NEW YORK CITY, NY - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With historically unprecedented leasing concluded, new leasing activity proceeding at a high rate, and tenant build-outs and renovations at the Empire State Building underway, ownership is adding a new feature to the World’s Most Famous Office Building: a construction hoist. The hoist has been installed to expedite tenant construction and keep construction workers and materials out of building common areas, announces Anthony E. Malkin, president of Malkin Holdings, which supervises the building

EUGENE, OR - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Scarsdale, New York area properties just became easier to search for, thanks to the partnership of IDX, Inc. and Broker Charles Cinquemani of Prudential Centennial Realty. Empire Access MLS (EAMLS) are now fully integrated onto the search page Cinquemani hosts, giving New York home seekers an easy-to-use real estate resource to utilize in their online property search. With his custom IDX solution, Cinquemani now hosts one of the most dynamic and informative real estate websites and searches for New York area buyers.

New York, NY - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition, Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, allied elected officials and rent-controlled tenants from across New York City will hold a rally and press conference at 22 Reade Street, outside the biennial Maximum Base Rent hearing, at which the adjustment to the Maximum Base Rent for the city’s approximately 40,000 rent-controlled households will be determined.

ALBANY, N.Y. - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mitigation experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be at Home for the Holidays Show, part of Arts, Crafts & Lifestyle Shows in Schenectady County this Friday, Saturday and Sunday to offer information on preparing for future disasters, flood insurance and rebuilding safer and stronger.

New York, NY - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tenants at Whitehouse Estates at 350 East 52^nd Street in Manhattan will be joined by striking apartment building workers, elected officials and supporters today to announce the filing of a lawsuit that claims building owner William Koeppel has been illegally overcharging on rents for years.

NEW YORK, NY - November 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed construction on two new high-end stores, totaling 153,000 square feet, for Uniqlo Co. Ltd. in Manhattan. The locations include the Japanese clothing retailer’s New York global flagship at 666 Fifth Avenue and another store at 31 West 34th Street. The Uniqlo Fifth Avenue store and the Uniqlo 34th Street site will be the second and third locations in the United States following the opening of Uniqlo on Broadway in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood in 2006.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - November 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CresaPartners has promoted Justin Halpern to vice president in its New York office. “Justin is a motivated, dedicated and hard-working professional whose talents and insights have helped him grow enormously since joining the firm four years ago,” says Marcus Rayner, managing principal of CresaPartners. “We expect to see great accomplishments from him in the coming years.”

New York, NY - November 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has announced the appointment of longtime agent Sandra Richner as an Associate Broker.

New York, NY - November 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 2011—Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has announced the appointments of Yigal Alon Chitrith, Olga Plaza and Jean-Paul Moise.

NEW YORK, NY - November 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness | RealSite Commercial Group, a premier Baltimore, Md. commercial real estate firm, has expanded its operations into New York City. The new firm, Sperry Van Ness | RealSite Group, is located at 123 Third Ave., Suite 9C and will service the New York metropolitan area.

EUGENE, OR - November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has revolutionized the online real estate solution of Barryville, New York Broker Gibson McKean of Gibson E. McKean, Inc. McKean has enabled IDX Broker software onto his professional website, syncing thousands of Sullivan County MLS (SCMLS) property listings into his advanced search functions. The capabilities he now hosts create a dynamic search page for his website, making his listings more visible and accessible via his IDX-enabled online real estate solution.

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 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.