Mitsui Fudosan, which didn’t return a call for comment, has only a small presence in the United States. According to its web site, the only building it currently owns in Manhattan is 1251 6th Ave., which it purchased in 1986.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 3, 2008.

The conglomerate is looking for so much space, according to the insider, in part because it plans to sell some of the commercial condo space it now occupies in Rockefeller Center.

Published by The New York Observer on September 2, 2008.

Last December, bearded designer Rogan Gregory and his partner Scott Hahn were invited to a Christmas party at the Midtown home of nonegenarian labor lawyer and free subway advocate Theodore Kheel. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was there, as was Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. ("It was definitely a bit of an older crowd," recalled Mr. Hahn.)

Published by The New York Observer on August 27, 2008.

While it may be becoming less expensive to rent an apartment in Manhattan, some brokers are hesitant to go as far as to label this a renters’ market. “It’s difficult to call it that,” says Sepp Seitz, a Halstead broker active in midtown west and Chelsea. “If you look at rents here, they are incredibly higher than elsewhere. There is still low inventory, and what is renting is going very quickly.”

Published by The New York Observer on August 26, 2008.

As if New York wasn’t stimulating enough already, the city has provided a new kind of thrill right in the heart of Midtown: an esplanade carved into Broadway where people can sit and relax as cars and trucks whiz by.

Published by New York Times on August 26, 2008.