Realty Success Kit

While some Manhattan residents flee the Upper West Side, “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss is moving to the neighborhood. We hear that Moss, who’s currently filming in Toronto, is moving uptown near the area where “Ghostbusters” star Rick Moranis was recently assaulted in a random early morning attack near his Central Park West pad.

The pandemic has been called an accelerator, fueling trends that were already on track. Industrial is the prime example. The market has, in many ways, been a beneficiary of the pandemic. On the other hand, office and retail assets were already set for major changes, and now those changes are hitting harder and faster than

Victorian homes seem to lend themselves naturally to movies and television shows of the horror genre. There is just something about them that screams ‘haunted house!’ Still, I have yet to come across one with quite the horror pedigree of Altadena’s famed Woodbury-Story House. By my count, the historic residence has appeared in no less

Count child care assets as among the net lease categories investors should be watching. So says Milo Spector, associate director at Stan Johnson Co. We caught up with Spector for a quick Q&A on why child care assets should be on net lease investors radar. Following are excerpts from the interview.  How does pricing for

Panelists representing the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors of commercial real estate made the case for investment in their respective sectors at NAIOP’s CRE.CONVERGE, the virtual conference taking place this week.  In a real-time audience poll, the attendees cited industrial as the sector they would be most likely to invest in.  However, much of the

“Forget everything you think you know about Roosevelt Island,” said Kaja Meade, who moved her family from Manhattan to the spit of land in the East River in 2012. The slender, two-mile long expanse tucked between the Upper East Side and Astoria, Queens, is a somewhat obscure neighborhood whose appeal — and sheer existence —

Invitation Homes and Rockpoint Group have formed a $375 million joint venture that will acquire single-family homes to operate as rental residences. Of the total equity commitment, $75 million will be committed by Invitation Homes and $300 million will be committed by Rockpoint. A total of over $1 billion, including debt, is expected to be

The so-called Sitcom King has another hit on his hands, except this one’s not of the television variety. Property records reveal Chuck Lorre has added to his portfolio with the $9.5 million purchase of a Pacific Palisades property, acquired in an off-market transaction that closed last week. The nearly half-acre lot happens to sit right

The pandemic has put outdoor spaces in high demand. Outdoor spaces not only help to protect against transmission and spread of the coronavirus, but being outdoors can boost people’s moods and health overall. Property owners are looking for ways to transform outdoor spaces into sought-after amenities. As a result, water feature design and contractor OTL

As we passed the six-month mark since COVID shut down the economy, commercial real estate transactions are starting to pick up, according to NAIOP’s latest monthly survey of its US members on the impacts of COVID-19. In September, more respondents told NAIOP that they had witnessed more industrial, office and multifamily deals than in the