NEW YORK, NY - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP signed a 15-year renewal for 44,851 square feet at the Class A, 457,250-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK, NY - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and West 147th Street Associates LLC, an affiliate of L+M Development Partners, Inc., today announced that 80% of the units are closed or under contract at PS90, a premier residential development in Harlem.

NEW YORK, NY - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A broker survey conducted by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) for the second quarter of 2011 found that 77 percent believe next quarter’s values and sales will be better than or the same as this quarter. Also, 10 percent more brokers reported closing sales at or above asking price compared to what brokers reported in the second quarter of 2010

New York, NY - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has appointed Ikhan El as a licensed real estate salesperson.

New York, NY - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 88 Morningside, a premier new development located on the corner of Morningside Avenue and West 122nd Street, has completed construction.

JAMAICA,NY - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), senior member of the Financial Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with community organizations, including Neighborhood Works America, will hold a press conference on Monday, July 18, 11:00 am to urge eligible homeowners to act quickly to apply for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program (EHLP). Congressman Meeks will be joined by Adolfo Carrion, HUD Regional Administrator, Region II. Mr. Carrion is a former Bronx Borough President and director of the White House Office on Urban Policy.

NEW YORK, NY - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- APEX Condominium’s offering plan has been declared effective and the new luxury building in Harlem is already 40% sold -- more than twice the required percentage.

MONROE-WOODBURY, N.Y. - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Only three weeks after opening the doors of their model home, HighPointe at Woodbury Junction is enjoying a surge of interest from buyers looking to take advantage of the community’s desirable Orange County, NY location, luxurious homes and incredible value.

NEW YORK, NY - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected by the Italian Trade Commission to market 33 East 67th Street, once known as the Hugh D. Auchincloss House. Constructed originally as a townhouse, the five-story mansion is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and serves as the home of the ITC.

BROOKLYN, NY - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate brokers from Brooklyn and beyond will gather on a spectacular rooftop location on Wednesday, July 20th from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for the “Arias Park Slope Amenity Showcase,” a twilight event which will highlight the world-class recreational amenities at Brooklyn’s most desirable luxury rental building.

New York, NY - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Chapter of CoreNet Global, the leading professional association for corporate real estate and workplace executives serving multinational companies in the Fortune and Global 1000, will hold a panel discussion on July 28 entitled: World Trade Center: 10 Years Later, Progress and Momentum in Lower Manhattan.

NEW YORK, NY - July 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield today announced it has been retained as the exclusive retail leasing agent for “The Corner at Wall Street,” a 178,000-square-foot block of prime retail space located at 23 and 35 Wall Street and 15 Broad Street in downtown Manhattan’s Financial District.

BAYONNE-, N.J. - July 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A free shuttle service directly to and from the Liberty State Park Light-Rail Station and Grove St. PATH Station further distinguishes Alexan CityView from the marketplace by significantly enhancing the upscale urban lifestyle at the collection of 544 rental homes located on a sprawling waterfront site at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor.

New York, NY - July 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has appointed Natalie Baghdadi as associate broker of the Bracha Group.

Washington, DC - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today secured approval from a key U.S. House panel of a $6.38 million increase in funding for two critical federal programs that support the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System (SFFWS). The funding increase will boost the efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Streamflow Information Program and The Cooperative Water Program. Both programs offer support to the SFFWS network of rain and stream gages by offsetting operation and maintenance costs of the network

BROOKLYN, NY - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With leasing moving at a fever pitch, Arias Park Slope is enjoying a busy summer highlighted by one of the most important milestones in its development program. The first residents at the Ismael Leyva-designed 12-story building have moved into their luxurious new residences and begun their exciting upscale urban lifestyle at the collection of 95 rental homes in this historic Brooklyn neighborhood, according to developer The Iconic Group

NEW YORK, NY - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that overall average asking rental rates increased and overall vacancy rates decreased in every building class and every submarket of Manhattan's office market in the second quarter of 2011. Class A buildings in Midtown and Midtown South posted gains in rents while Class B product in both submarkets saw rates fall slightly.

New York, NY - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 184 Kent, the luxury residential rental that opened on Williamsburg’s waterfront one year ago, has recently secured a tenant for 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The space was leased by The River School, a childcare and educational facility that will open at 184 Kent in 2012.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that the first phase of a two-building development, Windows on 123 Apartments, a premier luxury condominium development in Harlem, is sold out and that the launch of sales has begun at Windows on 123 Lofts, the development’s nearby sister property.

NEW YORK, NY - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a renewal and expansion totaling 18,050 square feet for 650 Fifth Avenue Co. with Integrated Media Solutions LCC at 650 Fifth Avenue. The direct response media and analytics firm signed a renewal transaction for 11,289 square feet and a lease expansion for 6,761 square feet at the Class A, 395,000-square-foot office building.

Throggs Neck, NY - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mario Costanz and Walter Sarmiento, Broker/Owners of RE/MAX Results in the Bronx, have announced that Joel Rivera has joined their team of licensed real estate professionals. A newly licensed sales associate, Mr. Rivera will draw upon his more than 10 years of experience in public service and business acumen to provide comprehensive real estate services to communities throughout the Bronx. RE/MAX Results, located at 3717 East Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck, provides comprehensive real estate services to property buyers and sellers throughout the Bronx, Yonkers, Lower Westchester and New York City.

EUGENE, OR - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Albany, New York home seekers can now quickly and easily find their dream home online, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate broker Vinod Pillai. The IDX solution now employed by Pillai syncs his search page and property listings to thousands of homes listed on the Capital Region MLS (CRMLS) database. Never before has it been so easy for New York home seekers to search for a property online. IDX Broker software has revolutionized the way listings are displayed and potential buyers search for real estate online.

New York, NY - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Housing Committee Chair Vito Lopez today announced passage of legislation to extend the rent laws and expand rent protections for tenants for the first time since 1993.

New York, NY - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced today the passage of the Affordable Housing Act (A.8518) that would provide relief for working families across the state by capping growth in local property tax levies at two percent. The legislation also includes significant mandate relief for local government and school districts.

New York, NY - June 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that more than 50% of the units are sold at 88 Morningside, the fastest selling new development in Harlem.