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• It Happened One Weekend: Madison Ave. Re-do, Frenchie Goes FSBO, More

  Published: September 17, 2007, 9:53 am

  Tags: Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Inwood Washington Heights, Manhattan Murray Hill, Manhattan Upper West Side Columbus Circle, Real Estate Development, Real Estate For Sale, Real Estate Miscellany

  includes The Parkside, on Gramercy Park, which is expected to become luxury condos. The tenants have set up a blog arguing their side, but so far it's not looking good. ['Twist in Eviction Fight: Charity as Landlord'] 3) Fairly demanding/semi-jerky French dude thinks one of Corcoran's top brokers is fucking with him, so he enlists his family

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• One Madison Park's Whisper Campaign Working Too Well

  Published: September 18, 2007, 1:14 pm

  Tags: Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development, Real Estate For Sale

  News of the eventual shuttering of Bobby Flay's Bolo reminded us to check up on the new condo tower that is the reason for the Bolo building's sale: One Madison Park. A Triple Mint update on the building also may have pushed us to get our asses in gear. The building-to-be used to be known as the Saya before a marketing switch to Brown Harris

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• Libeskind RumorWatch: Where on Madison?

  Published: September 21, 2007, 12:04 pm

  Tags: Architecture, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development

  residential building in Manhattan on top of the landmark One Madison clocktower (which is actually Five Madison Avenue), the Internets have been churning. However, can all those additional stories really be built on top of that sucker? It's not what you would call a big footprint, and it was just sold to a different Israeli. Today, Reuters

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• CurbedWire: St. Ann's Façadomy Gets Glass, NY Times Tower Condo Banner, One Madison Park Price Hike

  Published: September 21, 2007, 5:35 pm

  Tags: Brooklyn Clinton Hill, Curbedwire, Manhattan East Village, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Midtown West Times Square

  [CurbedWire Inbox] GRAMERCY—Following up on our post earlier this week about One Madison Park, a tipster notes that the smallest unit in the building appears to be either $1.68 million or $2.15 million. He writes: "Not sure why the duplicate listing . . . but unit 21A (the smallest unit in the building, at 930 sf) was listed and

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• CurbedWire: Endless Libeskind Speculation, IM Pei's Price Gets Hiked, Bank of America on Broadway

  Published: September 24, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Curbedwire, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Midtown West Times Square, Manhattan Upper West Side Columbus Circle

  Downtown Pearl/flickr] GRAMERCY—The speculation continues about the possible location of a Daniel Libeskind building on Madison Avenue, if at all. An informed tipster emails to pour water on the idea, writing "It's a good theory, but only that. There are actually 2 bldgs on 1 block and lot at 1 Madison; there really is no '5' Madison

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• CurbedWire: Tribeca Gets Soapy, More Madison Speculation

  Published: September 25, 2007, 5:23 pm

  Tags: Curbedwire, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Tribeca, Real Estate Development

  yet." [CurbedWire Inbox] FLATIRON—More—yes, more—on One Madison Park and its potentially blocked views: "This is factually incorrect. SL Green owns the air rights surrounding the clock tower which has protected views due to its designation as a National Historic Landmark. As such, no development can be created that would affect

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• Elad Has Deal for One Madison's Air Rights?

  Published: September 26, 2007, 11:13 am

  Tags: Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development

  The potential Elad Properties/Daniel Libeskind 900-foot residential tower on Madison Square Park has become the most pressing matter of our time. The endless speculation has helped, and the One-Madison-Park-buyers-getting-screwed wildcard has certainly contributed to all the fuss. Now, the Post's Lois Weiss wades in with some solid intel. She

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• LibeskindWatch: Tower Spoken Of in 'Elliptical References'

  Published: October 1, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Architecture, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development

  is Libeskind’s first Manhattan project. If the developer, Elad Properties, can obtain all the necessary permissions—a gigantic if—the tower will rise above the fourteen-story base of the Metropolitan Life Building on Madison Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets, looming over the landmark Clock Tower. Libeskind and Elad are

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• Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: Chelsea's Big Wang, RoRandon Gets Mad

  Published: October 1, 2007, 9:10 am

  Tags: Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Upper East Side, Manhattan Upper West Side Columbus Circle, Real Estate Sold

  in Extell's Altair 18 in the Flatiron, and nope, that's not a Jewish joke. [Manhattan Transfers/Max

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• Bizarro Fortress of Solitude Averted in Gramercy?

  Published: October 3, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Architecture, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development

  Street and Third Avenue: "Gramercy Park has been the secret enclave for professional couples and singles that gravitate to the look and feel of a turn of the century brownstone community." What better way, then, to honor that "secret" turn-of-the-century brownstone community by destroying it with a 21-story chunk of kryptonite? Except we're

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• Shaky Pearl Street Building Now Even More Endangered

  Published: October 10, 2007, 10:40 am

  Tags: Hotels, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development

  sliver of the Financial District are gearing up for a new fight. The 1830s neo-Classical warehouse at 213 Pearl Street has been sold to a hotel developer, and demolition is most likely on tap. That is, if the building doesn't demolish itself first. The Pearl Street structure was last seen in Curbed's Building Collapse Betting Pool, thanks to

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• LibeskindWatch: Views Safe, Developers Snippy

  Published: October 11, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Real Estate Development

  Now and forever, the trotting out of the One Madison Park/One Madison Avenue explainer graphic should be an indicator of fun times ahead. Indeed, the Post's Katherine Dykstra looks at Madison Square Park development today, and there's a bit on the whole blocked views/confusing names thing. Elad Properties is sticking to the "earliest concept

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• Weekend Open House Tour: Gramurray Starter Homes

  Published: October 19, 2007, 3:43 pm

  Tags: Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Murray Hill, Real Estate For Sale

  SELLER! This great GRAMERCY LOFT-LIKE HOME is better than renting- Love QUIET AND SERENITY?" Open House: Sunday, 1-3pm Location: 305 East 24th Street btwn First/Second Size: 600sf co-op Price: $475,000 ($701 maint.) Pitch: "Steps to New York Hospitals." Open House: Sunday, 1-3pm Location: 245 East 24th Street btwn Second/Third

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• It Happened One Weekend: House Discount, Stuy Town Bugs Out, More

  Published: October 22, 2007, 8:38 am

  Tags: Brooklyn Bed Stuy, Brooklyn Bensonhurst, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Upper East Side, Real Estate Development, Real Estate For Sale, Real Estate Sold

  June 1, current tenants at Manhattan House (right)—what could be the biggest condo conversion ever—have seen their insider discounts balloon up to 15% if they buy within 30 days. Prices were cut 6.6% over all. [Big Deal/Josh Barbanel] 2) Building on that death-of-the-starter-studio theme, the Times takes a look at the crazy price

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• CurbedWire: Baby Ruth Disappears, CabanaGate Scandal Widens, Giant Statue Joins Basquiat at Gramercy Park Hotel

  Published: October 24, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Curbedwire, Manhattan Gramercy Flatiron District, Manhattan Lower East Side

  to fly. [CurbedWire Inbox] GRAMERCY—Finally, we go to the Gramercy Park Hotel, where at least one resident is sprucing up his/her digs with what is likely some very interesting art. A tipster with camera reports: "A giant crane delivered a giant marble statue to the home of one of Gramercy Park Hotel's rich and famous. Through the open

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