Barry Kramer, one of the two principal brokers of Westchester Choice Realty Inc. in Scarsdale, has the distinction of being both the HGAR 2017 Realtor of the Year and the 2018 HGAR President. “I didn’t’ think I could be a Realtor of the Year and president at the same time, so I was really surprised,”…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—In addition to Rockland County Executive Ed Day who recently told Real Estate In-Depth that New York State taxpayers were getting “sandbagged” by the federal tax reform plan, other key state and local leaders also blasted various components of the GOP House and Senate tax reform plans that at press time were being debated…
Read MoreNEW CITY—Rockland County Executive Ed Day presided over the permanent closure of the six-story Sain office building here on Dec. 5th where he urged county lawmakers to facilitate the multi-million dollar sale of the property to make way for a senior assisted living facility. Day announced that the last of the county departments operating at…
Read MoreNEW YORK CITY—The Regional Plan Association in its fourth regional plan says some residents of the New York City metro region are not enjoying the benefits of the robust NYC economy due in large part to the lack of investment in the area’s infrastructure, housing and quality of life. In its 373-page report released on…
Read MoreNEW YORK—Residential brokerage firm Douglas Elliman announced on Dec. 4 it had promoted its chief operating officer, Scott Durkin to president and chief operating officer effective immediately. Durkin, a 30-year real estate veteran and protégée of Barbara Corcoran, joined Douglas Elliman in 2015 as executive vice president of acquisitions and growth. He was promoted to…
Read MoreToys for Tots boxes at the Central Valley office of Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty are overflowing with support from the brokerage firm’s "Pictures with Santa" fundraiser. Rand officials expressed their gratitude to the local community for its support and offered a “special thank you” to Marines, Lance Corporals Kiley and Kitely, who recently…
Read MoreNEW YORK—Mastercard, which is headquartered in Purchase, is significantly expanding its operations in New York City, signing a lease to occupy approximately 212,500 square feet of space at a Fifth Avenue office building. The deal nearly triples the company’s presence in New York City. The new lease deal will have the credit card giant occupy…
Read MoreThere are new Department of State regulations that went into effect on Oct. 1, 2017 and will expire Oct. 1, 2022 concerning cease and desist zones in parts of the Bronx and Queens counties. The DOS determined that these new rules were warranted to prevent what were perceived by the public to be intense, repeated…
Read MoreSCARSDALE, NY—Ginsburg Development Companies has sold the retail condominium component of its Christie Place mixed-use project across from the Scarsdale Metro North train station. Knowledgeable sources have informed Real Estate In-Depth that the deal was valued at $17 million. The sale to an unidentified private investor was announced by brokerage firm Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.,…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS— White Plains Hospital unveiled its recently completed addition to its Central Clinical Services operations totaling 20,300 square feet of space at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Nov. 20th. The new space at the center of the hospital, from floors three to six, was designed by Perkins Eastman Architects and complements the hospital’s ongoing…
Read MoreTHOMPSON, NY—The tourism industry in the Hudson Valley will likely never be the same in just a few months because in mid-February a new player in the casino gaming industry in the Northeast will arrive—the $1.3 billion Resorts World Catskills casino resort. The first delivery of what will eventually be 2,157 high-tech slot machines arrived…
Read MoreNEW YORK—Public and private institutional construction starts in New York City through the third quarter of this year totaled approximately $4.2 billion, well above the $3.7 billion this sector produced all of last year. Paced by major projects, such as the $1.2-billion Jacob K. Javits Convention Center expansion and other major initiatives, the total for…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—Tenant demand by health care, technology and communications concerns, particularly along the I-287 corridor, are helping bolster Westchester County’s commercial office market. Commercial brokerage firms Houlihan Lawrence and JLL recently released respective third quarter 2017 market reports for Westchester County. For the most part the two firms agreed on a number of positive prevailing…
Read MoreYONKERS—Empire City at Yonkers Raceway has retained J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to identify a strategic partner or perhaps explore a possible sale as it looks transform the highly successful racing and casino venue into a global gaming and entertainment destination. In its announcement released on Nov. 15, Empire City Casino officials said that JP Morgan…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) and the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors held a joint press conference at the HGAR headquarters in White Plains on Nov. 13 to highlight the devastating impacts the U.S. House and Senate tax reform plans would have on middle class taxpayers in the Hudson Valley. “The numbers are in,…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced on Nov. 9th that he had selected Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation to operate Westchester County Airport as part of a $1.1-billion public-private partnership dedicated to improving this vital county asset without expanding its footprint. Macquarie was the unanimous choice of a bi-partisan task force made up of members…
Read MoreGREENBURGH—The Town Board of Greenburgh approved earlier this month the site plan application of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown for a new research and development campus on a portion of a 100-acre parcel in the northern section of the town. Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced that the Town Board granted site plan approval and a negative…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—After nearly seven years in the approval process and in court proceedings, the White Plains Common Council earlier this month approved the controversial adaptive reuse of the former Ridgeway Country Club into a campus for the French-American School of New York. The council approved the scaled-down project by the required super majority (5-2) that…
Read MoreCARMEL—Bruce J. Walker has resigned as the Deputy County Executive of Putnam and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability at the U.S. Department of Energy, Putnam County officials announced on Nov. 1. Walker, a Mahopac native who lives with his wife, Lisa and…
Read MoreCHICAGO—Stubbornly low inventory conditions in a large swath of the country are behind the below-average share of first-time buyers in recent years, but there is gaining evidence of an increase in homebuilding may be around the corner. So says NAR’s Jessica Lautz, managing director of survey research and communications at the National Association of Realtors,…
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