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Real estate developer recalls, remembers Holocaust

Eugene Grant, a real estate mogul who developed housing on Central Drive West in Briarcliff Manor and who recently sold his majority stake in the St. John’s Terminal Building in NYC, is recognized in Westchester County for making sure the Holocaust is not forgotten. Read a wonderful account of his... Read More →

Shoba Vanchiswar’s Chappaqua Garden

Shoba Vanchiswar’s Chappaqua Garden is a bright little oasis right in downtown Chappaqua. Her garden and Rocky Hills, the garden of William and Henriette Suhr, will be open for tours from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. on May 25 as part of the Open Days. Vanchiswar’s modest in-town garden won the... Read More →

Chappaqua estate back on market with 10 percent price reduction

Rosewood, described as a “magnificent country estate,” is back on the market for $24,750,000, down from $27,500,000 when it was listed in 2010. At an earlier point, the property at 48 Haights Cross Road was listed at $33 million, according to Luxist.com, which notes that the property was designed by... Read More →

Homeowners want smaller homes, convenient location

Recent sales of mega-mansions in northern Westchester notwithstanding, American homeowners want to live in compact, mixed-use communities near good transportation, services and stoes. This comes from a new report from the Urban Land Institute that studied where people want to live. The report says that multi-use centers that includes shopping... Read More →

Brewster Realtor Inducted into Hall of Fame

A Putnam County real estate sales associate, Barbara Negro, is the 37th inductee to the Century 21 Dick Loughlin International Hall of Fame that was awarded recently in Las Vegas. The Brewster resident has been a Centurion or Double Centurion producer for Century 21 VJF Realty Inc. in Brewster... Read More →

Mortgage applications fall this week

As a possible indication of continued of ongoing trepidation in the home sales market, Housingwire.com reports today that home refinancing and mortgage applications dropped this week. The volume, says the online news source, fell 7.3 percent from a week earlier. The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.67 percent from... Read More →

Bedford’s Old Iron Estates to be sold at auction

A grand Bedford Corners estate on the market for $5 million since May 4 will goes on the auction block next month through AmeriBid LLC. The gated estate at 23 Hollow Ridge Road is 22.81-acres. The main house built in 1996 has five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and five... Read More →

Builders honor developer and children’s hospital

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Westchester has recognized Forest City Ratner Companies and Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center at the Chapter’s 22nd Annual Hall of Honor Awards. The honorees were recognized for their contributions to Westchester’s economy at a gala held earlier this month. Forest City Ratner is a... Read More →

Historic Ross-Hand Mansion in Nyack Is For Sale

Described as an “exquisite Gothic Revival house” with “a commanding view of the Hudson (River)” the Ross-Hand Mansion in South Nyack is seeking a new owner for $3.2 million. The main house was built around 1864 by Azariah Ross, a noted architect and mason of the Civil-War period who is... Read More →

Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni selling Rye home

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni has no plans to head back our way any time soon. As reported by Lauren Beale of the Times, D’Antoni has purchased a $6.9-million home in Manhattan Beach. The former Knicks’ head coach lived in Rye while he coached... Read More →

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