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By Janon Fisher 1/17 4:00pm

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David E. Green. (Illustration by Joao Maio Pinto)

David E. Green: Young Real Estate Man of the Year Recipient

Whether it’s revitalizing an old property with hip new tenants, or reassuring an established firm that its current address is the right fit, David E. Green showcases the kind of commercial real estate savvy that has earned him trust among an eclectic portfolio of clients.

Mr. Green’s peers recognize it, too, and that’s why the Cushman & Wakefield executive director has been named this year’s Real Estate Board of New York “Young Real Estate Man of the Year” recipient.

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By Daniel Edward Rosen 12/20/11 1:30pm

power broker

The Repositionist of 2 Park Avenue

Even in Manhattan, a building can go stale.

In Midtown South, for example, a commercial property can amass a litany of blue-chip legal practices and financial services firms in one decade, and then, 10 years later, watch as its tenant portfolio withers in prestige.

Take 2 Park Avenue. The building once served as the base of operations for Newsday and Times Mirror Inc. back in the 1980s and 1990s and more recently for The Hartford, the Connecticut-based insurance company.

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5 By Elise Knutsen 8/09/11 2:16pm

Launched

Gilt Groupe’s New Men’s Site Park & Bond Launches

Have you been searching tirelessly for the perfect calfskin belt and canvas tote? Look no further, well-dressed, well-off men of the world! Gilt Groupe’s full-priced menswear site Park& Bond has finally launched, and you can start filling that e-shopping cart right now. The latest addition to Gilt’s vast fashion domain, Park & Bond promises to Read More

6 By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 8/03/11 11:48am

Changes

Kate Maxwell Jets Conde Nast for Gilt Groupe’s Travel Site

Kate Maxwell has been named Editor-in-Chief of Gilt Groupe’s travel blog and deals site Jetsetter. Ms. Maxwell, who is British, will be in charge of the US site’s editorial strategy as well as direct the launch of a new Jetsetter UK site. She will “develop the visual language and the voice of Jetsetter, and she Read More

3 By Nate Freeman 7/28/11 6:46pm

The Daily Transom

Gilt Groupe Enjoys Steaks and Suits — Full-Price Now! — for New Site Park & Bond at The Dutch

Last night, advertorial king Gilt Groupe booked an entire wing at The Dutch -- a new drooled-over West Village eatery that Sam Sifton deemed the "song of the summer" -- to celebrate the advent of their partnership with GQ, Park & Bond. It's a full-priced online marketplace hawking upscale menswear. The new Gilt-y site Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 4:20pm

Gay Marriage

Got $30,000 Lying Around and Hate Planning? Get Gay-Married With GiltCity

GiltCity, the offshoot of Gilt Groupe which recently organized a premiere party for rich-gays-in-paradise reality show The A-List (as reported in the Eight-Day Week) is staying true to its constituency. The site is selling a gay wedding package for $30,000--it includes a cocktail reception, seated dinner, cake, a band, and--this is a great Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 3/29/11 11:55pm

The Transom

Golden Delicious: Ruth Reichl to Run Gilt Groupe Foodie Site

We hear former Gourmet editor in chief Ruth Reichl is staffing up a food spin-off of Gilt Groupe, the luxury discount retailer Web site. The project remains in stealth mode, but one might expect the site to look like the Gilt MANual blog, which pairs original lifestyle content with links to Gilt Groupe's men's wear Read More

By admin 3/02/11 12:24pm

point of purchase

NYT Goes Gilt With Daily Deal Email, TimesLimited

What better way for old media properties like the NY Times to beef up their bottom line than to jump on the bandwagon of daily deal sites that have been heating up the tech sector.

Market leader Groupon recently closed a massive funding round and New York's Gilt Groupe was just reported have hit that Read More

By admin 2/21/11 1:58pm

fresh capital

Gilt Groupe Tries On a New Size, Raises Capital at $1 B. Valuation

The private sale service Gilt Groupe is looking to raise between $80-100 million in a deal that will value the company at around $1 billion, according to Business Insider's Henry Blodget.

Breaking the news of Gilt's new valuation via Blodget is an interesting choice, since two of Gilt Groupe's co-founders, Kevin Ryan and Dwight Merriman, are also Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/30/10 5:28pm

IPO

2011 To Explode With IPOs, Prognosticators Say

The tech blogosphere is hot on the idea that the thirst for public offerings may be slaked next year, after a long drought.

There were just 45 offerings of tech companies in 2010 and only 16 in 2009, Evelyn M. Rusli writes at Dealbook in a post about the outlook for I.P.O.'s in 2011. By Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/22/10 1:53pm

group buying

Deal Site Gilt Groupe Staffs Up To Go After Men

New York-based Gilt Groupe is by now a well-established network of group-buying sites for buyers with six-figure incomes, and it's expanding aggressively.

Gilt just launched a local deal "Gilt City" site for Tokyo, its first site for a city outside the U.S., and now it plans to unveil a new category: full-price retail for Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/16/10 7:32pm

turning japanese

Oh Hay: Tokyo Joins New York in Elite Gilt City Club

New York City-based Gilt Groupe has added Tokyo to its members-only list of cities where its Gilt City deals are available, Mashable is reporting.

The international play comes after the company raised $15 million in debt funding. But that money was used to fund a warehouse in the opposite of Tokyo, also known as Louisville, Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/16/10 3:26pm

damage control

Facebook, World of Warcraft, Gilt Groupe Deal With Gawker Fallout

The giant password leak on the U.S.S. Gawker has other big ships rushing to plug the holes.

Hackers published the emails and passwords of Gawker's 1.5 million users. Hackers and spammers took the list and looked for users who might have used the same password for their email or on other sites--Twitter, Amazon, Seamless Web.

Twitter was Read More

By Irina Aleksander 11/01/10 2:36pm

Fashion

Today in Fashion: Elbaz for H&M; Gilt Starting Its Own Line?

Gilt, the online retailer, has been interviewing designers around town to explore the possibility of launching its own fashion line. [WWD]

Designing a line for H&M felt, for Lanvin's Alber Elbaz, as if he were "living in a palace and opened some doors and said, 'Have tea with me, taste the food.'" [Read More

By admin 10/26/10 1:13pm

Alley Vs Valley

Gilt Groupe Buys San Francisco Luxury Deals Site Bergine

Gilt Groupe has made its first acquisition, the San Francisco-based luxury deal site Bergine, as part of a rapid expansion plan that has put the NYC-based site in five new American hubs.

Bergine was founded in March by Patricia Calfee. Gilt is looking for local expertise and connections, so Calfee will help run Gilt's West Coast Read More

The New York Observer

Gilt Groupe

David E. Green: Young Real Estate Man of the Year Recipient

The Repositionist of 2 Park Avenue

Gilt Groupe’s New Men’s Site Park & Bond Launches

Kate Maxwell Jets Conde Nast for Gilt Groupe’s Travel Site

Gilt Groupe Enjoys Steaks and Suits — Full-Price Now! — for New Site Park & Bond at The Dutch

Got $30,000 Lying Around and Hate Planning? Get Gay-Married With GiltCity

Golden Delicious: Ruth Reichl to Run Gilt Groupe Foodie Site

NYT Goes Gilt With Daily Deal Email, TimesLimited

Gilt Groupe Tries On a New Size, Raises Capital at $1 B. Valuation

2011 To Explode With IPOs, Prognosticators Say

Deal Site Gilt Groupe Staffs Up To Go After Men

Oh Hay: Tokyo Joins New York in Elite Gilt City Club

Facebook, World of Warcraft, Gilt Groupe Deal With Gawker Fallout

Today in Fashion: Elbaz for H&M; Gilt Starting Its Own Line?

Gilt Groupe Buys San Francisco Luxury Deals Site Bergine

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