Let’s chat about 551 West 21st Street, a boutique new development whose sales office I visited last week. Full disclosure: My firm is marketing the property, but I am not. This just-born project, one of many in the hopper for Sir Norman Foster of Foster & Partners, is stunning. One of my favorites of his
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Forgive me a post about ideas. I feel so lucky to live and work in New York. I tell just about anyone who will listen that this city is endlessly interesting. A city of ideas, a city of energy. Perhaps the “never sleeping” aspect is overblown, but even by pulling out a tidbit here or
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For those of you who just happened upon this blog , I’m originally from New Orleans. As often happens in the dead of winter, especially a miserable snowy winter like the one that seems to be wrapping up, I’m thinking of warmer climes, including my hometown. Mardi Gras just passed, and while some are slogging
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I have a high-floor two-bedroom condominium listing in Toll Brothers’ first New York City development, 110 Third Avenue. We are marketing it at $2.5 million, with significant interest. The lack of inventory for high-floor, great view, full-service Downtown condominiums make this highly desirable. With that in mind, I found my trip to Brooklyn Heights to
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Our February Absorption report has come out. Check it out here! Inventory finally rose (a tiny amount) across the entire Manhattan market. The Upper West Side remains the market with lowest inventory, and inventory here is still down 24% year over year. Our economist guru Greg Heym threw out a few predictions, which seem to
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Each February, we hold our firm’s Annual Meeting at Christie’s Auction House. Some fun facts for you about my team and our firm: The Harris Residential Team finished its best year in 2013, with an improvement of more than 50% over our previous (and previously best) year! I appreciate all that our clients, referral sources,
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This month’s run takes us to Upper Manhattan and Riverdale! I was inspired to share this run by a recent article in the NY Times. Taking the article’s recommendations for a “walking tour” of Upper Manhattan, I’ll write below the “running tour.” For this run, make sure you take your Metrocard, and $20. Maybe even
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This month, I’m covering One Riverside Park and 50 UN Plaza. As I mentioned in my market posting, One Riverside Park is already 50% sold out. Technically 50 Riverside Boulevard, it is connected underground to its nearest neighbor, 60 Riverside Boulevard, known as the Aldyn. This means that they share a 40,000 square foot health
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We have been waiting to see our end of 2013 data, as compiled by BHS’s chief economist, Greg Heym, before sending our first newsletter of the year. Sorry for the delay! And Happy New Year! This data includes/offers the latest Absorption Report. On the heels of the State of the Union, the state of the
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Hello and Happy 2014! I’m bringing my love of running to my blog, and incorporating Real Estate aspects of my observations from the street level. We can see a lot more real estate at 8-9 minutes a mile. Not to mention that looking to the left and right is much easier without trying to drive
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