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Swimming in the East River could happen sooner than you think

February 10, 2020

The East River on the Williamsburg waterfront. Max Touhey The East River is the cleanest it’s been in a century—and swimming in the once-polluted waterway isn’t such a wild idea On a warm July morning about 15 years ago, Ellen Weinberg climbed a metal fence in lower Manhattan wearing a bathing suit, goggles, and swim cap, walked up to the banks of the East River, and plunged in. About 30 minutes later, passersby on the Brooklyn side of ...

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2020 U.S. Real Estate Predictions

December 19, 2019

Housing and real estate experts are out with their 2020 market predictions, and they’re well worth a look – especially if you’re in the market for a new home next year – or looking to sell one. Let’s take a glimpse and see what shots the gurus are calling for real estate in 2020, with these 12 top predictions foremost in the housing market crystal ball.  U.S. Real Estate Predictions for 2020 Home Sellers Will Sit 2020 Out...

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Massive Bjarke Ingels-designed apartment towers and public beach planned for Williamsburg

December 18, 2019

POSTED ON THU, DECEMBER 12, 2019 BY DEVIN GANNON VIEW PHOTO IN GALLERY All renderings © James Corner Field Operations and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, courtesy of Two Trees Management Two new mixed-use towers with 1,000 units of housing and six acres of public space have been proposed for the North Brooklyn waterfront. Two Trees Management on Thursday unveiled plans to bring two Bjarke Ingels Group-desig...

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There Is Still Opportunity In Opportunity Zones

December 17, 2019

It’s been two years since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created opportunity zones to incentivize investments in nearly 9,000 distressed communities across the U.S. As senior vice president at Capital Square, a real estate investment sponsor, I connect accredited investors with the potential for tax benefits from qualified opportunity zone investments. Many investors enter into a qualified opportunity zone fund (QOF) as their vehicl...

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Spain’s housing market remains healthy

December 17, 2019

Spain's housing market remains healthy GLOBAL PROPERTY GUIDE NEWS TEAM | House prices up 2.08% y-o-y in Q2 2019 Spanish house prices rose by 2.08% during the year to Q2 2019, after y-o-y increases of 2.53% in Q1 2019, 5.25% in Q4 2018, 2.39% in Q3, 4.01% in Q2, and 2.37% in Q1. Quarter-on-quarter, house prices fell slightly by 0.15% in Q2 2019. After eight long years of house price declines, Spain's housing market finally re...

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First Fridays / The Frick Collection

December 11, 2019

Museum admission and gallery programs will be free from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Friday evening of the month (except January and September). Visitors will have access to the permanent collection and special exhibition galleries, and enjoy talks and lectures by museum educators and curators, as well as music and dance performances and open sketching in the Garden Court (complimentary materials provided by the Frick).#frickfirstfridays ...

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The luxury real estate market changes with the calendar

December 2, 2019

A roof deck creates additional living space atop the Venice Home of the Week, while taking in 360-degree views.(Noel Kleinman) There’s a whole lot of price cutting going on in the multimillion-dollar home market. It’s typical for this time of year by sellers hoping to wrap up a deal before year’s end. Among notable price choppers we recently spotted are a singing show creator and an NBA head coach. Those who don’t sell now will likely b...

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NYC’s 10 most important buildings of the past decade

December 2, 2019

These buildings defined the decade in New York City TheThe past decade was a big one for New York City’s built environment, with a post-recession building boom bringing thousands upon thousands of new structures to the five boroughs. Many of these were modest and often hidden in plain sight, but there are pockets of the city that have been utterly transformed: Take Midtown Manhattan, where a new crop of supertall skyscrapers (f...

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FROM FLOWER POTS TO HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, THESE ARE THE TOWNS IN SPAIN’S ANDALUCIA THAT WON URBAN PLANNING AWARDS

November 30, 2019

The areas were previously busy thoroughfares for cars and had become swamped by careless parking and congestion ANDALUCIA’S urban planning awards have been doled out to highlight those towns that most improve citizens’ lives. Estepona took the ‘complete performance’ prize, for its ‘Garden of the Costa del Sol’ project, that has seen 120 streets remodelled. The town, which is famed for its foliage, has regenerated 17 kilometres of...

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San Fernando Valley’s last orange grove on its way to becoming a city landmark

November 12, 2019

The family that owns Tarzana’s Bothwell Ranch has listed it for sale—as a development opportunity Southern California once dominated the state’s orange production. The city’s cultural heritage commission voted unanimously Thursday to preserve a San Fernando Valley citrus ranch that officials say is the last of its kind. The commissioners voted unanimously in support of landmarking the 13-acre ranch and commercial orange gro...

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