A Clean New Life for Grimy Gas Stations
By RONDA KAYSEN
Thousands of gas stations have closed in the last 20 years, leaving vacant properties at busy corners that can be attractive locations for new businesses.
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Property ValuesA cabin in California, a midcentury modern in Atlanta and a ranch in Minnesota.
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Developers have been encouraged by reports of job creation and companies planning to move back to the city’s downtown.
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BIg DealWord getting out about who is buying in a building is not such a bad marketing strategy, as was the case with 15 Central Park West.
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Ukraine’s ailing market is said to have been crippled further by an unpopular president, whose presence has scared off foreign investors.
The 30-Minute Interview
Udi Erez
By VIVIAN MARINO
Mr. Erez, the chief executive of the Elad Group, has developed or converted many properties, including the O’Neill Building in Chelsea and 250 West Street in TriBeCa.
The Appraisal
Amid Collapsing Walls, a Bit of Luck for 3 Families
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Three families and eight children lived in a 19th-century Brooklyn brownstone when part of it came crashing down. Nobody was hurt.
Rent-Stabilized Apartments, Ever More Elusive
By MARC SANTORA
In Manhattan, the price gap between a rent-stabilized and a market-rate unit has never been greater. Even before the spike in market-rate rents over the past year, rent-stabilized rates were, on average, $1,245 a month cheaper.
Signs of Recovery in Real Estate Give a Lift to Funds
By CONRAD DE AENLLE
The real estate sector showed new signs of life in the spring, adding allure to REITs and the funds that focus on them. But some analysts worry that prices may be too expensive.
Habitats | Morris Park
A Bronx State of Mind
By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM
Tom Vasti and his wife, Rosemarie, live in the same house in Morris Park in the East Bronx that he grew up in. Mr. Vasti is consequently well steeped in the history of the Bronx.
Changing Midstream
By ALISON GREGOR
A “white hot” rental market is enticing some developers to switch to rental units from condominiums.
Big City
New Frontier for Tourists: Your Home
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Some visitors to the city stay in well-appointed houses and apartments while the occupants are elsewhere, submerging themselves perfectly in the mind-set of a certain kind of New Yorker.
The Hunt
Don’t Wall Me In
By JOYCE COHEN
Dr. Derek Mason went in search of an apartment near Chelsea or Greenwich Village. His budget was $1.5 million.
Living In | Coney Island, Brooklyn
Ups and Downs Now Confined Mostly to Rides
By JAKE MOONEY
Coney Island is more stable today than it was at its low point, populated largely by middle-class homeowners, according to residents, officials and real estate brokers.
Streetscapes
A Woman With an Architectural Appetite
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
In “The Age of Innocence,” Edith Wharton modeled the character of a house-building aristocrat, Mrs. Manson Mingott, on an aunt, Mary Mason Jones. Mrs. Jones built not only a grand trendsetting mansion, but an investment row from East 57th to 58th.
He Takes the Village
By REBECCA FLINT MARX
A driving force behind aggressive East Village luxury development, Ben Shaoul is never far from controversy.
In the Region | Connecticut
Help on Selling, Before Buying In
By LISA PREVOST
Retirement communities are actively involved in facilitating the moving process for new clients.
Slide Shows
On the Market in New York City
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
A Greenwich Village Co-op, a Financial District Condo and a South Slope House.
Manhattan Market Data
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News, Data and Conversation About Schools in New York City
Share your school memories; sketches of the chancellor and his cabinet; a teacher’s diary and more.
Multimedia
The Indoor Look Moves Outdoors
By JULIE LASKY
Valentín Garal's willow wood Family Bench for Le Porc Shop, a furniture workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico, $3,055.
A new wave of furnishings makes it possible for consumers to turn every outdoor space into an outdoor room.
At Home With Louis Michot
Song Man With a New Métier
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO
Louis Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers built a home using Spanish moss and mud.
Shopping With Ken Wingard
Ladders
By RIMA SUQI
For Ken Wingard of “Home Made Simple” on OWN, ladders are essential to his work and home life.
Market Ready
By TIM McKEOUGH
In the warmer months, if you’re short on storage space, it may be a good idea to stow items like ski gear elsewhere.
Q&A;
Where Queens Slept (Perhaps), You Can, Too
By JOYCE WADLER
A contemporary house within a ruined castle is yours to rent. Cook not included.
Open
Trove’s New Treasure House
By RIMA SUQI
Jee Levin and Randall Buck of Trove have found plenty of light and room for their full collection of 29 poetic patterns, and the machinery to produce them.
Gardens
How Does My Garden Grow?
By RIMA SUQI
A city gardener improves on standard plastic garden tags.
Goods
It’s All in the Wrist
By JULIE LASKY
A textile designer brings her collage sensibility to pillows.
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A recently updated, free app offering in-depth property search tools and mobile features to help you navigate the real estate market.
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