Hear KDA’s Kalmon Dolgin at the Real Estate Executives Outlook for Long Island in 2021 Webinar
We’re delighted to announce that Kalmon Dolgin, KDA co-president, is a panelist in the Real Estate Executives Outlook for Long Island in 2021 Webinar taking place on January 13th at 02:00 PM EST, presented by Marks Paneth. ” Long Island real estate has experienced drastic market shifts as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,… Read more »
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Expands to New York Area, Starting With Store in Fort Greene
The Los Angeles-based specialty beverage brand The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is expanding to New York, with the first store having opened Aug. 28 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Greene. Franchisee Hudson River Coffee & Tea plans to open a number of stores across the New York metro area, including a second Brooklyn… Read more »
Four Things To Know Before Making the Switch from Residential Real Estate to CRE
by Neil A. Dolgin For New York City’s ultra-competitive residential brokerage community, these are uncertain times. Amidst an already-softened sales market and growing concerns about a lack of affordable housing that have led to swifter rent stabilization measures and the possibility of a recession pending the outcome of the presidential election, it is also grappling… Read more »
The Hottest Restaurants in Queens
UPDATED: When the Covid-19 situation subsides, here is the Queens Heatmap, a guide to new and recently reviewed restaurants in the mighty borough of Queens. Here are the places that the critics, bloggers, and restaurant obsessives are buzzing about, according to NY.Eater.Com. Keep note, and we’ll be back inside restaurants and bars all together in… Read more »
Billionaires Succeed in Part Because They Share 3 Specific Traits
If you want to learn how to do anything, it makes sense to learn from the best. It’s no different in the pursuit of success. Why not learn from those who have climbed to the most rarified air –successful billionaires. A new report from investment bank UBS and Pricewaterhouse Cooper reveals an interesting conclusion. Billionaire-controlled… Read more »
Adventurous Exercisers Coming to Brooklyn
BKBX, a first-of-its-kind fitness brand bringing together elements of adventure sports with the latest in fitness and technology, will open a new training and recovery center in the high-end residential building 87 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Opening in the summer of 2020, BKBX Williamsburg will span three levels and a total of more than… Read more »
Meet Our Brokers – Fred Rufrano and James Dario Jr.
Fred Rufrano and James Dario Jr. have logged 55 years working at Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates. They bring wide-ranging experience to our clients. We recently interviewed them. KDA: When did you join Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates? James: I started in 1995 …. 25 years; it went by pretty fast. It feels like it passed by in a… Read more »
A New Book Documents The Last Apartments In New York City’s Legendary Hotel Chelsea
Located on West 23rd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, Hotel Chelsea is firmly part of American lore. Originally opened in 1884, Mark Twain, Allen Ginsburg, Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller, Leonard Cohen, and Patti Smith are among the artists, writers, musicians, and poets who have called the hotel home. For over 100 years, the Chelsea… Read more »
Holiday Gift: Amazon’s Top 20 Business and Leadership Books
Need a suggestion for a holiday gift for your business friends? Amazon just published their list of the top 20 best business and leadership books. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac: Vanity Fair called it, “a riveting read about bro culture gone awry.” The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger: Former… Read more »
The Giraffe Test
THE GIRAFFE TEST… This test is to ascertain your ability to pay attention and apply what you experience going forward. If you get one right you are doing ok if you get none right you better go for counseling. There are 4 questions. 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? Stop and… Read more »