• New Yorker Hotel takeover artist pleads guilty to
fraud,
The Real Deal

    New Yorker Hotel takeover artist pleads guilty to fraud

    The man who once claimed to own the New Yorker Hotel has something else in his pocket these days: a conviction. Mickey Barreto pleaded guilty to a fraud charge last week, the Associated Press reported, confessing to forging property records to take ownership of the property at 481 Eighth Avenue in H

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  • What Is a Broken Floor Plan? A Fresh Look at Interior
Design,
Redfin Blog

    What Is a Broken Floor Plan? A Fresh Look at Interior Design

    For years, open floor plans dominated home design. Knocking down walls became synonymous with “modern,” and buyers wanted one big, airy space where kitchens, dining rooms, and living areas all flowed together. But tastes are shifting, and a new layout style is gaining traction: the broken floor plan

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  • Nir Meir, Manhattan D.A. are at an “impasse” on plea
deal,
The Real Deal

    Nir Meir, Manhattan D.A. are at an “impasse” on plea deal

    The Manhattan District Attorney’s two-year long criminal proceedings against disgraced former HFZ Capital executive Nir Meir will be resolved this year.  But it is still to be determined whether that means a trial or a plea deal. “We here at the District Attorney’s office have reached an impasse as

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