#Glamorous, trendy Times Square hotel tower has new owners

#Glamorous, trendy Times Square hotel tower has new owners

“#Glamorous, trendy Times Square hotel tower has new owners” A Natixis-led lenders group won control of 20 Times Square in a Jan. 26 public foreclosure auction when outside bidders failed to top their offer, Realty Check has learned. The brightly lit, 42-story tower at Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street is home to the marquee-name Times Square…

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#’Wellness’ experts shirk 9,000 rent in Upper East Side eviction battle: lawsuit

#’Wellness’ experts shirk $349,000 rent in Upper East Side eviction battle: lawsuit

“#’Wellness’ experts shirk $349,000 rent in Upper East Side eviction battle: lawsuit” A chiropractor and his wife who are regulars on the Hamptons social scene are breaking their Manhattan landlord’s back — failing to pay $349,000 in rent on a posh Upper East Side townhouse, according to court documents. Darren Pollack and Sharon Russo first rented the $5 million…

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#Inside the stolen art trade of NYC’s Upper East Side

#Inside the stolen art trade of NYC’s Upper East Side

“#Inside the stolen art trade of NYC’s Upper East Side” For decades, staggeringly valuable antiquities were a brisk trade in Manhattan, with posh antiques galleries lining Upper East Side avenues. But that era is now screeching to a halt. “It’s a total turning point,” Ben Lewis, the British host of the podcast “Art Bust: Scandalous…

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#Hospital for Special Surgery scores more room to operate

#Hospital for Special Surgery scores more room to operate

“#Hospital for Special Surgery scores more room to operate” The Hospital for Special Surgery is massively stretching its Upper East Side footprint with an expansion to a new tower on which Extell Development will break ground this year. Extell has long owned the full east-side blockfront of First Avenue between East 79th and 80th streets,…

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#New York Blood Center’s zoning change approved

#New York Blood Center’s zoning change approved

“#New York Blood Center’s zoning change approved” Opponents of the New York Blood Center’s expansion plans vowed to keep fighting after the City Planning Commission approved a zoning change for the project. The commission’s 8-2 vote Wednesday would allow the Blood Center to tear down its East 67th Street building and replace it with a…

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