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<title>DeNiro-backed Hotel Planned in Financial District</title>
<description>In the next two to four years, 50 Broad Street will&#xA;become the address of Nobu Hotel - a &#x22;Japanese-themed&#x22;&#xA;condo-hotel complex whose amenities will include a&#xA;Nobu restaurant, NYPost reports...&#xA;</description>
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<title>Rooftop Tennis and Squash Club Opens in LIC</title>
<description>Last week, 80,000 s/f City View Racket Club opened atop the&#xA;Swingline Stapler building in Long Island City, NYSun reports...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Retail Rents Up on the Lower East Side</title>
<description>Retail rents have been going up on the Lower East Side as the&#xA;neighborhood gentrifies, writes Claire Wilson (NYTimes).&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Market Diner to reopen in Hell&#x27;s Kitchen</title>
<description>Frank Sinatra&#x27;s former hangout in Hell&#x27;s Kitchen, Market Diner, is &#xA;slated to reopen in June, amNY blog Urbanite reports.&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Leasing Starts at 20 Exchange Place</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Tudor City Residents Sue To Stop Redevelopment</title>
<description>Residents of Tudor City, a residential complex&#xA;on Manhattan&#x27;s East Side, announced a lawsuit&#xA;Wednesday in an attempt to block the area&#xA;redevelopment plan by developer Sheldon Solow...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Local Merchants Protest Willets Point Dev Plan</title>
<description>Local business owners are up in arms against the proposed Willets Point redevelopment plan, reports NY Daily News.&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>NY Post: Mariah Carey rents at 15 Broad St</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Affordable Brooklyn in Sunset Park</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Prada&#x27;s Miu Miu To Open On East 57th Street</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mott Haven To Get Privately Financed Condos</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Residential Market Surges In Harlem</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Borough President Rejects Hotel/Condo Project</title>
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<title>Moondance Diner Moving To.. Wyoming</title>
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<title>First Luxury Hotel in Harlem</title>
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<title>Scores Of DUMBO Buildings May Be Landmarked</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Midtown Parking Rates Hit Record Levels</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rat Problem in Seaport</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S.R.O. Hotel Plans Divide U.W.S.</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Tallest Office Building in Harlem Since 1973</title>
<description>According to Architectural Record, construction will begin in August on a new  Harlem office building, which, in addition to being to being the tallest in the neighborhood, is set to become its first large-scale office development in more than two decades...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Average Manhattan Apartment Now Over $1.3 million</title>
<description>Manhattan apartment sale prices reach new heights&#xA;in Q2-2007: the average is now $1.3 million and&#xA;the median - $895,000...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Villagers Want Their Newsstand Back</title>
<description>A newsstand on Thompson and Third, &#xA;closed in December by the Department of Consumer Affairs&#xA;is missed sorely by its neighbors&#xA; - to the point that the block&#x27;s residents are now&#xA;collecting signatures to petition for its return,&#xA;The Villager reports...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Equity Residential Buys Several UWS Buildings</title>
<description>The Observer reports that Equity Residential recently bought &#xA;four Upper West Side Buildings for a cool $178 million...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>81% of New Yorkers Support Congestion Pricing Plan</title>
<description>A recent poll indicates that 81% of residents of the city, &#xA;Long Island and Westchester and Rockland counties supported&#xA;Mayor Bloomberg&#x27;s plan to institute a tax on motorists entering the city&#xA;during the week...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Coney Island Proposal Retooled</title>
<description>&#xA;Joseph J. Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities presented&#xA;an updated verion of his company&#x27;s&#xA;plan for the development of Coney Island&#x27;s  amusement district.&#xA;&#xA;The $1.5 B plan, ostensibly changed from the previous version (read below&#xA;for the principal changes) according to the feedback received,&#xA;includes an amusement area and three hotels.&#xA;&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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