Rental Building Lets Tenants Control Manhattan City Skyline
Residents of a new luxury building in Queens will be able to control the city’s skyline with the touch of a button. The Durst Organization’s 958-unit residential apartment building at 29-59 Northern...
View ArticleReal Estate Heir and Convicted Murderer Robert Durst Dies at 78
Robert Durst, the scion of the famed real estate family and suspected killer of his first wife, died on Monday at San Joaquin General Hospital while serving a life sentence for the murder of his...
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NY’s Future Hinges on Restoring the Confidence of Businesses and Commuters:...
New York City is en route to socioeconomic recovery, with the steps necessary for reviving the commercial real estate industry — and the city at large — already well underway. While New York grapples...
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REBNY Gets Casual in Much-Anticipated 2022 Gala
The last two years were bumpy ones for the real estate industry. But that didn’t seem to weigh on the minds of those attending the star-studded Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) gala, dubbed “New...
View ArticleLongtime Durst Spokesman Jordan Barowitz Leaving to Start Consultancy Firm
Jordan Barowitz, the longtime spokesperson for the Durst Organization, will leave the landlord this month to start his own consultancy firm. After 16 years overseeing Durst’s media relations, Barowitz...
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Owners Magazine, 2022
Back in high school there was an unpleasant sickness that seemed to roil every member of the class who had a college acceptance in their back pocket. We’re speaking, of course, of senioritis. This is...
View ArticleESG: Fad or Fixture?
Like the Dutch tulip craze of the 17th century, or the Furby mania of the 1990s, the allures of a bandwagon are difficult to resist, and years later can lead followers to the painful question: What the...
View ArticleREBNY Gets Political at 2023 Gala
The one speech that managed to get most of the Real Estate Board of New York’s gala guests to finally quiet down was when Mayor Eric Adams asked them to stand up for a housing deal. Adams called on the...
View ArticleREBNY Reveals Honorees for 2024 Annual Gala in January
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) has chosen a lineup of seven honorees for its annual gala scheduled for Jan. 18, 2024, at The Glasshouse, where the trade association will not be throwing...
View ArticleNYC Owners: Sure, We’ll Talk About Jerome Powell
As 2008 was winding down and the financial markets were reeling, the chairman of the Federal Reserve (Ben Bernanke at the time) cut interest rates to zero. It was an incredibly bold and incredibly...
View ArticleNew York’s Owners On Who They Are in ‘Succession’
The HBO show “Succession” is not about real estate. … Or, is it? Certainly, “Succession” is about a prominent New York family (whose real-life inspirations rhyme with Shmerdoch and Shmedstone); it’s...
View ArticleDouglas Durst Looks Back on the Last Four Years as REBNY Chair
Douglas Durst can’t say that he didn’t have an eventful chairmanship of the Real Estate Board of New York. One of the great titans of New York real estate, Durst is currently wrapping up his second...
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REBNY 2024: The Exit Interview and This Year’s Honorees
Jed Walentas, the incoming chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York, and his predecessor, Douglas Durst, are more alike than one might initially think. Of course, there are certain surface-level...
View ArticleSunday Summary: Changing of the Guard at REBNY
Last week the celebs hit the red carpet and it was wall-to-wall food, drinks and fancy suits — and, no, we’re not talking about the Emmys. (But on that note: “Better Call Saul” still can’t get any...
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REBNY Gala Brings Strong Words From Hochul, Adams
The Real Estate Board of New York’s annual gala on Thursday was an inaugural ball of sorts, with Douglas Durst finishing a three-year term as chairman of the trade group and Jed Walentas stepping in....
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