Belgian absinthe heir scores Upper East Side co-op

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 2/18 7:19A C. J. Hughes

A Belgian power couple has purchased an Upper East Side home. Ian Gallienne, the current chair of the board of directors of Belgium-based conglomerate Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, and his wife, Segolene, also a director, bought the three-bedroom,...

Lenox Hill Hospital seeks $41M upgrade to cancer center under construction

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 2/16 11:33P Amanda D Ambrosio

Lenox Hill Hospital is seeking to add minimally-invasive services to its massive outpatient cancer center under construction on the Upper East Side, making a $41 million upgrade to the project. The hospital, part of Northwell Health, proposed...

Chess Builders buys Williamsburg development site for almost $20M

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 2/12 9:40A Julianne Cuba

A Brooklyn developer with projects on both sides of the East River has acquired three adjacent lots in Williamsburg for a combined $19.6 million, records show. Cheskel Schwimmer of the real estate firm Chess Builders purchased 56 Meserole St. and...

City's private school tuition breaks $70,000 milestone for fall

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 2/9 3:48A Erin Hudson and Amanda Gordon, B

The top private schools in New York plan to charge more than $70,000 this year for tuition, an amount exceeding that of many elite colleges, as they pass on the costs of soaring expenses including teacher salaries. Spence School , Dalton School...

Hedge fund trailblazer unloads Upper East Side townhouse to financial executive

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 2/8 11:33P C. J. Hughes

The head of a Singapore-based online stock trading platform has snapped up an Upper East Side townhouse from a hedge fund pioneer. Junli Yang, the chair of TOP Financial Group, and her husband, Huaixi Yang, bought the 7,000-square-foot abode on...

Filipino real estate mogul lists longtime Upper East Side home for $25M

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 2/4 11:33P C. J. Hughes

A Filipino real estate mogul is looking to part with his longtime home at a Park Avenue power address. Jorge Araneta, the CEO of Araneta Group, a conglomerate that owns hotels, fast-food restaurants and the stadium that hosted the famed 1975...

City's outdoor death toll hits 17 as frigid temperatures linger

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 2/4 11:33P Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg

Seventeen people have died outside in New York since Jan. 19, as the region experiences an unusually long stretch of ultra-cold temperatures. At least 13 of the deaths were likely caused by hypothermia, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday....

Antiques dealer’s antiques-filled penthouse trades for about $4M

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 2/3 7:10A C. J. Hughes

The home of the late Mindy Papp, whose longtime Upper East Side antique store Florian Papp was considered among the oldest in the country, has found a buyer. The 2,000-square-foot penthouse co-op on East 79th Street — awash in 19th-century...

Legion Investment nabs $191M construction loan for new Greenwich Village project

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 2/2 6:36A C. J. Hughes

A developer juggling several high-end projects has scored a major construction loan for its latest endeavor, a new tower in Greenwich Village. Victor Sigoura’s Legion Investment Group closed on a $191.1 million financing package for 11 W. 13th...

Founder of shuttered hedge fund offloads Upper East Side condo

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/29 11:33P C. J. Hughes

A “Tiger cub” offspring has left his dwelling. Jesse Ro, the founder of Tiger Legatus Capital Management –- a former hedge fund linked to Julian Robertson’s famed Tiger Management firm –- sold his 3,200-square-foot condo unit on East 86th Street...

Home of top New York lawyer with Supreme Court ties lists on Park Avenue

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/27 11:33P C. J. Hughes

The Park Avenue home of the late Bob Rifkind, a partner at the prominent law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore and an attorney who had a hand in several groundbreaking cases of the 1960s, is up for sale. The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath co-op...

Four condos at Madison Avenue building enter contract, one tops Manhattan luxury sales

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/26 8:06A Julianne Cuba

Four condos in the same Upper East Side residential building went into contract last week, with one emerging as the week's priciest deal across Manhattan, according to Olshan Realty's weekly luxury market report. A five-bedroom,...

On Politics: The unwritten rule of politics Mamdani faces with 11 inches of snow

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/26 6:58A Ross Barkan

There’s little that bedevils a New York City mayor quite like a snowstorm. John Lindsay, running for re-election in 1969, could not get Queens properly plowed, and 42 people across the city would end up dead. Neither Michael Bloomberg nor Bill de...

Chetrit-owned Upper East Side apartment tower loses 30% of value, appraiser says

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/23 8:20A Aaron Elstein

Yorkshire Towers is a 700-unit white-brick building on East 86th Street just steps from the Q train. Its amenities include an indoor pool, 24-hour doorman service and hardwood floors. “It’s the best of the Upper East Side,” said Seth Glasser,...

Vans sneakers heir buys $11M condo in Surrey Hotel

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/22 7:41A C. J. Hughes

A fashion heir has gone with a slimmer fit in his move uptown. Peter Barbey, an owner of The North Face coat-maker VF Corp., has sewn up a deal for a 2,100-square-foot condo at the Surrey Hotel on East 76th Street, according to a deed that...