Governors Island is a 172 acre (70 hectors) island in Upper New York Bay, one-half mile from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by Buttermilk Channel. The island is recognized as the birthplace in 1624 of the State of New York. It originally started as a flat, treeless 103 acre (42 [Read more… ]
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Sources and Resources
Useful Vendors for “light staging” Bed, Bath and Beyond JC Penny Amazon Silk Flowers Silk Plant Design Center Plants at Overstock Upscale Bedding and Accessories for Staging Schweitzer Linen Garnet Hill Arhaus, sustainable, organic bedding and accessories Service Providers and Associations National Association of Realtors The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) National Association [Read more… ]
News from the Chelsea Market/Meat Packing District
This former industrial warehouse district which was transformed over the past 15 years into an Epicenter for fashion, tech, media and food companies has grown steadily in popularity as an office space district for these industries. The 3.9% vacancy rate for office space in the areas 83 office buildings is the lowest in Manhattan. To [Read more… ]
Good News for Housing and Job Creation
The Federal Reserve expressed its dedication to further easing the national housing crisis and increasing job opportunities by announcing their third round of quantitative easing (QE3) by purchasing 40 billion in Fannie Mae and and Freddie Mac mortgage backed securities. Furthermore chairman Ben Bernanke emphasized that this policy will be in effect until “the labor [Read more… ]
