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Upper West Side’s New Complex

“Rethink how you live with Waterline Square. A lush and expansive residential experience in NYC where Midtown meets the Upper West Side!” That was the motto of General Investment and Development Companies (GID) in late 2016 when they took three star architects on board. The grand plan was to convert Upper West Sid...

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10 Projects that Will Transform State Island

Transformation in State Island A quick search on Brooklyn’s real estate will shock you with an average sales price of one million on the western end of Long Island. If you think Queens is any different, then you are wrong. The borough you should be taking an interest in is Staten Island! In the imminent future, the borough’s North Shore will be undertaking a massive transformation. The appearance of one of the tallest observation wheels, Staten Island’s first outlet mall, Empire Outlets; and not to mention hundreds o...

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Vertical Forest, or Bosco Verticale

Vertical Forest   Vertical Forests The majority of people visit the Upcountry region for the obvious reasons of forestry and abundance of green fields. What If I tell you that a particular Boeri Studio from Milan, Italy has already realized the dream of urban vertical greenery! Appropriately named v...

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Just in time for summer, expanded ferry service is on the way

Ferry Good news for folks in South Brooklyn and Astoria: NYC's ferry service is set to expand next month and begin stopping in several neighborhoods along the East River for the first time, Thrillist reports. The new NYC Ferry system, devised by the NYC Economic Development Corporation and the mayor'...

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Buying for the first time in NYC? Be sure to prep your finances first

NYC Buying a home is likely the most serious financial commitment you'll ever make, and NYC's challenging—and perhaps even punishing—real estate market makes the task especially daunting. But though the process of finding your first New York home can be grueling, it doesn't seem to deter...

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World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017: New York’s Eleven Madison Park Takes Top Honor

New Your Eleven Madison Park The number one restaurant in the world is actually number eleven—Eleven Madison Park in New York City took the top honor at this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards in Melbourne. “All of us in this room, we’ve dedicated our careers to creating experiences that we hope will become extraordinarily memorable moments in people’s lives,” Will Guidara, the co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, said. “We get to help people celebrate some of the most important moments in their lives...

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Cityscape – the world’s leading wealth hubs

Cityscape The Knight Frank City Wealth Index offers a fresh perspective on the urban hotspots and networks that are shaping the ultra-high-net-worth individual (UHNWI) world, now and in the future. Since it was first published 10 years ago,...

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Dubai – Building an Aerotropolis

Aerotropolis building in Dubai Not content with the world’s busiest international airport, Dubai is building a bigger one as part of a giant economic hub. Over the past 15 years, Dubai has become a city of superlatives – the world’s tallest building, the world’s ...

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All Signs Point To A Strong 2017 Real Estate Market

Strong Points in Real Estate Market President Trump would like to stimulate the economy through deficit spending and deregulation. The market has responded by selling off bonds and buying bank stocks. How will this impact the real estate market? The bond sell-off has caused...

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CHINESE-LED GROUP PAYING $2.2B FOR PARK AVENUE TROPHY OFFICE

CHINESE-LED Chinese investors continue to snap up Manhattan's most prized commercial real estate, against all odds, and their biggest flag in the ground has come in the form of an office building on 245 Park Ave., u...

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