Real Estate Weekly News

Palisades Park Korean Association is having hardship to re-open activity The current problem is PP K Association has 2 year’s lapse of activity The election committee specifies qualification of president which is not realistic and nobody can apply “PP K Ass should be represented for all Palisades Park residents, not for specific group of people” “ First, PP K Ass should explain what...

Suicide in “Malcolm Towers” in Fort Lee, NJ on 1/30/2019 at around 1:45pm 475 Main St, Fort Lee. Korean female(63) jumped from the window at 10th floor Last week another suicide (Russian: 81) at 14th floor in the same apartment building Korean woman lived with her mother(86) and she moved in recently The motives are unknown   $460,000 in Palisades Park town account is...

Ridgefield, NJ town government encourages residents to perform Radon test Town provides free test kits Radon is colorless, smell less carcinogen which is the 2nd biggest reason for lung cancer NJ EPA reported that 7% of total resident in Ridgefield has higher level than allowed level Water line burst on Hamilton Ave in Ridgefield, NJ caused 10 houses got water damage Suez company who...

“Bayfront” Mixed Use complex development in Jersey City is expected to come 100 Ac former chromium-polluted brownfield, cleaned up by Honeywell Southwest section in Greenville area The city is buying the property and develop mixed use complex. The council approved to go and get the money (the city will issue $400M bond) 8,100 apartments, 600,000 sf retail space, 1M sf office space, 23 Ac...

NYC charged $21M to a RE brokerage company for illegal house sharing biz Metropolitan Property Group conducted Airbnb biz with 34 buildings in Kips bay Manhattan, etc. They used 18 different names to Airbnb, and used 130 apartment as hotel room According to NYC summon, the company rented 13,691 illegally /received 75,000 guests between 2015 and 2018, and gained $21M income Some guests were...

Korean owned building between Northern Blvd purchased by Chinese developer 146-17 Northern Blvd. / closing is completed at $9.7M Tenants: “Tong Tong Don Gass” / Cumon school Developer will build 5 story mixed building for retail and condo → condo development expanded to Northern blvd commercial area from downtown area   Manhattan NY Rent tipped off According to Zumper, 1...

Sold: 2 apartment buildings sold at $25.5M ($559/sf) 992-996, 998 Amsterdam Ave. on 109th St Built in 1920. Mixed use building under Rent Control Total 45,576 sf with elevator - 49 units between Studio and 4 bedroom units 1st floor: bar, restaurant, barber shop,etc. ( 7 retails)   Senior population increased in Nassau Co in NYC According to Census report, age group of 55-64...

1. Korean restaurants are moving out of 32nd St in Manhattan, NY “Modern Korean Food” movement are spreading out to East Village, SOHO, West Village, Lower Eastside “JeJu Noodle Bar” in West Village/ ”SooGil” in East Village/ ”Bang Bar” in Columbus Circle/ “Reception Bar” in Lower Eastside/ ”The Woo” in SOHO The Reasons: 1. High rent 2. Changing Food culture  3....

1. Korean IT company (아이노스) in Palisades Park sued Café Bene Korean franchise Café Bene, one time called Korean Starbucks, got sued by IT company in Palisades Park , NJ for $6M ($1.5M contract in 2013 and $4.5M in 2015) In 2013, IT company contracted to develop software systems to bundle 50 franchise stores in US at $1.5M/ In 2015, 2nc contract at $4.5M with Korea Café Bene’s warranty...

1. The plan for 14 story High-rise apartment in Palisades Park is cancelled The location was between Edsell Blvd and 14th St at the border of Fort Lee and Palisades Park Palisades Park town board approved the plan once, but the State court decided to nullify the plan because there was no rationale and arbitrarily Carriage House and other residents objected the plan and filed the suit in the State...