Category: manhattan real estate business

un-neighborly neighbors / the dynamics of dysfunction

  how do you solve a problem like Allan? When I was president of a small Manhattan loft coop, we used to joke about having ‘the rule of one’ – as in trying to maintain a shareholder population with no

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REBNY portal pot still perking / bad plan or just bad communications?

  REBNY play defense in communicating with members about the portal They did not do it because I blogged about the “public web portal” but it so happens that REBNY circulated a memo to its residential division members soon after

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REBNY vs. REBNY vs. REBNY / portal potties still percolating

  REBNY portal wars get curiouser and curiouser (nastier and nastier?) The much-discussed announcement by the Real Estate Board of New York to create an open web portal for members of the public to review all REBNY listings continues to

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rebels in REBNY may repel web listing portal

  who at REBNY wants this thing, and why? I blogged about the Nov 1 announcement by the Real Estate Board of New York about plans in the Spring to establish an internet portal for REBNY-member firm listings (A Giant

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elections can be rough / not *those* elections

  LincolnTowers coop board election generates defamation suit The Daily News reported on a defamation suit brought by a candidate for the coop board in one of the Lincoln Towers, showing that electoral hardball is not confined to traditional politics.

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a giant step for REBNY, but how big a step for humankind? Listings web portal coming in the Spring

  Springtime data shower expected This afternoon brought an email and press release to us members of the Residential Division of the Real Estate Board of New York about the deluxe spanking brand new (in Spring 2007) “web portal” to

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when does Long Island City = New Orleans? More on the immense scale

  prime office space is comparable Today’s NY Times business section has pieces on facing pages (if you read the paper on paper) with a fascinating parallel about office space.   The entire prime office market in New Orleans is

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