keeping it Local: Gregory Williamson on NY Real Estate
Over the past several years there is a trend in various New York City neighborhoods that has had the eye of many developers and those who appreciate bringing back New York homes to their original...
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