Sam Zell, Jewish billionaire whose media purchase tarnished a legendary career, dies at 81
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Fast Forward Conspirator In Brooklyn Real-Estate Magnate’s Murder Gets 7 Years Max
(JTA) — A co-conspirator in the murder of a Brooklyn real-estate businessman was sentenced to a maximum of 7 years for his actions. Kendall Felix, who pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy and first-degree hindering prosecution in the trial over the 2014 murder of real estate developer Menachem Stark, was handed down the sentence Wednesday at…
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The Schmooze Women’s Co-Working Space ‘The Wing’ Is Getting Bigger And Better
In nineteen short months, the women’s working world as we know it has changed forever. And it’s all thanks to Audrey Gelman and Lauren Kassan, Jewish co-founders of The Wing, a chic multi-purpose women’s working space with the coolest happenings in Manhattan. One such happening featured a talk from Hillary Clinton. Another had New York…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen’s Mysterious Manhattan Real Estate Deals Raise Eyebrows
Updated, October 28 3:52p.m. President Trump’s lawyer and close confidant Michael Cohen has taken a page from his boss’s book in making money off New York real estate – buy low and sell high. But not all is clear about Cohen’s buying and selling. A McClatchy investigation published Thursday found four deals that “raised red…
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Fast Forward Kushner Co. Is Really Trying To Unload This Brooklyn Brownstone
Kushner Companies is lowering its expectations – and its price – on a ultra-luxury townhouse in Brooklyn Heights that it’s hoping to flip a seven-figure profit. The property, a 20-foot-wide brownstone with 7,000 square feet of living space, had been on the market for $11.25 million until a recent change in brokers – with the…
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Fast Forward Michael Feinstein Lists $15.9M Luxe Manhattan Townhouse
Michael Feinstein, the Broadway and cabaret star, is putting his luxe townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on the market for $15.9 million – one of the most expensive potential sales in New York City. Feinstein’s home on East 63rd Street includes a grand music room with a Steinway piano, six bedrooms, two kitchens, eight…
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