Freelance commercial real estate reporter. Mostly NYC. My pronouns are dese, dem and dose.
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So I guess #Eloise+#MacaulayCulkin are going to have to find some other place to hang out the next 4 years. 119yo #Plaza to close as landmark facade restored. #HomeAlone #realestate #hotel #CRE #Trump #Fairmount nytimes.com/2026/10/14/nyreg…
Next gig for #Alexander bros might be orange jumpsuits. Then death. Prosecutors seek life sentences, $4.75M of fines, for ex-star resi brokers who allegedly ran #sextrafficking ring. #realestate #litigation #Official #Elliman #rapists #NYC #Fla therealdeal.com/national/202…
All that Darcy+Bill, Doug+Adam jive leaving #CRE w/that 'been there, done that' feeling. #DougMiddleton may be part of nextgen in #investmentsales #brokerage, but #CBRE dn think so. So he's booking to #Cushman. #realestate #mortgage #NYC therealdeal.com/new-york/202…
Do we have this straight? #JaredSolomon WILL talk to his criminal attys alleging he ripped off ex-boss #Vornado. But he WON'T talk to those on his civil suit v #Newmark. (He) can communicate w/counsel but has chosen not to do so' #CRE #REIT #litigation therealdeal.com/new-york/202…
Add #MarkGibson to your Rolodex (or whatever digital thingie you're using). He's the new #JLL US CEO. W/make 'working acx biz lines more seamless' #realestate #CRE #brokerages #capitalmarkets bisnow.com/news/national/com… via @Bisnow
What's a little thing like #foreclosure? #ScottEverett's #S2 bounces back from 6 months of distress w/a new fund aimed at saving viable props, w/$1.2B tied to #Sunbelt #multifamily. #realestate #CRE #litigation #mortgage #CapitalOne #PrestonHollow therealdeal.com/texas/2026/1…
#Dweck as in wreck. Feds search inlaws home near #AvenueJ as dealmaker faces 11 suits charging #civilfraud saying he diverted funds for buys. Props pockmark #NYC along #GrandConcourse #FtHamiltonPky #Broadway (THE Broadway) #Midwood #Brooklyn #realestate therealdeal.com/new-york/202…
Can you actually borrow against income you expect but h/not yet gotten? New kind of #mortgage floods written off areas like #EastClevelandOH, labeled by the Feds almost 100yrs ago as 'declining' #realestate #CRE #Cleveland #OH #flippers wsj.com/real-estate/new-mort… via @WSJ
#Inflation up to 3.7%, more than expected, a sign that high #energy costs tightening their squeeze. #Airfare up 22%. #Interestrates ain't coming down anytime soon. #realestate #CRE #TheFed #Trump #mortgage #USDOL wsj.com/economy/cpi-inflatio… via @WSJ
Into #happyendings? Too bad! #NYC out to padlock #EastGardenSpa on 45th, home to "HOT" Asians, after $100 offer to undercover cop. No more '4handspecials?' #realestate #CRE #hotel #prostitution nypost.com/2026/10/13/real-e…
Booooo! It's that season! #NYC only ranked 68th out of 74 of America's spookiest places. #CapeMay ranked 6th. If you're easily scared, stay out of #VirginiaCityNV, #TombstoneAZ #Austin #realestate #CRE #NJ #TX #hotels #Comstock nypost.com/2026/10/13/real-e…
What else is new? Another mega-tower rises in #Midtown. $BXP launching #343Madison+it's like printing money. Already 1/2 the 930KSF skyscraper spoken for, w/#insurance giant #Starr+#lawfirm #McDermottWill eager to move in. Ask said to be $200/sf. #NYC #CRE nypost.com/2026/10/11/busine…
Imagine waking up+finding $2B in your inbox. That's what #TKO, run by #JimKoehler, did for #ServiceProperties, w/wants 93 of its #hotels. Yet only 'limited chance' deal w/close. #REIT #realestate #CRE #mortgage #investmentsales bisnow.com/news/national/cap… via @Bisnow
#Compass v. #MLS-es. How it's turning demand to stop fines v agents for pushing non-listed listings into #litigation. 'We are prepared to sue any MLS that punishes agents for marketing exclusives' #realestate #CRE #mortgage #brokerage #RobertReffkin therealdeal.com/national/202…
Are we on the cusp of another 08, the #GFC year? Soaring #interestrates signal something. 'This isn't fearmongering. We saw rates go up 90bps in 3 months. That doesn't happen w/o pain' #realestate #CRE #TheFed #mortgage #HollandandKnight #Berkadia therealdeal.com/miami/2026/1…
#Datacenters become political football. Sprawling facilities on farmland or factory sites now a if not THE focus. 'I asked for help from the Rs+got nothing' #realestate #CRE #tech #AI #OH #MI wsj.com/politics/elections/w… via @WSJ
#Trump not giving up on charging #LisaCook w/#mortgage fraud. #WhiteHouse panel to probe, hold hearing to consider her firing. Wants to 'clear her name' #TheFed #interestrates #SCOTUS #Atlanta #AnnArbor nytimes.com/2026/10/09/busin…
#Trump+his admin believe US definition of #wetlands too broad, killing a lot of good projects. Now draft rule w/limit w/is meant by 'waters of the US' #CleanWaterAct #realestate #CRE #mortgage #retail #EPA #ArmyCoreofEngineers bisnow.com/news/national/com… via @Bisnow
Watch what you say about #HowardLorber. #Elliman hits #Serhant w/a 'cease+desist' letter allegedly for besmirching ex-boss's ties to tobacco co after he rejected offer to work for it. 'No one cared' #realestate #mortgage #NYC #brokerages therealdeal.com/new-york/202…
