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Portugal sells Dakota spread for $11.5M
May 13, 2013
Mired in an economic crisis, Portugal is selling off its assets, including an eight-room co-op at the Dakota at 1 West 72nd Street that the country has owned for 40-plus years, according to the New York Post.
John Burger and Guida De Carvalhosa had the listing, while Jason Haber, the founder of Rubicon Property, represented the buyer.
The asking price was $12.95 ...
Poortugal sells posh Apple apt.
May 13, 2013
Cash-strapped Portugal has been quietly selling off its assets — including a swanky prewar pad at the famed Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side, The Post has learned.
The nearly bankrupt nation had used the sprawling eight-room apartment overlooking Central Park for decades as an entertainment space, hosting formal parties thrown by ambassadors and other government honchos, sources said.
Cash-Strapped Portugal Sells Its Swanky Spread At The Dakota For $11.5 Million
May 13, 2013
Mired in an economic crisis, Portugal is selling off its assets, including an eight-room co-op at the Dakota at 1 West 72nd Street that the country has owned for 40-plus years, according to the New York Post.
Frank Sinatra's Former "Glittering Grotto in the Sky"
March 25, 2013
We go inside the former home of 'ol blue eyes Frank Sinatra. This storied penthouse features 3,000 square feet, four bedrooms, 18-foot ceilings, views of the East River, wraparound terrace, a glass spiral staircase, and a putting green. It's not wordier this space was dubbed the "glittering grotto in the sky" by Andy Warhol. For more information on this property, ...
Residential real estate brokers gear up for best sales since the crash
February 10, 2013
From the city's biggest brokerage, Douglas Elliman, with 1,500 brokers, to upstarts like Rubicon Property on Wall Street, with 15 brokers, growth is the order of the day. Rubicon, for example, is hoping to have 20 to 25 brokers by year's end.
The start-up generation
December 01, 2012
The entrepreneur has had something of a moment lately, with both Presidential campaigns heaping praise on small businesses in addition to self-employment looking increasingly attractive after the corporate bankruptcies and mass layoffs spurred by the economic crisis.
But before you think Silicon Valley has cornered the market on entrepreneurial whiz kids, take a look closer to home: New York City real ...