New York RealEstateRama

New York , NY - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was joined today by Legislator Howard J. Kopel, the Long Island Housing Partnership and homeowners to break ground on four new affordable workforce homes on Harris Avenue and Redwood Avenue in Inwood.

NEW YORK, NY - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- ADG Langsam and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 75% of the units are sold or under contract at ONE48, a new residential development located at 148 East 24th Street in the Gramercy area of Manhattan.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Popular women’s fashion brand Pookie & Sebastian will open its fifth Manhattan location (and third on the Upper East Side) according to Peter Braus, executive vice president at Sierra Realty Corp, the managing agents for the building, 794 Lexington Avenue.

Torrance, CA - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates announces yet another significant strategic move in both its Northeast and national expansion efforts as the commercial brokerage firm enters the New York market with the establishment of Lee & Associates NYC LLC. Located in the heart of Manhattan, Lee & Associates NYC becomes the firm’s 44th office in the U.S. and its second in the Northeast.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brand Matter, LLC, a premier brand strategy firm, has signed a lease for 5,776 square feet of office space at 1450 Broadway, according to Corey Abdo, executive vice president and principal of Winoker Realty, who represented the landlord in the deal, along with senior managing director Barry Bernstein

EUGENE, OR - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker software has revolutionized the search capabilities on real estate professional Trude Fitelson website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and the Jefferson-Lewis MLS (JLMLS). Fitelson’s custom IDX solution now extracts raw listing data from the JLMLS, seamlessly integrating and displaying thousands of property listings directly onto the search page she hosts. Finding a home online in Clayton, New York and the surrounding areas has never been easier!

NEW YORK, NY - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced the launch of sales at Fieldston Lofts, a new residential condominium located at 3751 Riverdale Avenue in Riverdale, New York, a leafy, scenic enclave just 20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan.

NEW YORK, NY - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- One of the largest U.S. hotel investment sales conducted this year shows investor confidence and a healthy competitive appetite still exist for core product in major hotel markets, as evidenced with the closing of the Paramount Hotel in Manhattan. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels completed the transaction on behalf of Walton Street Capital and Highgate Holdings and sold the 597-room property to RFR Holding.

NEW YORK, NY - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed the sale of Peck Slip Station, 1 Peck Slip, on behalf of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to the New York City School Construction Authority for $13.5 million.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- e-Dialog, a unit of eBay, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), will more than double its occupancy at W&H Properties’ 1350 Broadway by taking an entire floor of nearly 25,000 square feet, announces Anthony E. Malkin, president of Malkin Holdings LLC, which supervises W&H Properties.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC has funded a $7.5 million bridge loan involving a 30,800-square-foot multi-family property in Brooklyn, N.Y. The borrower utilized the loan proceeds for a discounted purchase of the original construction loan, a partner buyout and to satisfy all outstanding obligations associated with the development.

NEW YORK CITY, , NY - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CresaPartners has expanded the brokerage staff in its New York office, according to Marcus Rayner, managing principal. The international commercial real estate service advisory firm specializes in tenant representation.

NEW YORK, NY - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that Gramercy 19, a boutique condominium development located at 148 East 19th Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, has only one remaining unit for sale.

NEW YORK, NY - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On behalf of the owners of One Madison Park, FKF Madison Group Owner LLC and its affiliated debtors (collectively, the “Debtors”), Jones Lang LaSalle today announced the firm’s special asset services experts have been hired to solicit competing proposals to reorganize the Debtors under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carlos M. Velazquez & Associates, LLP, a growing real estate and real property tax law firm, has leased office space at 551 Madison Avenue on the corner of 55th Street, according to Barbara Eddington, managing director at Winoker Realty, who brokered the deal on behalf of the tenant along with Winoker’s Jerry Suchman.

NEW YORK, NY - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Although not the main driver of Manhattan’s office market recovery that began in mid-2010, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Report found that the resurgence of the high-tech industry has made a substantial contribution. After a significant decrease in 2009 caused by the economic downturn, high-tech employment has been consistently increasing every quarter and creating new office space demand. The growth has been concentrated in Midtown South, which has the lowest vacancy rate in Manhattan at 6.7 percent.

New York, NY - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rose Associates announced today that Ace Hardware has leased 8,100 square feet at 312-316 First Avenue in Manhattan, a retail space at Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town. The store, slated to open in early 2012, will be the third Ace Hardware location of H.Brickman & Sons, a family-owned business that has been in operation for more than 90 years.

New York, NY - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has appointed Reuben Davis as an associate broker.

New York, NY - October 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rose Associates announced today that it has closed a $125 million loan funded by the issuance of bonds provided by the New York State Housing Finance Agency for the development of a luxury apartment building. Wells Fargo provided the credit enhancement for the bonds. The loan will facilitate the construction of The Larstrand, a development of New York City-based Friedland Properties. Of the Larstrand’s 181 apartments, 37 will be designated as affordable housing.

Fairfield, NJ - October 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David Landau & Associates, LLC, a leading provider of advisory services to private equity, hedge funds, REITs and other public and private real estate and financial services firms, announced that Michael Sullivan has joined the firm as a managing director.

NEW YORK, NY - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property is proud to announce that its newly re-launched website has won the Web Marketing Association’s 2011 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development. Each year, the WebAwards recognizes the premiere websites across 96 different industries and identifies companies with progressive tactics and innovation in website development and effective online marketing.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NRS Logistics Inc., an American branch of Japan-based NRS Corporation, which specializes in the transportation of pharmaceuticals and chemicals, has renewed its lease and expanded its office space at Ten Bank Street, directly adjacent to the White Plains Transportation Center, according to Jeffrey H. Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties, the marketing and managing agent for the building.

Somerset, NJ - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Andrew Zezas, SIOR, President and CEO of Real Estate Strategies Corporation, announced today that through its New York affiliate, RealStrat® Corporation, the New Jersey based corporate real estate advisory and transaction services firm advised and represented 33Across in the negotiation of that company's headquarters lease transaction. 33Across, a company providing social media targeting technology, will relocate from its original headquarters on the 14th floor of 460 West 34th St, NY into 12,500 square foot on the top (12th) floor of 229-239 West 28th Street, New York by year end 2011. The lease term will be ten years and three months.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Empire State Building has completed a new set of high-end pre-builts on the 65th floor, following successful introductions and leasing of high-end pre-builts on the 53rd and 75th floors, announces Anthony E. Malkin, president of Malkin Holdings, which supervises the building.

BRONX, N.Y. - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC has funded a $14,150,000 first mortgage loan secured by a multi-story industrial building located in the Bronx, N.Y. The borrower used the proceeds from the loan to finance the purchase of their existing ground lease and to fund necessary reserves. In addition, Hudson will have the option to provide funding for tenant improvements and leasing commissions in the event that the landlord leases the vacant space.