NY Court Under Investigation Regarding Links to Sheldon Silver
The civil division of the New York State Supreme Court is being investigated by federal authorities over its links to alleged corruption by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a source told the New York Post. Silver More...
Samsung invested in 8 Israeli start-ups in 2014
Samsung Electronics President: Israel is second only to Silicon Valley in total Samsung investment. Samsung has become a massive investor in Israeli start-ups over the past year. Samsung Electronics President More...
Jarecki on Robert Durst During HBO Preview: I Don’t Feel He’s Dangerous
A new documentary made for HBO about the life of controversial developer Robert Durst had its premiere in New York this past week. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst from filmmakers Andrew Jarecki More...
Graffiti Artist Sues Toll Brothers for Copying Elephant Mural
Graffiti artists are increasingly demanding rights, recognition and in some cases, financial compensation if their work is destroyed or copied. There have been several lawsuits regarding graffiti, most More...
Rob Manfred Reveals Why Madoff Victim-Mets Owner Fred Wilpon Is So Cheap
Fred Wilpon, Mets owner, real estate developer, and victim of Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme, has been named as head of the finance committee for major league baseball. Rob Manfred, baseball More...
Jeffrey Soffer’s Sigh of Relief In Fontainebleau Bankruptcy Settlement
Fontainebleau, a huge Las Vegas project that was never completed, filed for bankruptcy, and was taken over for a time by Carl Icahn, is finally allowing those involved to sleep at night as a settlement More...
Sir Philip Green May Have to Sell BHS Group
Sir Philip Green, Great Britain’s 16th richest man, may be selling off BHS Group, which he bought in 2000, because of the company’s continued losses, as reported by the BBC. BHS, whose More...
Mobileye Announces Second IPO
Israel’s Mobileye N.V., a global designer and developer of camera-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, announced that it has filed a registration statement for a secondary public offering. The offering More...
Tishman Speyer Buys Boston’s Pier 4 for $70 Million
New York based real estate developer Tishman Speyer has acquired the former site of Anthony’s Pier 4 in Boston for $70 million from New England Development. The company plans to build two new buildings there More...
Extell gets Approval for New Manhattan Residential Tower
Gary Barnett’s Extell Development Company god some good news this week. New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the real estate developer’s plan for a 16 story condominium project to More...