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Art-World Heavyweight Guy Wildenstein Backs Out of Plaza, Too
In another blow to developers at the renovated hotel, the Wildenstein family has backed out of the building because of unwanted public scrutiny.
Posted 09/29/08 in Daily Intel : Real Estate Porn
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The Plaza Fights Back Against Andrei Vavilov
Now El-Ad, the developers behind the new Plaza hotel, are suing the Russian financier over his ‘defamatory’ complaints about his penthouse apartment.
Posted 09/18/08 in Daily Intel : Developing
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Buyers Flipping Out Over Plaza Conditions
Buckling floors? Ceilings caving in? Tiny windows? What is this, the Lower East Side?
Posted 09/10/08 in Daily Intel : Developing
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Russian Financier Andrei Vavilov Sues Plaza Over Tiny Windows, Ugly Air Conditioners
A buyer for two new penthouses at the legendary hotel is highly unimpressed with what his $53.5 million got him.
Posted 09/08/08 in Daily Intel : Vu.
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Jason Pomeranc to Take Credit for Turning Lower East Side Into Meatpacking District
The hotelier says that his new Thompson Lower East Side hotel will signal the "coming-of-age" of the hood. Plus the latest in finance, law, and media news.
Posted 07/30/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Trou-Dropping Guantanamo Lawyer Leaves Firm
Plus, the latest on Giuliani Partners, S.I. Newhouse, and Citigroup in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 07/21/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Charlie Gibson’s ‘World News’ Reaches an All-Time Low
But it WAS over the holiday weekend, so we forgive him. Plus, another dude climbs the 'Times' building, Lehman considers Jersey, the Plaza has a big flip, and summer associates get down on their knees, in our daily industry report.
Posted 07/09/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Brokerage-Market Reports: Apartment Sales Down, Inventory Up!
The rich are still buying, though — there just might not be enough trophy apartments to go around.
Posted 07/02/08 in Daily Intel : Vu.
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Anne Hathaway’s Humiliation Will Go On
The beloved actress has an interview coming out in the next 'In Style' in which she gushes over her disgraced ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri. That, and the rest of today's gossip in our daily column roundup.
Posted 06/25/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Celebrity-Baby Boutique Spreads Word: Mariah Carey Is Totally Preggers!
Also, dish on Barbara Walters, Ashley Olsen, and P. Diddy in our daily roundup.
Posted 05/14/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Inside an Apartment in the New Plaza
New York’s real-estate writer S. Jhoanna Robledo recently toured an apartment in the newly renovated Plaza, and our cameras went along. Once the crown jewel of New York hotels, the Plaza went condo in 2005, and its permanent residents enjoy all the amenities of hotel living. This two-bedroom rental is only $16,500 a month, and comes with a mosaic-tile bathroom and maid service. And if you want a drink, the Oak Bar is right downstairs. Video: Inside the Plaza
Posted 03/19/08 in Daily Intel : Vu.
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The Plaza Will Soon Let You Throw Money at It Again
Gowanus: The Gowanus Village is on the market for $27 million, and Curbed has a photo gallery, including shots of the "beautiful canal waterfront." [Brownstoner] Lower Manhattan: Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The visitor center down there will have a public program at 7 p.m. in remembrance. [WTC Visitor's Center] Midtown: The Plaza's final opening date is scheduled for March 1. It starts at only $1,000 a night. But that comes with wireless! [NYT]
Posted 02/26/08 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch
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Amy Sacco Is Single Again
Paula Froelich sticks up for close friend Amy Sacco in "Page Six" by making Sacco's ex-fiancé Luigi Di Carolis look like a dink. Parker Posey's dog peed on the floor of the Kiehl's shop in the East Village twice, and
Kiehl's liked itPosey didn't clean it up. Anderson Cooper has a huge photographic portrait of mother Gloria Vanderbilt hanging in the guest room of his Manhattan loft. Graydon Carter and his partners are no longer interested in having to interact with tourists at the Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel. (Nello Balan has also passed.) A female Barnard student who wants to become a man has moved off-campus because her dorm was "just so girly."Posted 12/10/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Who Do You Like?
As Indian summer continued its extended run last week, some of the most popular kids in town found themselves getting the cold shoulder. A federal lawsuit charged Bloomberg LP discriminates against pregnant women, and BMOC Mike Bloomberg promptly reminded us that he no longer runs his namesake company. (Later in the week, a little red in the face, he admitted he regularly talks to senior executives there.) Onetime Most Likely to Succeed Barack Obama fell 33 points behind Hillary Clinton in the latest presidential poll.
Posted 10/05/07 in Daily Intel : It Happened This Week
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What High-End Market Trouble? Plaza's Versace Units Snapped Up
Not worried by mortgage-market meltdown or stock-market volatility or spiking rates on jumbo mortgages? Still looking for a prime place to park your millions? We've got some bad news, then: The Plaza is nearly sold out. Indeed, even the two much-photographed, Donatella Versace–designed model apartments — dubbed "white" and "black" for their dominant color schemes and used by the building's hotel-to-condo redevelopers to attract potential purchasers — have been snapped up, a Plaza source told us today. The 1,212-square-foot one-bedroom unit, which faces Central Park, fetched $6.9 million, while the 2,656-square-foot two-bedroom, with both park and western views, went for $12.5. (Neither of those prices includes the Versace trimmings, which would have cost who knows how much more.) But don't give up yet, highfliers determined to live in a converted hotel space. The Pierre penthouse is still on the market, for a mere $70 million. —S. Jhoanna Robledo
Posted 08/17/07 in Daily Intel : Developing
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A Brief Thought on Manhattan Real Estate
A contract has been signed for what will be the most expensive apartment sale in New York City history, according to today's Times. A "London-based businessman in the oil business" — for shame, local hedgies! — will pay $56 million for a triplex penthouse in the converted-to-condos Plaza Hotel. It occurs to us: With that same $56 million, by way of comparison, you could lease 100 Manhattan one-bedrooms — Citi Habitats puts the current average monthly one-bedroom rent at $2,567 — for a bit more than eighteen years. That's all. Triplex Penthouse at the Plaza Hotel Set to Sell for $56 Million [NYT]
Posted 05/23/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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