Firm expands office at 1185 Sixth Avenue

Published by The Real Deal on July 3, 2008.

4. The St. Regis Hotel New York on East 55th Street and Fifth Avenue is spending $1 million on renovating its presidential suite [Crain's]

Published by The Real Deal on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

In honor of its performing roots, the Bronx Theatre High School held its graduation ceremonies at the famous Studio 54 in Manhattan on June 26.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

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

Halloumi is a cheese that can legally be called by that name only if it's made in Cyprus. "The most amazing thing about it is its resiliency to heat," Michael Psilakis, the chef and owner of Anthos (36 W. 52nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-582-6900) and Kefi (222 W. 79th St. at Broadway, 212-873-0200), said. "You can skewer it, smoke it, confit it, grill it, poach it, dehydrate it, and it always maintains its integrity."

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.

A Queens jury awarded a couple $19.6 million in their lawsuit against St. Vincent's Hospital, following the "botched" delivery of their baby boy, who now has cerebral palsy, the family's lawyer said yesterday.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

The sizzling high-end luxury market is primarily responsible for Manhattan's upswing, with two condos, The Plaza and 15 Central Park West, leading the pack.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

"It is terrible," said Annemarie Hernandez, who was shopping in midtown with her 3-year-old grandson Robert Joseph on Tuesday. "We have no choice because it's like needing gas in your car."

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

"Honestly, this is what we train for," said Bohan, who is assigned to Engine 44 on the upper East Side. "You have to get him out of the car or he's going to die - that's what matters."

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

A street sweeper let the authorities know about pigeon napping on the Upper East Side and netted himself a $2,500 reward when the poacher was convicted.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

By 9:46 a.m., all 1,500 tickets to the free July 15 concert in Central Park that were available at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George had been given away.

Published by SI Live on July 2, 2008.

Thus pigeon-napping is considered a crime (though giving them birth control is not). Two months ago, a formerly homeless street sweeper tipped off law enforcement officials about a pigeon poacher, Isaac Gonzalez, who was spreading vast amounts of seed on the Upper East Side.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Later that same day, Mr. Stewart witnessed a man spreading bird seed on the ground and netting a large number of pigeons on the Upper East Side. He called the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which sent an officer to the scene and arrested the pigeon poacher.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The authority also announced that intermittent blasting and mechanical excavation will begin in mid-July on a cavern underneath Park Avenue between 49th and 51st Streets, which will connect the newly built tunnel with parallel tunnels.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

“I’m too old to be part of that game anymore, but I’m very happy about it,” Mr. Baker said. “A lot of people are making money; they still have lots of sex, you know, and lots of drugs I never did, even when I was at Studio 54.

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

Bon Jovi will play a free July 12 concert in Central Park as part of the leadup to the MLB All-Star Game - even though the New Jersey band's frontman admits he's not a big baseball fan.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

2 West 56th Street

Published by The Real Deal on July 1, 2008.

Yesterday, Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bloomberg held a joint press conference to announce a free concert in Central Park on July 12.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

As the Politicker's Azi Paybarah reported this morning, all New Jersey cheese-rock fans will descend upon Central Park on July 12 for the Jon Bon Jovi concert. It's free but you'll need tickets. Where can you get 'em? We're half way there!

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

He, for example, owns what is believed to be Manhattan's largest home - a 51,000-square-foot, Upper East Side structure which once housed an entire school.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

A Morgan Stanley analyst said Tuesday that investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. can weather near-term conditions and that its stock should trade close to book value.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

Rumors that Lehman may be forced to sell itself to remain in business have plagued the company for months as some investors fear that it could have a similar fate as Bear Stearns Co., which nearly collapsed before it was sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. at a deep discount. Lehman shares fell 11% Monday amid speculation that it may be acquired by U.K.-based Barclays PLC. Shares have dropped almost 70% in 2008.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

Right now there is 20 million square feet of office space available in Manhattan, up 35% from the year-ago period. In midtown alone, there are 84 blocks of space of more than 50,000 square feet available, up from 38 a year earlier.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The weakness is already evident is certain quarters. Asking rents on Park Avenue. fell nearly 5% to $111.65 a square foot during the second quarter from the first quarter but they were still up from the year-ago period. Times Square asking rents slipped 2% to $54 a square foot from the first quarter but were also up from a year earlier.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The airline has worked out weekend packages with the Park Central hotel near Central Park, The Paramount Hotel near Times Square, and Hotel Thirty Thirty near the Empire State Building.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The airline has worked out weekend packages with the Park Central hotel near Central Park, The Paramount Hotel near Times Square, and Hotel Thirty Thirty near the Empire State Building.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

Price of 31 West 52nd? $595 M., SL Green Says

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The snobs say Staten Island is closer to New Jersey that New York City -- so does that mean we get first dibs when Jon Bon Jovi plays Central Park this summer?

Published by SI Live on July 1, 2008.

Ronald Winston, son of the founder of the eponymous Harry Winston jewelers, has sold the firm's flagship building at 718 Fifth Avenue for $62 million, according to city records.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Paramount Group, which made the purchase, is apparently on a shopping spree that would make even Harry proud. Albert Behler's Paramount is apparently snapping up 1301 Avenue of the Americas, the Credit Lyonnais Building, for a staggering $1.5 billion.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“For the past 15 generations, nobody in my family has had to work,” said A. Laurance “Larry” Kaiser IV, the high-end Upper East Side real estate broker. “You work because you have to contribute to society.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Mr. Kaiser, 66, was sitting upright in his small Madison Avenue office last month. A day earlier, two top executives at Lehman Brothers had lost their jobs and the Federal Reserve released a grim economic report: Manhattan real estate is “down sharply … inventories of unsold units have risen.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Until recently, Mr. Dougherty, who is 32 and lives on the Upper East Side, hadn’t owned a pair of casual shorts since he was in high school. Visiting his parents in Connecticut one hot Saturday a few weeks ago, however, after downing a few cocktails in one of the local shopping mall’s “fine-dining” establishments, he found himself wandering into J. Crew to purchase a pair of blue-striped seersucker shorts. Next Page >

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“Clearly everyone’s been following the Macklowe properties,”Mr. Nelson said, referring to recent trophy-tower transactions that included the record sale of the GM Building. “A lot of these properties selling for the $50 million-and-under range are less flashy,” Mr. Nelson said. “The buyers are local operators. They’re press shy. They want to keep a low profile.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The Carlyle Group closed Tuesday on the purchase of an interest in the retail condo at 666 Fifth Avenue, the tower that Kushner Companies bought last year for a then-record $1.8 billion, according to a source familiar with the deal.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

. The 49 percent stake, as reported by Bloomberg News, in the approximately 90,000-square-foot retail portion, which includes a Brooks Brothers and the NBA Store, is valued in the deal at $525 million.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“The highest deal before that was Armani; that was maybe $1,600 to $1,700 a foot at 717 Fifth Avenue,” Mr. Roseman said. “That stretch of Fifth Avenue is just incredible. … Probably the highest-grossing stores per square foot in New York are Abercrombie & Fitch at 56th and Fifth and the Apple Store at 58th and Fifth. Those stores are doing anywhere between $6,000 and $10,000 a square foot. In New York, a store is considered successful if it earns $800 a square foot.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“The highest deal before that was Armani; that was maybe $1,600 to $1,700 a foot at 717 Fifth Avenue,” Mr. Roseman said. “That stretch of Fifth Avenue is just incredible. … Probably the highest-grossing stores per square foot in New York are Abercrombie & Fitch at 56th and Fifth and the Apple Store at 58th and Fifth. Those stores are doing anywhere between $6,000 and $10,000 a square foot. In New York, a store is considered successful if it earns $800 a square foot.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“The highest deal before that was Armani; that was maybe $1,600 to $1,700 a foot at 717 Fifth Avenue,” Mr. Roseman said. “That stretch of Fifth Avenue is just incredible. … Probably the highest-grossing stores per square foot in New York are Abercrombie & Fitch at 56th and Fifth and the Apple Store at 58th and Fifth. Those stores are doing anywhere between $6,000 and $10,000 a square foot. In New York, a store is considered successful if it earns $800 a square foot.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Either that, or Macklowe Properties is busy assembling a more lucrative parcel in the East 50s around Park Avenue to put on the market—Macklowe was reportedly considering selling the mega-site in May, before successfully selling the GM Building to Mort Zuckerman’s Boston Properties for a record-breaking $2.8 billion.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The deal with Macklowe allows the Swiss clockmaker to also relocate its retail space from the ground floor of 40 East 57th to the former Dana Buchman store across the street at No. 65, adjacent to the Four Seasons hotel. That move, to be completed by next July, will nearly double the store’s size, from 1,800 square feet to 3,000.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The deal with Macklowe allows the Swiss clockmaker to also relocate its retail space from the ground floor of 40 East 57th to the former Dana Buchman store across the street at No. 65, adjacent to the Four Seasons hotel. That move, to be completed by next July, will nearly double the store’s size, from 1,800 square feet to 3,000.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Macklowe also owns 44 and 50 East 57th, and has development rights for 42, 44, 48 and 50 East 57th Street, all of which border the larger Drake site at 434 Park, at 56th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Macklowe also owns 44 and 50 East 57th, and has development rights for 42, 44, 48 and 50 East 57th Street, all of which border the larger Drake site at 434 Park, at 56th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Macklowe also owns 44 and 50 East 57th, and has development rights for 42, 44, 48 and 50 East 57th Street, all of which border the larger Drake site at 434 Park, at 56th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Macklowe also owns 44 and 50 East 57th, and has development rights for 42, 44, 48 and 50 East 57th Street, all of which border the larger Drake site at 434 Park, at 56th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Macklowe also owns 44 and 50 East 57th, and has development rights for 42, 44, 48 and 50 East 57th Street, all of which border the larger Drake site at 434 Park, at 56th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.