Keller Williams’ Associate Leadership Counsel (ALC)

The Top 20% Producers Inspire, Motivate, Participate and Listen In 1986, Gary Keller and his first team of top producers, the Associate Leadership Council (ALC) lost seven of their agents. These agents didn’t have any particular beef with KW, they just wanted “better deals” and thought that other brokerages could give them better opportunities. Keller didn’t look at the loss as a failure, but an opportunity to improve his business model. They were like other traditional... Read More

Memorial Day Celebrations in Full Swing in Manhattan!

As Memorial Day approaches, New York City is celebrating with plenty of events to honor and remember our country’s men and women who’ve paid the ultimate sacrifice. Fleet Week is in its 24th year here in Manhattan, kicking off this past Wednesday the 25th, with the “Parade of Ships.” With a host of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships and aircraft, the procession made its way up and over the Hudson River, “rendering honors in Staten Island, Statue of Liberty and the... Read More

What’s Happening in New York and Manhattan

The Latest About Real Estate, The Economy, Technology and Other News We keep a close watch on what’s going on in Manhattan and I thought I’d share some news about what we’re hearing and reading about. Good News About Employment The New York Post reported recently that New York led the nation in job creation in April. According to the article, new jobs have resulted in the state’s jobless rate dropping to 7.9 percent from 8.7 percent from this time last year. According... Read More

New York City Getting Bigger – Will it Become the Number One Digital City?

Photography by © William Warby The New York Times reported recently that Mayor Bloomberg plans to make New York City the “No. 1 Digital City.” Now, I’m not saying that we’re leading the pack here as far as technology goes or that Mayor Bloomberg took a cue from us, but we’re already using the latest and greatest at Keller Williams New York City. An recent article from the New York Times stated that Bloomberg plans to make Manhattan the Number One Digital City, employing... Read More

Five Nine John Lofts at 59 John Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan

Convenience galore in the Financial District! Five Nine John Lofts are 73 beautifully-renovated one, two and three-bedroom condos. The pre-war residential complex was built in the early 1900s and was once an office building. In 2006, with the help of designer Andres Escobar and architect Karl Fisher, Five Nine John Lofts was transformed to a modern and sophisticated living space for busy professionals and families who want to be in the heart of the Financial District. A boutique... Read More

Keller Williams New York City Celebrates RED Day!

RED DAY 2011 / KELLER WILLIAMS NYC This past Thursday we celebrated RED Day a Keller Williams’ annual initiative to give back to our communities. Keller Williams designated the second Thursday of May as RED Day in honor of Mo Anderson, Vice Chairman. Mo’s birthday is always at or around RED Day and she’s considered the “heart and beloved” leader of Keller Williams Realty. We couldn’t agree more! Her wonderful spirit, compassion and enormous contributions is the... Read More

Manhattan’s Upper East Side – Elegant Living in New York City

From 59th to 96th Street and from the East River to Central Park is Manhattan’s Upper East Side. This section of New York City has some of the most expensive real estate in the nation and was once referred to as the “Silk Stocking District.” During the late 1800s, Fifth, Madison, Park, Lexington, First, Second and Third Avenues were paved and wealthy New Yorkers flocked to the area, building grand mansions on these picturesque streets and avenues. Only the very well-to-do... Read More

101 Warren Street in Tribeca

101 Warren Street, Tribeca NYC / Photography by SOM | © Eduard Hueber Tribeca’s gem of elegant and sophisticated luxury living was completed in 2009. 101 Warren brought transformation to a two-acre site in Lower Manhattan. There are 227 condominiums within this modernist building constructed of granite with oversized, rectangular windows in every unit. Taking a cue from the residential architecture of Tribeca and the monumental architecture of the nearby Flatiron District,... Read More

The Lucida – New York’s First LEED Certified Condo in Manhattan’s Upper East Side

On 151 East 85th Street, an 18-story Manhattan Luxury apartment building stands out as a sleek, glassed environmentally-friendly group of sale and rental condominiums. Opened in 2009, The Lucida is the Upper East Side’s introduction to “smarter living.” Developed by Extell and designed by architects Cook + Fox, residents are in for a manhattan luxury lifestyle with the added benefits of green living. S. Russell Groves designed the Lucida’s interiors, using sustainable... Read More

Flatiron District – Manhattan’s Vital and Vibrant Thoroughfare to Gramercy Park, Greenwich Village and Chelsea

New York City’s Flatiron District is named after the Flatiron Building at 175 Fifth Avenue at Broadway erected in the early 1900s. This impressive, wedge-shaped skyscraper was the tallest building in New York at that time and the first one in the city to have a steel skeleton. The unofficial boundaries of the Flatiron District are between 14th to 18th Streets and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to Irving Avenue. The Financial District is also known as the Ladies’... Read More