Lois Weiss joined the New York Post as a freelancer in 2000, and her trademarked, Between The Bricks, real estate gossip column is a Wednesday must-read. Weiss regularly writes for Cityfeet.com and Gotham, and provides occasional commentary for industry publications. She was previously contributing editor to Real Estate Weekly and is also a photojournalist whose pictures often illustrate her articles. She is also a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events. Lois was the Chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Editors and has been its President, Vice President and Secretary. On the weekends she can be found kayaking or shooting her AR-15 in competitions. Lois@BetweenTheBricks.com
Mighty Meredith is now extending its search farther eastward to 205 E. 42nd St. While earlier reports had the parent of Family Circle negotiating for a large block of space at Hiro Plaza at 150 E. 42nd St., where...
September 08, 2010 12:00 AMNow that TJ Maxx is establishing itself uptown, the fashion forward discount retailer wants to find a home downtown. Spies tell us the haunt for fashionistas is currently negotiating for a store at 14 Wall St. The...
September 01, 2010 12:00 AMVornado Realty Trust's proposed 15 Penn tower could create negative "chi" -- energy -- in the neighborhood and kill a major deal at the Empire State Building. It will also certainly affect worldwide visitation to...
August 25, 2010 12:00 AMThe first mortgage note on 292 Madison Ave. has been sold by Royal Bank of Canada to an entity controlled by JEMB for about $30 million. The $60 million face value mortgage was taken out by Haim Revah and Jacob...
August 18, 2010 12:00 AM
The team that brought us 15 Central Park South is planning a new offering -- with aid from The Salvation Army. William Lie Zeckendorf and his brother, Arthur Zeckendorf, along with partner Eyal Ofer -- co-chairman of...
August 11, 2010 12:00 AMDallas BBQ will be opening a 15,500-square-foot spread at "The Junction" by Brooklyn College. The three-story building at 2145 Nostrand Ave. anchors the major intersection with Flatbush Avenue and Hillel Place. The...
August 04, 2010 12:00 AMThe Plaza's condo board wants to dump some of the glass on the penthouse roof and replace it with copper and tile. According to the application filed with the Landmarks Commission -- which needs to approve any...
July 28, 2010 12:00 AMA21-unit affordable housing project that was mired in so many construction delays that 10 prospective tenants gave up waiting while others were left homeless finally obtained a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy last...
July 21, 2010 12:00 AMThe Middle East investment group that has been renovating the Argonaut Building at 224 W. 57 St. under a 99-year lease is now in contract to buy it. No price is available, but it would likely be between $50 million...
July 14, 2010 12:00 AMIn an ingenious deal for downtown, Deutsche Bank is in the process of acquiring one of the former AIG headquarters buildings from Youngwoo & Associates and its Korean banking partners, Kumho Investment Bank. Terms...
July 07, 2010 12:00 AMDeloitte and Brook field Properties have finally completed their direct deal for the accounting giant to remain in 400,000 square feet at 4 World Financial Center -- and expand with future options for an additional 230...
June 30, 2010 12:00 AM
A juicy set of office moves are teeing up at 245 Park Ave., where JPMorgan Chase is apparently going to vacate its nearly 600,000 square feet. The bank's goal, "tellers" say, is to consolidate at the 1.76 million...
June 23, 2010 12:00 AMNow that the investment sales market has gotten comfortable with Class A office pricing and across-the-board leasing activity, a slew of Class B office buildings is coming to market. The British-based...
June 16, 2010 12:00 AMSephora has just signed a lease for 4,500 feet of the newly redeveloped Meatpacking District site at 21-27 Ninth Avenue on the southwest corner of 13th Street. It was just over a year ago that Post colleague Steve...
June 09, 2010 12:00 AM
It looks like the Takashimaya Building at 693 Fifth Ave. will end up in the capable hands of Joe Sitt of Thor Equities for just north of $140 million. Our spies said Sitt was given the good news yesterday morning --...
June 02, 2010 12:00 AMThe US Postal Service has be come a deadbeat. The Post Office has stopped paying common charges at two of its Manhattan locations and the respective condominium boards have now been forced to place liens on the...
May 26, 2010 12:00 AMDespite nervous nellies fretting a while back that Manhattan would be awash in large chunks of empty office space, a sudden dearth of big blocks of available space has prompted developers to consider dusting off their...
May 19, 2010 12:00 AMAfter completing a refinancing and an $85 million capital-improvement program, AFI USA wants to sell the belly of the former New York Times Building in Times Square to a luxury hotel developer. Industry speculation...
May 12, 2010 12:00 AMTo complete one of the larger deals of the year, the stealthy lawyers at Willkie Farr & Gallagher invoked two five-year renewal options for 355,118 square feet at 787 Seventh Avenue. The just-signed renewal, which...
May 11, 2010 12:00 AMA trio of downtown retail condominiums are being marketed with price tags that could reach as high as $50 million each for the two more expensive properties. Bids are due tomorrow on the 21,000-square-foot retail...
May 05, 2010 12:00 AMSkechers USA just completed deals in both Manhattan and the Bronx. The athletic shoe retailer has signed on for 8,700 square feet at the Gateway Center near Yankee Stadium, including 140 feet of frontage on River...
April 28, 2010 12:00 AMVinson & Elkins, a law firm whose practice focuses on the energy sector, is re-energizing 666 Fifth Avenue with a renewal and expansion to about 81,000 square feet. The firm will add 6,972 square feet on the 27th...
April 21, 2010 12:00 AMDiscount clothing chain TJ Maxx yesterday inked a deal to open a store at 250 W. 57th Street, where it will set the tone for a new fashion corridor. The retailer signed a lease with the Malkin family's W&H...
April 14, 2010 12:00 AMMore than $2.5 billion worth of projects to build schools, hospitals and other non-profit buildings has been stalled for more than two years while a union battle for prevailing wages holds up reauthorization...
April 07, 2010 12:00 AMKatz Media Group has quietly renewed and rejiggered its lease to expand to about 200,000 square feet at 125 W. 55th Street. The 591,000 square foot building is owned by Boston Properties, which bought it for $444...
March 31, 2010 12:00 AMGa ry Barnett of Extell Development is getting a loan from an Oman company for Riverside Center by the West Side Highway. To get the funds, Barnett and his partners from Washington-based Carlyle Group rearranged...
March 24, 2010 12:00 AMIn a deal that will likely be greeted as a sign of stability for both the building at One Broadway and downtown in general, law firm Kenyon & Kenyon is close to renewing its lease to occupy the entire 12-story building...
March 17, 2010 12:00 AMVornado Realty Trust is swooping in to buy the landmarked 510 Fifth Avenue. Sources say the real estate investment trust led by Steven Roth and Michael Fascitelli is trying to work out a deal for the five-story...
March 10, 2010 12:00 AMAd am Hochfelder was the baby-faced boy wonder who at the top of his game owned part of a Midtown office portfolio worth nearly $3 billion. Now, he's been indicted for allegedly forging documents and stealing...
March 03, 2010 12:00 AMThe office building at 340 Madison Ave. is on the block, and thanks to its current cash flow it could be one of the few prime city offerings to fetch more than the sellers paid for it in the boom. The 23-story...
February 24, 2010 12:00 AM
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