Devin Leonard
Articles by Devin Leonard
Can New Owners Make Rock Center Sexy Again?
Barry Blitt.
Rockefeller Center.
Rockefeller Center has long been a haven for staid bank branches, airline ticket offices and other d read more »
Prince Paul Conjures That Get a Life Vibe
So … How's Your Girl? read more »
A New Neighborhood Born Out of Con Ed's Rubble
When word leaked out just after New Year's Day that a development team led by the venerable Fisher B read more »
Steve Witkoff's Nine Lives: Tough Guys Don't Fold-They Crawl Back From the Abyss
The up-and-coming brokers and landlords who attend the monthly luncheons of the Young Men's-Women's read more »
Times Palace Could End Up as Rubble if Newspaper Moves
It is one of those classic urban tales you are forever reading in The New York Times . read more »
Thanks to Pataki Reform, New York Ballot Rules Won't Block Steve Forbes
It must drive Steve Forbes crazy (and that's if you didn't find the wealthy editor in chief-turned-f read more »
Andy Stone's Big Hangover: After Lending Binge, Mogul Fights for C.S. First Boston Bonus
Andrew Stone, Crédit Suisse First Boston's top real estate financier, has always boasted that he is read more »
Mr. Rubin Returns From Washington-What Will He Do Next?
When Robert Rubin was Secretary of the United States Treasury, he often wandered around his office w read more »
Is Bradley Too Snobby? Former Jersey Friends Haunt Campaign
Sharpe James, the Mayor of Newark, is a sly politicaloperator with a wolfish grin. read more »
Can Dollar Bill Bradley Dunk Al Gore?
Bill Bradley hasn't run around in a tank top and short pants since the late 1970's, so most of today read more »
Rudy Ponders Amusement Park on Governors Island
Evoking cries of outrage from leading preservationist groups, the Giuliani administration is seriou read more »
Dug In, Trump Battles Walter Cronkite Group Over His Big, Big Tower
Donald Trump rarely has trouble getting media attention. read more »
The Battery's Down: Boiling Residents Gird for Takeover
Here we are at Battery Park City, the idyllic planned community on the banks of the Hudson River. read more »
Revenge of Solomon: Lazard Frères Fights His Bitter Lawsuit
With his Harvard Ph.D., his patrician manner and his partnership in Lazard Frères & Company, Arthur read more »
Governors Island Deal on Ropes After Feds Withdraw $1 Offer
Governors Island for $1? read more »
Rudy Likes the Idea of Nasdaq and N.Y.S.E. Under the Same Roof
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is quietly pushing to create a soaring financial citadel in lower Manhattan t read more »
With George W. Rising, Jon Bush of New York Is a Player Again
Remember Jonathan Bush? read more »
Can Rudy Giuliani Tame the Beast Within?
The day after police officers killed Amadou Diallo in a hail of 41 bullets, WCBS-TV reporter Marcia read more »
Mayor Green-Lights De Niro Movie Yard
It isn't easy for Robert De Niro to make a move in this city without being hounded by paparazzi . read more »
Prelude to an Election: Sharpton's Diallo March Builds Anti-Rudy Troop
As she ruminates about whether to jump into a bruising Senate race, Hillary Rodham Clinton has thril read more »
New Trouble in Paradise: Giuliani-Pataki Storm Hits Governors Island
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan brokered the real estate deal of the century while he was soaring in read more »
Trump's Garish Golf Course Plan Disrupts Quiet Westchester Town
Local politics in the quiet Westchester village of Briarcliff Manor have never been confused with th read more »
New Developer in Town With Secret Soviet Past Drives the M.T.A. Crazy
In the early 90's, when the city was in the throes of a recession, a Soviet immigrant named Tamir Sa read more »
A $300 Million Dispute: Bank Sues Harry Macklowe Over Grand Skyscraper Plan
Harry Macklowe has the perfect real estate deal for the harried chief executive who rides the Metro- read more »
City Money to the Mob? Manhattan D.A. Targets Giuliani's Garbage Guy
A high-ranking figure in Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's administration whose office is playing a key role read more »
Now Invading Manhattan, Father and Son Cipriani Start Rainbow Room War
If Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani have not seen Ghostbusters II , they might want to rent a copy. read more »
Dazzled by Times Square, Nasdaq Boss Frank Zarb May Snub Wall Street
Most stiff-collared financial industry executives would probably be put off by Times Square's garish read more »
Financial World Magazine Collapses Under Gung-Ho Owner Barry Rupp
Barry Rupp, chairman of Financial World magazine, tries to meet adversity with a smile on his face. read more »
Donald Trump, Jerry Speyer Go High, Each Bidding $365 Million for Coliseum
In what may prove to be the final round of bidding for the New York Coliseum site, developers Jerry read more »
How the Hip Hotelier Beat the Trump Hype in the St. Moritz Deal
Manhattan's top real estate brokers gathered at the Harmonie Club on April 29 to dine on red snapper read more »
Manhattan Land Barons Would Make a Big Pile on West Side Yankees
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and George Steinbrenner aren't the only powerful New Yorkers who stand to win read more »
Steinbrenner, Wilpon Play Rudy Ball
Two days after a 500-pound beam dropped out of the upper deck at Yankee Stadium, the Mets' co-owner read more »
Zuckerman Ends Up With Surprise Space in Times Square Deal
With great fanfare, a development team led by publishing magnate Mortimer Zuckerman announced in lat read more »
Empire State Building Splits Billionaire Dad From Jet-Set Daughter
In his most recent exercise in literary self-congratulation, Trump: The Art of the Comeback , Donald read more »
Harry Macklowe's Back and Ready to Remake a Piece of 42nd Street
One evening last July, developer Harry Macklowe arrived at one of the city's most powerful law firms read more »
Will Mailmen Gum Up Moynihan's Big Dream of a New Penn Station?
The new Pennsylvania Station planned for the James A. read more »
Idealist Lady BrokerBlasts the Feminists in Smith Barney Case
Pamela Martens is an unlikely feminist icon. read more »
A Manhattan Makeover: Can New Owners Make Rock Center Sexy Again?
Rockefeller Center has long been a haven for staid bank branches, airline ticket offices and other d read more »
Two California Dudes Fire at Donald Trump In Wild West Lawsuit
The project seemed like a natural for Donald Trump. read more »
Jacob Frydman Wore Full-Length Furs 10 Years Ago; Now He's Having Trouble Pulling Off Big-Deals
Several years ago, Jacob Frydman, a little-known attorney from Cleveland, let it be known that he wa read more »
Is Trump Reneging On Massive Park Plan For Riverside South?
Has Donald Trump abandoned all hope of building a magnificent public park in front of his mammoth Ri read more »
Employee Accuses Real Estate Firm Of Turning on Scientology E-Meter
Several months after she went to work at a Manhattan real estate firm, Karen Schwartz says her boss, read more »
