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Martha Stewart may be slicing the price of her Connecticut estate in half, but she’s spending twice as much as before to live in the West Village. The Post’s Braden Keil reports Stewart has paid $16 million for a full-floor, 4,800-square-foot condo at 165 Charles St. The seller is fellow magazine publisher Louise MacBain, who already owns a lavish $20 million duplex penthouse just above. Plans for Stewart’s unfinished 14th-floor space in the 16-story Richard Meier-designed building include five bedrooms, six baths, a 53-foot-wide great room and two terraces. Before going to jail in 2004, Stewart sold an unfinished Meier-designed duplex a few doors away on Perry Street for less than $7 million. �

The famed Real Estate party thrower Arron Mcann who started throwing bashes in New York last year has expanded its luxuy festivity down to Miami’s South Beach.  Visit the pictures from the Miami party at the Shore Club here.�

Condo Blog postings may be lacking the next two days.  We are in Nashville, TN filming our newest Condo Cast Movie!  Stand by for some sneak peaks….

It would seem that Nicky Hilton has not inherited the successful hotel gene from her family after all. Her first venture, the Nicky O Condo Hotel in South Beach, below, scheduled to open last November (the hotel even advertised a $1,000-a-night Super Bowl package on its now-disabled Web site), looks stalled, along with her second hotel project, the Nicky O Chicago. Now both are the subjects of a lawsuit.

On Feb. 12, Robert Falor Investments and Grand USA Hotel Supply & Restaurant, the Chicago development group behind both projects, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago, claiming that Ms. Hilton did not promote the two projects and instead used Falor “to underwrite a lavish lifestyle.”

Her agent, Paul Fisher, is also named in the lawsuit, which claims that Ms. Hilton, who was meant to be the interior designer on the Chicago hotel, hired a design company and attempted to charge Falor for the cost.   Continued…

Source:  NYTimes & Zilbert Realty Group

The “mother” of all penthouses is now premiering at ICON South Beach.  Three levels, private indoor elevator, massive private rooftop with pool, private 7-car parking garage, 360-degree views of South Beach from the 41st, 42nd and 43rd floors.  All privat e and all yours.  Estimated 10,000 sf indoors and 7000 sf outdoors.  Ready for a custom build-out, create your own masterpiece.  Shown strictly by appointment.  You will never find a greater penthouse, anywhere.  Listing by Zilbert Realty Group - View the Listing Sheet here

Searching for more Miami Condos and Penthouses?  Visit www.Miami.condoDomain.com

You can have it today for an even $15,500,000 (but I am sure they will take $15M for it!)

Curbed says so!  And so does a whole lotta-other people….well except the press and the bubble bloggers who dont know what they are talking about!  New York Real Estate is once again flying off the shelf!!!

Check out the Post on Curbed or Sellsius

With your new Prada Cell phone!

The clumsy brick phones of two decades ago were merely utilitarian ; the very act of talking on the phone while driving or walking around exuded cool. But as the cellphone market has exploded — from 340,000 subscribers in 1985 to 220 million today — the act of calling has lost its intrinsic decadence.

Today, it’s the phone that speaks volumes about the person carrying it. Prada and LG Electronics Inc. just teamed up to produce a sleek black touchscreen phone, following in the high-heeled footsteps of Dolce & Gabbana, which attached its iconic logo to a gold Motorola Razr phone, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which unveiled a Versace phone last summer. Both clothing designer Diane von Furstenberg and streetwear designer Lifted Research Group worked with T-Mobile USA Inc. in the fall to create different limited edition Sidekick phones.  Continued…

BUT….YOU STILL MAY WANT TO GET A BLACKBERRY BECAUSE…..

Black Berry Owners Make More Money!!!!!!!

A new national survey says that Blackberry and Treo owners may be split on whether the devices “chain you to work more than they liberate you,” but one thing is for sure…owning a Blackberry means you are more likely to work longer hours and make more money. Average household income of Blackberry owners was nearly 50 percent higher than the national average, at about $94,000. But 19 percent worked more than 50 hours a week, (while just 11 percent of the general population does) and 53 percent feel they didn’t have enough personal time (compared to 40 percent of the general population). Continued…

Even CEO’s of huge-mega companies use YouTube.  I see this as a major movement in how Senior Companies are now going to start delivering message.  They are more effective, easier to understand and more powerful than an email or a letter from the Cheif.  Good Job Jet Blue

Watch the Video Here

Man - o - man is it hot over here today.  We officially launched our new Web 2.0 Interface today claiming the best condo search site EVER!  Another big piece to today’s launch includes Yahoo’s new PIPES!

“Forget the Press: Read a Blog” is how we are presenting the new CONDO PIPES!

So what are Pipes?  Well, they were released about a month back by Yahoo.  Pipes allow you to aggregate blogs, sites, classifieds, portals, …hmm….just about anything you want very easy using their graphically fun interface.  Pipes also have a full menu of tools to customize the way you want to organize and display the data.

For our pipes as you can see on anyone of our Market Pulse pages, we used 2 simple PIPE functions. 

1. Fetch - the fetch function allows you to pipe Blog RSS feed’s into an aggregator. (as many as you want)

2. Sort - this allows us to sort as we wish. (we used descending order).

So in our Condo Pipes we pull from local condo and real estate bloggers and “PIPE” it to our Market Pulse page providing a great mini preview for what is going on in that local market.  This provides local real estate data to the consumer (instead of this nationwide garbage from the press). 

Its also great for the local blogger too, because they get link value and traffic to their blog!

Are you a local condo or real estate blogger in one of our growing 33 markets?  Do you want to be PIPE’D into our Market Pulse Page?  Shoot us a note and we will add you to the pipe!!!  Hope ya’ll like the new site….

ya i know…self promotion, but thought it was new worthy since we added almost 100k listings today…and 100k more to come tomorrow!!!! (Release goes out tomorrow, but ya’ll condo blog readers get it today…
 
 

  and now the release….
condoDomain.com has dramatically upgraded its search portal and user interface. “More interaction, more properties, more tools and more ‘local information,’ and not from local newspapers” Anthony Longo, Founder & CEO of condoDomain.com notes. “We have tapped the most powerful ‘local’ real estate resource online, the real estate bloggers and blogging communities.” Our news & events page which is now re-branded Market Pulse will be filled with live RSS feed’s coming in from local real estate bloggers providing street level, relevant real estate & neighborhood data in each of condoDomain.com’s markets.

condoDomain.com is best know for creating the largest real estate digital “push marketing” and syndication network on the Internet. condoDomain.com now delivers real estate developments and listings to more than 35 popular real estate destination sites and local classifieds search portals which has “housing” as a sub category.

“Marketing online is our core business and we understand the tools needed to succeed for our clients,” notes Nick Sudano, SVP of Market Development.     “condoDomain has been live just about 16 months now, and what this means to us is that we have 16 months of market data on demographics, income ranges, search styles, conversion rates and most importantly consumer feedback that matches this very important information.” Says Longo. “This has allowed us to refine our user interface to better fit consumers searching for ‘condominiums‘ online, and also better place more relevant classified ads throughout our syndication network.”

condoDomain has obtained considerable traction with its advanced Internet marketing programs for developers. Although condoDomain developer and agent clients received featured placement on its website, it has also opened up its database so smaller developers can now upload their projects on the site for free providing the ultimate resource for homebuyers looking to buy a new condominium.

About condoDomain.com
condoDomain.com is a privately held, Internet marketing company serving the real estate industry that is dedicated to city living and the condominium lifestyle. Unique to the real estate industry, condoDomain.com is an independent resource, bringing together buyers, brokers and developers of condominiums in one place. Buyers benefit from a comprehensive resource that enables them to research market news, view properties and get relevant information about urban living. Brokers and developers have an additional, premier venue with multimedia options, to promote their properties to a sophisticated, highly targeted audience. condoDomain.com LLC also promotes Internet consulting and advanced Internet marketing initiatives for onsite sales & marketing companies supporting developers nationwide. Visit www.condoDomain.com to learn more.

condoDomain.com Condo Markets

Atlanta ▪ Austin ▪ Baltimore ▪ Boston ▪ Charlotte ▪ Chicago ▪ Dallas ▪ Denver ▪ Detroit ▪ Ft. Lauderdale ▪ Hoboken ▪ Honolulu ▪ Houston ▪ Jersey City ▪ Las Vegas ▪ Los Angeles ▪ Miami ▪ Minneapolis ▪ Naples ▪ New York ▪ Orlando ▪ Palm Beach ▪ Philadelphia ▪ Phoenix ▪ Portland ▪ Providence ▪ San Antonio ▪ San Diego ▪ San Francisco ▪ Seattle ▪ St. Louis ▪ Tampa ▪ Washington D.C. ▪ Toronto

Contact:

Huguette Diakabana
Information Management, condoDomain.com
877-852-6636

Release placed by VIVE+ Creative Deployment ( www.ViveHere.com )

Ever seen 20 condo developments marketed to you in less than 5 minutes…and for a good cause - to help the homeless!  Well watch the Condo Run…because its exactly what we did. 

Many of you have already seen the Condo Run…but for those of you who have not…check it out today on Inman Stories!

The Condo Run was a 10 miles run through downtown Boston highlighting 20 of the newest luxury condominium developments. The Run was organized to raise awareness and money for the two most influential homeless shelters in downtown Boston; St. Francis House and The Pine Street Inn.

WATCH THE CONDO RUN

Got a “Crack Berry” and have a hard time putting it down?  Here are 12 ways that can help you with your crack addiction!

1. 1.  Admit that e-mail is managing you. Let go of your need to check e-mail every ten minutes.
2. 2.  Commit to keeping your inbox empty.
3. 3.  Create files where you can put inbox material that needs to be acted on.
4. 4.  Make broad headings for your filing system so that you have to spend less time looking for filed material.
5. 5.  Deal immediately with any e-mail that can be handled in two minutes or less but create a file for mails that will take longer.
6. Set a target date to empty your in box. Don’t spend more than an hour at a time doing it.
7. Turn off automatic send/receive.
8. Establish regular times to review your e-mail.
9. Involve others in conquering your addiction.
10. Reduce the amount of e-mail you receive.
11. Save time by using only one subject per e-mail; delete extra comments from forwarded e-mail, and make the subject line detailed.
12. Celebrate taking a new approach to e-mail.

Has the “WOW” Factor finally come to Boston?  New York developer, Extell Development, may have brought a piece of the Big Apple to Boston!  The new model homes have opened up at the Residences at the InterContinental.  Fine design stylized by The Orpin Group - Susan Orpin & Celeste Cooper.  The brand new luxury condominium & hotel residences are now open for first hand viewing from the gleaming glass tower in downtown Boston.  A taste of the Residences 2bed & 3bed + library model home below.  One word to describe them…”Stunning!”

Want more information - click here.

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Istvan Kantor on the Toronto condo boom…and hes not happy.

Watch the Movie Here.

Wikipedia Istvan Here

Anyone else out there got any info on this guy and?

Don’t ask…we just found this on YouTube.  However, we are big Fans of Condo Lovin now!!!  They promised to invite us to the next Condo Party!!!

WATCH THE VIDEO

Looking for some information on Redfin? Looking for a discussion on Redfin. Find a really good blog post on Redfin on TransparentRE!

Oh by the way…they will be on the East Coast (in Boston) come April.

For those of you who know Equinox, you can skip this post as you know what I am talking about. ….Its not fitness, Its LIFE!

Equinox Fitness Clubs are rated some of the best fitness clubs in the world and now they are coming to Boston!  I have worked out in some of the New York locations and have always been overwhelmingly impressed…however…I think Boston may be the best new Equinox ever (coming in May).  The Boston Equinox has an executive level membership which is a tad more than their select membership however you get:
Private Locker Room and Lounge (Only 164 lockers so hurry on down)

Figi Water & Fresh Fruit daily

Laundry service (for your gym clothes)

and best of all, Retina Eye-Scan to get into the private suite of services.

If your interested in joining the all new Equinox in Boston, call our pal Nick Zimmerman @ 617.578.8918 or email him at nick.zimmerman@equinoxfitness.com (make sure to tell him we sent you!)

Other locations include NYC, California, Florida & Chicago.  Interested in joining other clubs go to www.equinoxfitness.com for more information. 

PS:  The condoDomain crew signed up yesterday in Boston…so we will see you there.

The fifth and final show of Donovan Life aired today. Watch it Now. (Click on mini series)

We are very impressed in this viral marketing success. As many of you know we are VIDEO Fanatics! This mini series was awesome and I hope it works out well for this new excitin”LIFESTYLE” condo develoment called Donovan Life in Yaletown Vancouver.

For more info on Donovan Life visit their website at www.DonovanLife.com

PS —

Great article on Internet marketing (& Donovan Life) in the new world. A must read for real estate agents and developers, especially those who “Dont belive in the Internet”

Read Here

WATCH THE MOVIE

One of the most fun film shoots we have been on and one of the most luxurious properties we have ever seen exists here…in Providence Rhode Island.  The Residences at the Westin Hotel are GORGEOUS!

Imagine a space tailored to your dreams. A home in the center of a bustling downtown with gorgeous views of the city around you. A haven for your mind, body and soul. Imagine lavish surroundings with all the services and comforts of a Four Star hotel including around-the-clock security, wellness spa, concierge, valet, room service, 24-hour chauffeur and housekeeping. This is high-rise luxury living. Imagine yourself at The Residences at The Westin Providence.

WATCH THE MOVIE

or

Click Here for More Info on the Residences

Visit here for more info on Providence Condos

With only a few more episodes left, the plot thickens @ Donovan Life!

Here ya go…. www.donovanlife.com   (click on mini series - bottom left)

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We have 2 tips:

1.  If your serious about your domain name or search engine optimization buy your domain for at least 5 years.  Some of the major search engines use the expiration date of the domain as part of the algorithm for your ranking.  We just renewed www.condoDomain.com for 6 years (we figured most people do 5) :0

2.  Use GoDaddy, because they have the GoDaddy Chopper by OCC!!!

See some of the pics or click here to watch of the bike unveiling at the Sagamore Hotel in South Beach!

Bob Parsons (GoDaddy Founder) & Pauly and Paul Sr. from OCC

Godaddy and OCC Crew

The Godaddy Bike!

GOOOOOOO DADDDDYYYYYYYYYYY

The Boston Wharf “LIGHTS UP” party is now live via condoDomain video!  Famed neighborhood visionary and developer Tony Goldman, of Goldman Properties takes on Boston!  Tony is most known for being a huge spark for the residential neighborhood of SOHO in New York and also South Beach in Miami.  Filled with energy, Goldman aims to take on the new Boston Wharf and its 17 buildings they purchased to convert into the ultimate neighborhood including, condos, office, retail, restaurant & hotel. 

The “Lights Up” party was a blast.  Here Goldman flipped the switch on the Boston Wharf Real Estate sign in which had not been lit in over 50 years!  Watch the video Now, we had a blast!!!  (its an HD file so takes a minute to download….be patient…its worth it!)

Watch the  video.

More information on Goldman Properties Here

More Condo Movie Videos Here

What is wrong with some people???????????

As you know with the launch of the all new condoDomain 2.0 we have a “free level” of service (well self service) for our condo developers. It’s free forever and there are no catches. Now, don’t get me wrong, you don’t get nearly the exposure you do of our paying clients, however its free advertising to thousands of people shopping for condos daily in your local market, online!

(PS - Could this be a Trulia Cat?)

Scenario that happened today at 11:17 a.m.
A call went out to an onsite sales and marketing manager for a specific project (we wont tell you where…yet). After a 2 minute phone conversation the sales manager noted that she was not interested in upgrading to a paying level of service and actually asked us to remove her property from the website completely.

“We don’t believe in the Internet,” said Ms. Condo Sales Manager. She also went on to note that the Internet is the same thing as email and she already had an email service and their own website…right? But thanks though”. CLICK…..(hangup)

How do you respond to that??? What are we missing here? $200,000,000 condo property and a sales manager who thinks email & the Internet is the same thing.

I don’t mean to be non-professional or degrading here…but what the?????

Turn down free advertising from one of the best sources on the Internet….hmm…

Click Here for Ari Gold’s Response to this Problem (its 5 seconds jsut watch it)

Did anyone see the show on Fox lastnight that condoDomain was supposedly on?  We got a few calls this a.m. congratulating for the press we got on TV lastnight…however none of us saw it and we cant find it anywhere.

If you know or can find the story we were part of please let us know…and we will send you a condoDomain T-Shirt

Thx Ya’ll

A Chicago development group is suing heiress Nicky Hilton for breach of contract over a delayed hotel renovation project just south of the city’s downtown.In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court, Robert Falor Investments and Grand USA Hotel Supply & Restaurant allege Hilton hasn’t kept up her end of an April 2006 agreement in which she promised to promote the redevelopment project known as Nicky O’s Chicago, a Nicky Hilton Hotel.

Hilton also allegedly contracted out interior design work she was supposed to perform and tried to charge it back to the developer, the lawsuit alleges. The development group also claims Hilton misrepresented that she and her associates had experience in hotel design.

Paul Fisher, Hilton’s agent, also is named in the lawsuit.

Elliot Mintz, a Los Angeles-based media consultant for Hilton, said neither Hilton nor Fisher had not seen the lawsuit as of late Monday night.

“Things are not always as they appear,” he said. “When the facts surrounding this matter are known to the public I think you will find out that the person who has been most impacted by this action will be Nicky Hilton. … In the meantime, I don’t think anybody should draw any conclusions based on the simple filing of a lawsuit.”

The Nicky O hotel was set to replace the Blake Hotel in Printer’s Row, located in the historic Morton Salt building. The project, along with a similar renovation along Miami’s swank South Beach, were to serve as Hilton’s foray into the family’s signature business, although neither Nicky O hotel would be affiliated with Hilton Hotels.

Both proposed hotels have been plagued by delays, and neither has opened yet.

Messages left for the plaintiff’s attorneys weren’t immediately returned Monday evening.

Hilton, 23, is the granddaughter of William Barron Hilton and the great granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, who founded Hilton Hotel Corp. in 1946. Her sister is Paris Hilton.

Source:  Fox25

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