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Douglas Elliman, the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in New York City, is to be acquired by Insignia Financial Group, a largely commercial company that had no presence in […]

Retailing, it has been said, is a form of show business, with a store's signs, decorations and merchandise displays all intended to entice passers-by to come inside. What then for […]

HOTEL owners in New York City make three times more profit for each room than the national average, according to an analysis by the accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. The […]

STEVEN ROTH, the chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, hit New York's office market like a whirlwind last year, buying Bernard Mendik's portfolio of 4 million square feet of Manhattan properties […]

Reckson Associates Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust, announced yesterday that it was joining with a partner to acquire Tower Realty Trust, which owns 2.3 million square feet of […]

LATER this year, Insignia Financial Group will be merged out of existence and replaced by a new entity called Insignia/ESG Holdings. In the process, a company that was dominated by […]

As property managers and owners in New York and Westchester Counties prepare for the April 1 changes in state regulations that will allow them to choose their supplier of electricity, […]

During the early part of this decade, Lawrence H. Feldman, chairman of what was then called Feldman Equities, was anguishing over missed opportunities. He could see that there were Manhattan […]

MANHATTAN'S garment district projects a raffish image, with side streets jammed by trucks making deliveries and picking up finished goods and racks of garments being rushed along crowded sidewalks presenting […]

Two New York-based real estate service firms, Douglas Elliman Commercial and Friedman Realty Group, have agreed to merge, the latest indication of the pressure on real estate service providers to […]

In a move that highlights the growing public ownership of real estate, the Cali Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust based in Cranford, N.J., has announced that it has […]

CONSOLIDATION is much on the minds of real estate brokers and managers these days as acquisitions and mergers, announced and rumored, are widely thought to be on the way toward […]

WHEN the Lend Lease Corporation of Sydney, Australia, agreed to acquire Equitable Real Estate Management and its $25 billion portfolio last month, it was an indication of how the real […]

LaSalle Partners and The Galbreath Company, two Midwestern real estate management and services companies with significant operations in New York, announced yesterday that they would merge, with LaSalle as the […]

THE consolidation trend now under way in New York's real estate brokerage and related services offices has some leading industry executives predicting that the business will wind up divided into […]

Continuing its expansion drive, Insignia Financial Group, the parent of Edward S. Gordon Company, announced yesterday that it had reached agreement to buy Frain Camins & Swartchild, a commercial real […]

Insignia Financial Group, the Greenville, S.C.-based company that took over the Edward S. Gordon Company in New York last year, announced yesterday that it had acquired Rostenberg-Doern, which is a […]

AGGRESSIVELY raising money and buying financially shaky housing properties across the country during the early 1990's, Andrew L. Farkas quickly built Insignia Financial Group into the nation's largest manager of […]

FOR 40 years, the company created by Robert Weinberg and Martin Berger was a major factor in the two counties immediately north of New York City, with their Robert Martin […]

AS corporate America downsizes and looks for outside suppliers for non-core operations like property management, the real estate industry is reorganizing itself as well, consolidating into fewer, but bigger, companies […]

I REALLY did not want to do $330 million in acquisitions in one year,' said Scott Rechler, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Reckson Associates Realty Corporation. 'We […]

MORE deals are going to be done and New York will again be an attractive place to invest capital, real estate professionals say, as a result of the recent repeal […]

Reports on how Irwin Cohen has purchased the other half of the old Nabisco property, he bought nearly 10 years ago that became the Chelsea Market, New York City. Penchant for unusual aesthetic choices; Forest made up of gas-lamp poles embedded in concrete; Tree made of steel bars; Lobby with a wall covered with shiny metal plates, and props from a Broadway musical.

The article stresses that downtown Manhattan will become an attractive location for business.

Report on the rise in the demand for commercial property in Manhattan, New York.

Features small commercial spaces being leased to firms in New York City. Rise in the percentage of lease signings for spaces of less than 5,000 square feet; Sluggish demand in the overall office market; Result of layoffs that have occurred in the financial industry.

Examines the office leasing market in New York City. Why a disconnect between soft leasing fundamentals and high prices paid for office buildings and other properties is likely to continue; Financial details; Outlook for 2004 as a year of recovery; Expectation that the pace of leasing will pick up; Overview of available space; Impact of low interest rates on the market; How tenants are locking in longer terms; Leasing slowdown in the suburbs; Steady rents for store space; Upturn for the hotel industry. INSET: The 10 Biggest Deals.

Discusses the significance of office data in the New York real estate business. Description of the inflationary years of the 1970's in real estate; Creation of the 'Directory of Manhattan Office Buildings,' by Robert F.R. Ballard and his assistants at the brokerage and service company, Cushman & Wakefield; How the directory served as a predecessor to computerized databases containing information on every major building in Manhattan.

Reports that LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has acquired a real estate portfolio on 57th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues in New York and is helping burnish the street as a prime destination for high-end shopping in 2003.

Focuses on the uncertain outlook for commercial real estate markets in the United States and especially in New York City. Views of Bruce Mosler of Cushman & Wakefield and Robert Freedman of GVA Williams about the New York office vacancy rate; Location of buildings that command high purchase prices; How tenants compete with landlords to sublet space; A bifurcated market for selling buildings; Increased vacancies in suburban offices; Strong demand for retail space in Manhattan; Lower rates and higher occupancy in hotels.

Reports on commercial and real estate business at Flatiron District, New York City such as the opening of an A/X Armani Exchange store in the area as of November 13, 2002.

Focuses on the New York City commercial real estate market. Factors which have led to depressed rent levels, including employee dismissals at financial services and a decrease in the number of Internet and telecommunications companies; Similarity of market conditions in neighboring areas, such as jersey City, New Jersey; Demand for retail space; 2002 hotel occupancy rate compared with the same period in 2001.

Reports on the business performance of real estate firms in the industry in Manhattan, New York City. Acquisition of lands for development projects; Construction of residential condominium; Analysis on the revenue growth of real estate companies.

Focuses on the stagnant sale of office buildings in New York City amidst the economic uncertainties that resulted from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Discusses the practice of many telecommunications businesses to set up their own backup heating, electricity and air conditioning systems in the buildings they rent. Importance of telecommunications sites in the New York City real estate industry; Role of the engineers, not the business executives, in negotiating leases; Emphasis on reliability which has led tenants to insist on more control of their rented spaces.

Reports on the trend of using obsolete industrial and retail properties by companies for Web hosting and communications companies; Features of the buildings that make them popular, including sturdy floors and high ceilings; Adaptation of the buildings; Development of computer networks in the buildings; Importance of fiber optic capabilities; Economic aspects of the buildings.

Discusses the real estate market in metropolitan New York. How the strong United States economy affected the office segment of the real estate business; The shift to nontraditional areas for commercial rentals; Impact of the telecommunications industry; Commercial tenants bidding for space along the New Jersey waterfront; Effect of rising rents on retailers; Decline in occupancy rates for hotels.

Reports that the Consolidated Edison Company has put three lots of land up for sale in New York City. Where the lots are located near the United Nations complex; Estimated prices for the lots.

Focuses on the sale of Rickel Home Centers Incorporation's hardware chain stores by Grubb and Ellis Co., an investment group. Purpose of a sealed bid in the sale of the property; Comments from Joseph R. Romano, of Grubb and Ellis's New Jersey office; Information on the Rickel Home Centers property; Details on the bid for the property.

Presents information on an interactive compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) that markets retail space and signs at 4 Times Square in New York City, the building under construction by the Durst Organization at 42nd Street and Broadway. What happens when the CD-ROM is placed in a computer; Durst's presentation of the 4 Times Square; Details on the marketing of the building by the CD-ROM; In-depth look at the CD-ROM technology.

Reports that managers of commercial and residential properties in New York, who signed up for an energy deregulation program offered by Consolidated Edison company are waiting to see if they have been selected. Benefits of the program; Number of customers who applied to join the program; Details on the program.

Discusses the shift of power in the real estate market in New York City from tenants to landlords. Reasons for the shift; Comments from James S. Meiskin, president of Plymouth Partners; Scarcity of building space; Availability of various options by landlords.

Discusses the increasing importance of roofs on the real estate market in New York State. Measures taken by landlords to protect investments; New rental rates for roofs; Comments from landlords.