YONKERS—Greenwich, CT-based National Resources has acquired the 28-acre Leake & Watts campus in Yonkers and the Bronx from Rising Ground for $52.6 million. The deal was announced by commercial brokerage firm OPEN Impact Real Estate. OPEN Impact Real Estate is a woman-owned brokerage firm that is an affiliate of Transwestern Real Estate Services. The OPEN…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Commercial and multifamily mortgage originators are experiencing an unsettled market for borrowing and lending but anticipate those conditions will slowly stabilize over the course of 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's 2023 Commercial Real Estate Finance Outlook Survey. The survey, which polled the leaders of the top commercial and multifamily mortgage finance firms for…
Read MoreRYE BROOK—The luxury real estate market north of New York City ended 2022 with mixed results as luxury sales in Westchester, Putnam and Duchess counties were largely unchanged while Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan posted sharp declines, according to the Houlihan Lawrence Luxury Q4 Market Report released on Jan. 5. According to the report, Westchester…
Read MoreWEST NYACK—Golfzon, a golf simulator firm, and Troon, a leader in providing golf and club-related leisure and hospitality services, have partnered to launch Golfzon Social, a state-of-the-art indoor golf entertainment venue. The first two locations are set to open in early 2023 in Rockland and Westchester counties. Seeking to attract non-golfers, avid golfers, and casual…
Read MoreELMSFORD—Robert Martin Company, one of the largest real estate management and development firms in Westchester County, announced recently it had secured approximately 586,000 square feet of new leases, renewals, and expansions at its properties in Westchester County for 2022. Company officials stated that the strong leasing activity reflected the ongoing strength of Robert Martin Company’s…
Read MoreNEWBURGH—The opening of the Resorts World Hudson Valley video gaming machine (VGM) facility at the beleaguered Newburgh Mall in Orange County on Dec. 28 will bring hundreds of new full-time jobs and significant tax revenue for the area, but business leaders are hoping for so much more. Executives from Genting, which owns the casino, were…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Pending home sales slid for the sixth consecutive month in November, according to the National Association of Realtors. All four U.S. regions recorded month-over-month decreases, and all four regions saw year-over-year declines in transactions. “Pending home sales recorded the second-lowest monthly reading in 20 years as interest rates, which climbed at one of the fastest…
Read MoreMOUNT PLEASANT—Recently, the Mount Pleasant Town Board unanimously approved the zoning for the 3.0-million-square-foot North80 science and technology center next to the Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, and near the expansive Regeneron Pharmaceuticals complex, which is currently undergoing a $1.8-billion expansion. The approval now sets the stage for the developer to formally submit…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Existing-home sales declined for the tenth month in a row in November, according to the National Association of Realtors. All four major U.S. regions recorded month-over-month and year-over-year declines. Total existing-home sales, completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, waned 7.7% from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million…
Read MoreMONTGOMERY—Locally-based residential real estate brokerage firm Curasi Realty, Inc. has announced the establishment of its specialized commercial division. A team of Curasi Realty professionals recently became certified in commercial real estate, prompting the launch of the company’s commercial division. Those Realtors all completed the Commercial and Investment Real Estate (CIRE) certification. “We congratulate these professionals…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—What seems evident from the forecasts from a host of noted real estate experts and economists, including National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, is that while 2023 will be a difficult year for many, it will in no way mirror the severe downturn the industry suffered in 2008. While some differ on whether…
Read MoreSTONY POINT— Fifty years ago, Patsy Duncan and late husband Fred set up shop in Rockland County’s Stony Point as a boutique Realtor and has since become a cornerstone of the local real estate scene. Now, Patsy Duncan has decided the time is ripe for a vigorous new stage of growth and has affiliated with…
Read MoreFARMINGDALE—The latest home sales statistics from OneKey MLS clearly indicates that higher mortgage interest rates and inflation are taking their toll on what was a robust sales market earlier this year. OneKey MLS, the largest MLS in New York, which aggregates the real estate transactional data from nine counties making up the regional MLS coverage…
Read MoreORANGEBURG—A single-tenant absolute net leased property in Orangeburg leased to Scapa North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of global provider of engineering solutions and advanced materials firm Schweitzer-Mauduit International, was acquired by Solomon Builders of Teaneck, NJ for $12 million from 25 Corporate Drive, LLC in a 1031 exchange transaction. The deal for the 38,400-square-foot…
Read MoreRYE BROOK—Houlihan Lawrence announced on Dec. 14 it had partnered with TurnKey Realty Group and opened a new office location in Eastchester. Centrally located at 419 White Plains Road, the Eastchester office will be home to The TurnKey Team at Houlihan Lawrence. TurnKey was founded by Anthony Saraco, Jr., who has more than 28 years…
Read MoreReal Estate In-Depth has launched a new feature geared at providing useful information and the latest trends in the home inspection sector. In this installment we asked veteran home inspector Mark Aakjar the following question: Q: How dangerous is Radon and should prospective homebuyers have homes tested for Radon as part of their due diligence?…
Read MoreIn the 1970s and 1980s, the parking lot at the White Plains Mall was filled with shoppers and diners who were patrons of such Downtown White Plains staples as Scotch & Sirloin, Dag’s Tavern, Wallauer Paint & Design, McDonald’s and in the later years Bob Hyland’s The Sports Page. For a time, many in the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—What was evident from the forecasts from noted real estate economists, including National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, at yesterday’s Real Estate Forecast Summit is that while 2023 will be a difficult year for many, it will in no way mirror the severe downturn the industry suffered in 2008. Yun, forecasts that 4.78…
Read MorePHILADELPHIA—The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors was well represented “Riding” into 2023! I am excited and pumped that I was able to travel to Philadelphia for the Realtor Party Training Conference that was held from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1. It was a tremendous opportunity to “Ride with the Brand” and kick off a great…
Read MoreGOSHEN—New York State Supreme Court Justice Sandra Sciortino, recently granted summary judgment to a group of property owners and declared the City of Newburgh’s Good Cause Eviction law (Local Law 6) null and void. In her Nov. 29 ruling, Judge Sciortino said Local Law 6 “alters substantive provisions and procedures of existing state law by…
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