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NEW YORK POST | Healthy Living The Luxury Condo Way
July 05, 2017 “Forget the on-site fitness center and spa-treatment rooms. Residential developers now incorporate next-level inclusions, such as that feng shui garden, as well as nutritionists, built-in aromatherapy and “brain fitness” for memory and relaxation enhancement — to make physical...
THE NEW YORK TIMES | Trump Policy Impact on Real Estate Still Unclear
April 21, 2017 “Though it remains unclear what impact Mr. Trump will ultimately have on foreign investment in the New York City real estate market, what is clear is that foreign investors are carefully parsing his policies and pronouncements. Their...
THE NEW YORK TIMES | Profits? Nice, but for These Investors, Conscience Matters More
February 03, 2017 “Investing with a guiding passion isn’t the same as being an impact investor, who aims to effect social change while earning a solid return. Passion investing is purer — if not puritanical. And seeing how people who embrace...
THE REAL DEAL | How New York City stacks up against other global gateway cities
October 01, 2015 New York City real estate is never short of mantras and catch phrases, but few have taken hold of the industry’s collective mind like “safe haven.” Seemingly no conference, panel discussion or research report can do without...
THE TELEGRAPH | Virtual reality: revolutionising property sales?
April 6, 2016 “If done at the very highest level, virtual reality can create excitement about a product, not just show it more realistically. We are working with VR experts in the movie business who use special effects and storytelling...
THE REAL DEAL | Better together: Developers offering combined units at lower psf cost
Better together: Developers offering combined units at lower psf cost New strategy prompted by luxury market slowdown Published March 9, 2016 “Why buy one apartment when you can own two? That’s the tactic some developers are employing to lure buyers...
THE REAL DEAL | What They’re Reading Now
What they’re reading now Real estate pros share picks for books on the Holocaust, love and duty and the world of longshoremen January 01, 2016 Royce Pinkwater CEO, Pinkwater Select What are you reading right now? I am currently reading...
NEW YORK OBSERVER | All in a Day’s Work
All in a Day’s Work Agents and brokers share their tales of deals gone (almost) outrageously wrong By: Adam Bolinawski Published: 2/3/2016 Source: “But even when you go the extra mile, satisfaction is never guaranteed. Last year, Pinkwater Select found Royce...
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL| Why You Should Buy Your Neighbor’s House
Royce Pinkwater, founder of the real estate investment brokerage company Pinkwater Select, described one Manhattan combination she orchestrated last spring as “the most complicated deal I’ve ever done in my career.” For clients who wanted to expand their three-bedroom Upper West...
THE REAL DEAL | The Priciest Homes on the Planet
“London is a passing-through city,” said Royce Pinkwater, of the Manhattan based brokerage Pinkwater Select, which specializes in international luxury real estate. “Many people use it as a base.” Pinkwater referred to London as the “initiator and dominator in turnkey properties” because...