1. Chinese Insurance Co, AnBang Group is selling Waldorf Astoria Hotel Chinese Investors are selling properties and leaving Manhattan. AnBang Group purchased Waldorf Astoria Hotel at $1.95B in 2014. China Government is controlling US Dollar and Investment in US after Trade war began. Package deal for 16 Hotels in US on the marketà Middle Eastern buyers are interested. Chinese sold total...
by stephenlee 1. New Public Parking garage in Fort Lee, NJ will be completed in Nov this year Capacity: 352 / 4 stories → Total 625 (outside parking: 273) Parking tickets in Fort Lee issued between 7/2017 – 6/2018 → 31,489 (8% Up from last year) Parking tickets in Palisades Park is down by 14% to 23,249 partially because of new parking spaces at the public library 2. NJ DOT begins Lincoln tunnel repair...
by stephenlee 1. School districts joining plan might affect Northern Bergen County schools Tenafly operates elementary, middle, high schools Closter, Demarest, Old Tappan have only elementary and middle schools. High school go to NVRH Stephen Sweeney (President of NJ Senate) proposed the plan that those towns with elementary and middle will be joined/merged→ 600 schools become 278, including Korean populated...
by stephenlee 1. Edgewater residents are conflicting with two big development project The lot at former golf range on River Road (vacant since July) → postponed the hearing due to conflict of interests → plan: to construct 3 buildings for total 670 apartments, each 200ft tall and 3 story parking deck, recreation center (developer is 575 River Road Edgewater LLC) Hess oil site (19 ac parcel) plans to build 1863...
by stephenlee 1. New Jersey is #2 for Public Education System in US According to WalletHub, NJ : 67.09 (out of 100) → #2 / MA: 74.1→ #1 NJ→ Education Quality: 3rd, Safety: 9th CT: 66.93→ #3 / NH: 65.11→#4 / VT: 63.18→#5 NY: 53.36 → #22 ( Quality:24th, Safety: 12nd)...
by stephenlee 1. Korean RE agents got summons for short sale fraud Acc to The Korea Times (한국일보), about 10 agents for short sale fraud in EC, Palisades park, Fort Lee, etc Some agents pleaded guilty and in process of pre-bargain Agents secretly agreed to damage the property and lower the value à purchase it through dummy buyer → flipping and selling higher price 2. K Town in Manhattan (32nd St) is...
by stephenlee 1. State Government will boost support to local towns River Edge will get 157% increase to $1.93M / Ridgewood will get 41.7% increase Closter→7% / Tenafly→36.6% / Palisades Park will get only 3.1% increase Ridgefield→2% decrease / Leonia→1.2% decrease Overall, State will increase 4.3% support to $8.5B for 577 school districts Intension is to reduce property tax increase, but opinion is...
by stephenlee 1. Edgewater rent is highest in Bergen county, NJ Based on ACS data between 2012 – 2016 of town of which Renter ratio is over 60%. Edgewater Median Rent:$2174 (68.7%)→#1 Hoboken: $2001 (61.9%)→#2 Palisades Park: $1401 (67.4%)→#5 East Rutherford:$1386 (62.3%)→#6, Weehawken:$1382 (66.6%)→#7 Hackensack:$1318 (64.7%). New Jersey median rent: $1213→#5 in US 2. Korean Massage worker...
by stephenlee 1. Trulia reported Top 10 in New York area for highest house price increase #1: Brooklyn Bushwick (90th in 2018←189th in 2008): Median price→$788,700 Queens Ridgewood (99th: $737,100←194th), Jackson Height (147th: $548,000←236th), Elmhurst (146th: $550,300←232nd), Corona (159th: $530,200←237th), Pomonok (128th: $600,300←202nd) According to New York University professor Mitchell Moss,...
by stephenlee 1. PP Mayor Rotundo accepts defeat without challenge of the eight-vote victory by Chung Chung got 1113 votes and Rotundo got 1105 votes in this primary Rotundo is looking toward to the future: he was reelected to the post of municipal chairman by the Palisades Park Democratic Committee Online attack by Rotundo’s mother against the town’s large Korean community went viral → Tension between...
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