New York RealEstateRama

Torrance, CA - April 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a “full steam ahead” mantra and no apparent signs of slowing down, Lee & Associates NYC has added yet another powerhouse industry duo to its ever-expanding roster of professionals. Michael Berne and Richard Donohue join the Manhattan office to spearhead its seniors housing and healthcare brokerage in an effort to branch out into new markets for Lee. Although the two industries were once unchartered territories for the firm, Berne and Donohue bring over 60 years of combined specialized experience to expand Lee’s repertoire of specialties and soon launch a dedicated national seniors housing/healthcare services group. Since its inception in November 2011, Lee & Associates NYC has recruited various key new hires like seasoned retail specialists Henry Goldfarb and Stanley Lindenfeld, Dennis Someck and brothers Robe rt and Mitchell Kunikoff. Over this time period, Lee’s New York office has brought on 22 new additions, currently making it a total of 32 brokers altogether.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - April 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carrier, the world’s leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions -- and a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) -- is the latest corporate tenant to join W&H Properties’ Broadway Office portfolio, announces Anthony Malkin, president of Malkin Holdings LLC, which supervises W&H Properties.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC (Hudson), a real estate fund manager with more than $2 billion of assets currently under management, reported strong growth in its loan servicing and asset management operations. Over the past 14 months, Hudson has closed on eight major deals, acquiring $500 million in portfolios of non-performing loans and real estate owned (REO) properties

New York, NY - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition, the Real Rent Reform Campaign, elected officials, and allied organizations will rally- and sing!- in support of A1892/S5699 (Rosenthal/Espaillat), on Friday, April 20 at 11:30 AM at the Goddard-Riverside Community Center. The bill in the legislature will help protect certain rent controlled tenants, many of whom are senior citizens, from having to pay unaffordable 7.5% rent increases every year. Instead, these tenants would have their rent adjustments determined by the Rent Guidelines Board, and would have the same rent adjustments as rent stabilized tenants.

New York, NY - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition today joined with elected officials and allied organizations at a rally and press conference in support of critical legislation to protect seniors in rent controlled housing, A1892/S5699 (Rosenthal/Espaillat).

NEW YORK CITY, NY - April 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cresa has negotiated a lease that relocates the headquarters of Intermedia.net, Inc., a leading global provider of cloud computer services, to Tower 45, 120 West 45th Street, in midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - April 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City multifamily transactions jumped 34 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, and were up 11 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ Multifamily Quarter in Review: New York City

STAMFORD, CT - April 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Private investment firm Merrimac Corp. has renewed its lease at Malkin Properties’ First Stamford Place a year in advance of expiration, announces Jeffrey H. Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties, the marketing and management agent for the three-building, 810,000-square-foot office complex.

New York, NY - April 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Private security officers who protect many city commercial buildings—including Rockefeller Center—have voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract that protects workers’ family health care and increases wages.

New York, NY - April 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com) today announced the appointment of Philip McCarthy as an Associate Broker. Previously, he was a broker at Mark David & Company in Manhattan.

Syracuse, NY - April 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Syracuse NY realtors highly recommend prospective homebuyers visiting the city to stay for the night at the Embassy Suites of Hilton with the Dinosaur BBQ package.

Syracuse, NY - April 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Syracuse NY realtors are just some of the thousands – or probably even millions – of Americans who are highly anticipating the release of the theatrical adaptation of The Hunger Games, one of the most recent bestselling series in the Young Adult genre.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - April 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC (Hudson), a real estate fund manager with more than $2 billion of assets currently under management, has funded a $5.4 million bridge and construction loan involving an apartment building in Brooklyn, N.Y. The loan proceeds were used by the borrower, an experienced builder, developer and multi-family operator, to purchase the property and fund completion of the partially constructed building.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - April 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A prime Third Avenue corner retail space is coming to market in one of Manhattan’s hottest retail and residential districts – the East 86th Street corridor.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - April 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cresa has negotiated a five-year lease that brings online advertising technology firm The Rubicon Project to 183 Madison Avenue, says Ed Wartels, vice president of Cresa.

New York, NY - April 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that over 70% of the units are sold at 5th on the Park, the full-service residential high rise on Upper Fifth Avenue.

PRINCETON, N.J. - April 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- “Our goal tonight is to help you learn how to get involved and stay connected.” That was the clear message imparted by NAIOP New Jersey’s CEO Michael McGuinness and government affairs consultant Anthony Pizzutillo to a group of commercial real estate’s developing leaders.

PRLog (Press Release) - April 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following a flurry of recent new hires that started with top New York City brokers Howard Rosen and John Cannon in January, Lee & Associates NYC does not appear to be slowing its recruitment and hiring activity as the Madison Ave. office adds two more professionals to its already impressive roster. Dennis Someck and Mitchell Kunikoff, whose brother Robert Kunikoff also joined Lee NYC last month, both join the team as executive managing directors and principals, rounding out a new total of 30 brokers in Lee’s New York office.

NEW YORK, NY, - April 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that Windows on 123 Lofts, the second phase of a premier, two-building development in Harlem, has reached 50% sold.

NEW YORK, NY - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RKF recently secured the largest flagship store for raw juice and smoothie bar brand The Juice Press at One Jackson Square (aka 122 Greenwich Ave.). The 2,088-square-foot location, consisting of 1,570 square feet on the ground floor and 518 square feet in the basement, is situated at the base of the new 11-story LEED-certified residential condominium in Greenwich Village. The organic, cold-pressed juice store is scheduled to open this summer.

NEW YORK, NY - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Most of the gains in Manhattan’s average asking rental rates over the past year can be attributed to increases in rates for the city’s trophy buildings. Starting rents in some of New York’s trophy product surpassed $175 per square foot for the first time since 2008, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Spring 2012 Skyline Review for New York.

NEW YORK, NY - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced the New York office market remained relatively flat in the first quarter of 2012. Average asking rental rates rose slightly as more expensive office space is added to the market, and overall vacancy rates increased marginally. The addition of new space to Midtown South, which remains one of the tightest markets in the country, has opened up some breathing room for tech tenants clamoring for space in the submarket.

NORWALK, CT - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The not-for-profit Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Inc. (MMRF) has signed an early lease renewal and expanded its office space by nearly 50 percent, to approximately 9,500 square feet, at Malkin Properties’ MerrittView, according to Jeffrey H. Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties, the marketing and managing agent for the building.

NEW YORK, NY - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City multifamily sales activity surged in February 2012, far exceeding January’s lackluster figures and year-over-year comparisons, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ Multifamily Month in Review: New York City.

NEW YORK, NY - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Comptroller John C. Liu today announced a $1.2 million settlement on behalf of workers who were cheated out of wages and benefits for work at City sites. The contractor Mascon Restoration and its principal have also been debarred from bidding on or receiving any public works contracts for five years.