Kerrey Hatches a Memo to Train Political Elite
Bob Kerrey, the two-term former Senator and governor of Nebraska, is considering a proposal to start an elite training ground for policy-makers at the New School University, where he became president...
View ArticleRichard Bernstein, 1939–2002
"Quiet please," reads a black sticker on the tall red door to the ground-floor apartment that artist Richard Bernstein kept at the Chelsea Hotel. And for almost two weeks, this city seemed all too...
View ArticleAsking Rents Agonistes
Maybe it’s too soon to declare the death of the Manhattan office-space asking rent. But, at the very least, the downward-spiraling economy and the lack of completed deals have rendered the asking...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: A Novel Approach to Insider Trading
Someone at the Securities and Exchange Commission had the bright idea to stop targeting specific insider trades and instead try to bring down entire communities of Wall Street lawbreakers. This notion...
View ArticleThe Accidental Journeyman
Mr. Bernstein joined Colliers ABR, the precursor to Cassidy Turley, in 2007. When it was announced in early 2007 that the Empire State Building would undertake an ambitious, $550 million renovation—the...
View ArticleThe negotiations behind Aegis Media’s renewal and renovation deal at 150 East...
Aegis Media and its brokers negotiated a renewal, with perks. It was a dramatic growth spurt that prompted Aegis Media to reconsider its commercial real estate options in New York 18 months ago. But it...
View ArticleAn Evening at the Liar’s Ball: Raucous Behavior! Bottles of Colgin at the 21...
It was a typical evening at the Real Estate Board of New York’s annual gala as John Cardinal O’Connor stepped up to the dais to address a crowd of several thousand of the city’s most ambitious...
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