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Looking to do some home shopping in LIC this weekend? The good news is there are a lot of Open Houses occurring Saturday/Sunday, the bad news is that most of the ones I'm going to mention are super-deluxe ...well by local standards anyway, which … [Continue reading] about $2 MILLION PLUS APARTMENTS MUSHROOMING IN LONG ISLAND CITY
This morning Bisnow held it's first-ever commercial real estate event focused on Queens, and it was a real eye-opener, literally. It took place at The Factory workspace, and upon entering the building one could feel that a whole new Long Island City … [Continue reading] about COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NIRVANA IN LONG ISLAND CITY
In a follow-up to last week's Berlin playground snippet on selbstständigkeit, the need to inculcate self-sufficiency in kids, I laughed very hard at a recent Simpson's episode transcribed in Lenore Skenazy's website Free Range Kids. Especially … [Continue reading] about OVERREACTIONS & CONCESSIONS IN LIC
The city has requested bids from developers for the two southern-most sites in Hunters Point South. According to an article in Crain's New York, it will contain "at least 750 apartments—with 450 or more (+60%) being permanently … [Continue reading] about MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMING TO HUNTERS POINT SOUTH
Memorial Day weekend is a funny one for the typical local summer getaway scene. The weather this time of year ranges from cool, rainy, and windy to delightful, so beaching it can be a high-risk/high-reward proposition. Thus for those … [Continue reading] about ROADTRIP: SUNNYSIDE