August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A beach closure was issued today for Southold Town Beach in Southold and Bay Hill Property Owners Association Beach in Huntington due to elevated bacterial numbers. West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook and Tanner Park Beach in Copiague are reopened, as results of recent samples collected show the water quality to be within acceptable levels.

New York, NY - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cyclists swamped Park Avenue South today in the family-friendly Ride for the American Dream protest of a “race to the bottom” at some luxury residential buildings developed by TF Cornerstone

New York, NY - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With more than 120,000 members in eight states and Washington, D.C., including 70,000 members in New York, 32BJ SEIU is the largest union of property service workers in the country and the largest private sector union in the states

NEW YORK, N.Y. - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Comptroller John C. Liu announced today that over the past fiscal year, his office recovered $1,978,370 from the insurance companies of individuals who damaged or destroyed City government property. The amount is the highest ever recovered for damage claims by the City Comptroller’s office, and marks a 34% increase over last year’s total, the prior record.

New York, NY - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency today announced the approval of an economic development compact for a proposed $93 million complex in downtown Mineola that will provide much needed housing for working young professionals and affordable housing for seniors.

Sparrowbush, NY - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that $326,250 in federal funding was awarded to the New York State Department of Transportation to allow Orange County to purchase and redevelop vacant waterfront property along the Delaware River. Specifically, the funding will allow Orange County to acquire and preserve over 17 acres of vacant Delaware River waterfront property in Sparrowbush, NY.

New York, NY - July 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Black and Latino mortgage borrowers in New York City are far less likely to obtain conventional mortgage loans than white New Yorkers, according to a report released today by NEDAP and six partner organizations across the U.S

New York, NY - July 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel and Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua today launched the adAPT NYC Competition, a pilot program to develop a new housing model for the City’s growing small-household population. adAPT NYC seeks to create additional choices within New York City’s housing market to accommodate the city’s changing demographics. Currently New York City has 1.8 million one- and two-person households, but only one million studios and one-bedrooms. The design competition involves a Request for Proposals for a rental building composed primarily, or completely, of micro-units – apartments smaller than what is allowed under current regulations. New York City’s housing codes have not kept up with its changing population, and currently do not allow an entire building of micro-units. Under this pilot program, Mayor Bloomberg will waive certain zoning regulations at a City-owned site at 335 East 27th Street in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan to test the market for this new housing model. The Mayor made the announcement at the American Institute of Architects’ Center for Architecture and also was joined by Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden and Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri, whose agencies collaborated with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the creation of this design competition.

New York, NY - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nordstrom, Inc. has finalized an agreement with Extell Development Company to build Nordstrom’s first full-line store in New York City. This new flagship store will open along Manhattan’s bustling 57th Street corridor at 225 West 57th Street, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, in the Columbus Circle area of Manhattan. The 285,000 square-foot store is expected to open in 2018

NEW YORK, NY - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle was selected by Extell Development as the exclusive leasing agent for One Hudson Yards. The developer tapped the company to provide a full range of commercial office leasing services for the 56-story, 1.78 million-square-foot Class A office building.

NEW YORK, NY - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed six transactions totaling 17,105 square feet of commercial office space for William Macklowe Co. at 400 Madison Avenue. The firm completed four new, direct deals and two lease extensions at the Class A, 200,000-square-foot commercial office building.

New York, NY - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RKF recently secured two ground-floor retail spaces for General Nutrition Center (GNC) in Manhattan. The global retailer of specialty nutritional products signed long-term leases for a 1,000-square-foot space at 275 Seventh Ave., located between 25th and 26th Streets in Chelsea, and a 1,350-square-foot space at 1034 Third Ave., located between 61st and 62nd Streets on the Upper East Side. Opening in 2012, the new stores will be GNC’s 41st and 42nd Manhattan locations

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital, a Manhattan-based real estate fund manager with more than $2 billion in assets currently under management, has funded a $6 million construction loan involving a vacant industrial loft building in the North Williamsburg section. The sponsor previously secured a $4.65 million bridge loan from Hudson to finance the acquisition of the well-located residentially zoned property.

EUGENE, OR - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Domenica Neuhaus to the ever-expanding networks of agents and brokers dedicated to transforming the online real estate search on their professional websites. As a member of the Staten Island MLS (SIBOR), Neuhaus has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, her clients and other Staten Island, New York home seekers can experience the same level of accessibility to the SIBOR. IDX Broker has forever changed the way potential buyers search for homes online.

New York, NY - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com) has appointed Ricardo Caceres as a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson. He has more than 11 years of real estate experience in New York City, most recently as an agent for The Corcoran Group and Prudential Douglas Elliman.

June 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bradley Gillis, CCIM from Sperry Van Ness - Miller Commercial Real Estate in Salisbury, MD recently attended the Healthcare & Real Estate Conference in New York, NY. The conference featured important discussion on the state of healthcare in the United States, the implementation of healthcare reform and the various investment and development opportunities in the myriad of medical office buildings, research facilities and seniors’ housing. It was attended by 225 leading healthcare, real estate and capital markets executives from around the nation. The agenda included two keynote speakers; Edward Rollins who presented “The Impact of Today’s Political Cycle on Healthcare & Real Estate”, and Scott Mason, D.P.A.,

NEW YORK, NY - June 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ariel Property Advisors has sold a Central Harlem retail property leased by Citibank for $3.4 million. Exclusive agents Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, and Michael Tortorici handled the sale for a private owner. The property was sold to a private investment group that operates multiple retail locations throughout the country.

STAMFORD, CT - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) has honored Malkin Construction and fellow project team members with an Award of Merit in the K-12 Schools category for their work on the recently completed Stratfield Elementary School project. The award was conferred at CBC’s annual Project Team Awards Banquet on June 12

NEW YORK, NY - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- One year after an innovative building retrofit project, the Empire State Building is ahead of plan and has exceeded its year one energy-efficiency guarantee by 5 percent, saving $2.4 million and establishing a commercial real estate model for reducing costs, maximizing return on investment, increasing real estate value, and protecting the environment.

NEW YORK, NY - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RKF today announced a long-term lease with Mackenzie-Childs for 7,700 square feet of retail space lease at Solow Realty & Development Company’s 20 West 57th St. on the south block between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Plaza District. The American-made luxury home furnishings, tableware and gift company will relocate from its existing location at 14 West 57th St. and occupy a new retail space consisting of approximately 7,700 square feet of space. Mackenzie-Childs plans to reopen at its new location by the fourth quarter of 2012.

NEW YORK, NY - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City multifamily transaction volume rose 29 percent in April 2012 compared to April 2011, but year-over-year dollar volume fell by 18 percent, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ Multifamily Month in Review: New York City.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of an aggressive initiative to expand its brokerage team, Cresa New York has named Howard Cross senior vice president. Mr. Cross, an accomplished motivational speaker, is a 10-year veteran of commercial real estate, having previously served as senior managing director at Colliers International and as a broker at CBRE.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - June 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- VeriFone Systems, Inc. (VeriFone) (NYSE: PAY), the electronic payments giant, has leased the entire 32nd floor at W&H Properties’ 1400 Broadway, announces Anthony Malkin, president of Malkin Holdings, which supervises the W&H portfolio.

New York, NY - June 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- June 11, 2012 – Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com) has appointed Keri Chambers as a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson. She has worked in real estate for more than 10 years, most recently as an agent at Prudential Douglas Elliman.

NEW YORK, NY - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that husband and wife team Jeffrey and Kristin Krantz, known as Krantz+Krantz, have been hired as sales and marketing executives of Halstead Property Development Marketing.