News: Brokerage

Sternhell and Vanderpool of Cignature Realty close $6.325 million sale

Cignature Realty Associates closed a $6.325 million sale of 547 West 157th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave. in Hamilton Heights. The six-story elevator apartment building with 48 apartments sold for 10.7 times the current rent roll. The 52,896 s/f building was built in 1912. Cignature's Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool represented the buyer, 547 West 157th Street Holdings LLC/a private investor from Florida, and the seller, 547 Associates Inc., a local real estate owner. Cignature Realty Associates specializes in selling buildings in Manhattan and the boroughs and class B and C office buildings in Manhattan.
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Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Many investors are in a period of strategic pause as New York City’s mayoral race approaches. A major inflection point came with the Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani, a staunch tenant advocate, with a progressive housing platform which supports rent freezes for rent
AI comes to public relations, but be cautious, experts say - by Harry Zlokower

AI comes to public relations, but be cautious, experts say - by Harry Zlokower

Last month Bisnow scheduled the New York AI & Technology cocktail event on commercial real estate, moderated by Tal Kerret, president, Silverstein Properties, and including tech officers from Rudin Management, Silverstein Properties, structural engineering company Thornton Tomasetti and the founder of Overlay Capital Build,
Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Let’s be real: if you’re still only posting photos of properties, you’re missing out. Reels, Stories, and Shorts are where attention lives, and in commercial real estate, attention is currency.
Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

The state has the authority to seize all or part of privately owned commercial real estate for public use by the power of eminent domain. Although the state is constitutionally required to provide just compensation to the property owner, it frequently fails to account