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A bejeaned Mr. Zell with, l-r, William Mack, Steve Roth and Robin Panovka.

Morning Ground-Up: 3.17.10

By Tom Acitelli | March 17, 2010 | 8:39 am

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Here's to staying sober 'til noon. - The Observer's Eliot Brown puts the emotion and the politics aside, and tackles the nuts-and-bolts of rebulding at the World Trade Center site. Does anyone really want or need 7 million square feet of new office space? And does the public want to pay for a lot of it? Well, do... READ MORE»

Slideshow: Murdoch's REBNY Talk

By Tom Acitelli | March 4, 2010 | 3:27 pm

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch was the guest speaker at the Real Estate Board of New York's latest members luncheon, on March 2 at the Sheraton on Seventh Avenue. The Observer's Dana Rubinstein covered the speech, which veered from politics to real estate to the larger economy to The New York Times vs. the Wall Street... READ MORE»

The Winter Palace at 765 Park Avenue

By Tom Acitelli | March 3, 2010 | 1:41 pm

The Observer's Chloe Malle broke the news last week of real estate titan Benjamin Winter's $12 million purchase of an 11-room spread at tony co-op 765 Park. A look inside, thanks to this cached listing with Brown Harris... READ MORE»

The Topping Out of Two Gotham Center

By Tom Acitelli | February 26, 2010 | 12:01 pm

The topping out this week of the 662,000-square-foot tower, developed by Tishman Speyer in Long Island... READ MORE»

REBNY's Big Apple Circus and the Mystery of the Cash Bar

By Tom Acitelli and Chloe Malle | January 22, 2010 | 1:53 pm

Real Estate Board of New York President Steven Spinola escorted Governor David Paterson through the cocktail reception before REBNY's 114th annual banquet on Thursday evening at the Midtown Hilton. "This is Sandy Lindenbaum," Mr. Spinola said, introducing the governor to the legendary real estate lawyer (interviewed in November by The Commercial Observer). "He's one of our honorees... READ MORE»

Cushman & Wakefield Looking for New CEO; Mosler To Become Co-Chairman

By Tom Acitelli | October 15, 2009 | 2:21 pm

Cushman & Wakefield, one of New York’s biggest commercial real estate brokerages, is looking for a new chief executive. Bruce Mosler, its CEO and president since January 2005, has been appointed co-chairman of the firm’s board, alongside John Cushman III. Cushman & Wakefield made the announcement... READ MORE»

Pat Fondiller at The Gate.

The Gate's Pat Fondiller Gets Freaky on Beer

By Tom Acitelli | October 2, 2009 | 8:45 am

It’s easy to envy Pat Fondiller, the beermeister of Park Slope institution The Gate. He gets paid to have conversations like this one on a recent late weeknight in the bar’s back corner. He was talking with Gate founder and owner Bobby Gagnon. The topic was which beer the bar would not carry. One TV over the bar played the Yankees game. Another, muted, played Chuck Norris' original The Delta Force. Mr. Gagnon: “We won’t... READ MORE»

Print Edition Stories: 9.16.09

By Tom Acitelli | September 16, 2009 | 7:49 am

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The Week in Real Estate: 9.4.09

By Tom Acitelli | September 4, 2009 | 9:16 am

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The Week in Real Estate: 8.28.09

By Tom Acitelli | August 28, 2009 | 10:56 am

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Print Edition Real Estate Stories: 8.26.09

By Tom Acitelli | August 26, 2009 | 8:24 am

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The couple at the Cantillon Brewery in Brussels last spring.

Getting Hopheaded in Brooklyn

By Tom Acitelli | August 21, 2009 | 10:57 am

Erica Shea was on the Chinatown bus from Boston to New York after Thanksgiving in 2008, reading Burkhard Bilger’s profile of Sam Calagione, the wort-crusted owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, in The New Yorker’s food issue. She texted her boyfriend, Stephen Valand, who was visiting relatives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: “We have to do... READ MORE»

The Week in Real Estate: 8.21.09

By Tom Acitelli | August 21, 2009 | 10:35 am

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The Week in Real Estate: 8.7.09

By Tom Acitelli | August 7, 2009 | 11:00 am

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The Week in Real Estate: 7.31.09

By Tom Acitelli | July 31, 2009 | 12:10 pm

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