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Inside latest megatower
We tour the huge Greenpoint Landing development
Schneps Media
On the newest episode of
Power Women with Victoria
Schneps, Diane M. Ramirez,
the chief executive officer and
chairman of Halstead Real Estate,
joins the show to discuss
her secrets to success.
Under Ramirez’s leadership,
Halstead has grown into
a company with more than
1,400 agents throughout Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Queens, the
Bronx, the Hamptons, Hudson
Valley, New Jersey and
Connecticut.
On the podcast, Ramirez
talks about growing up in
Queens, her family life and
her exquisite career. She also
gives insider advice on real estate
and staying present, even
when work and success seem
overwhelming.
Born in Jackson Heights,
with families all around her,
Ramirez credits her supportive
but independent childhood
for part of her success
in business.
“We all had a sense of freedom,
(Above) The living room
of a one bedroom apartment
at One Blue Slip
in Greenpoint Landing.
(Left) One Blue Slip,
left, and its even bigger
neighbor Two Blue Slip.
of being able to play out
in the streets,” Ramirez said.
“Every parent was your parent.”
But still, being outside and
having that freedom meant
Ramirez also had to be selfsufficient.
“I also did high school in
Jamaica,” Ramirez said. “So I
had to travel at a young age on
my own and that, again, gave
me the confidence of what I
could accomplish.”
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By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
Manhattan building firm
Park Tower Group is developing
a massive halfmile
stretch of waterfront,
dubbed “Greenpoint Landing,”
along the shoulder of
Brooklyn’s northern-most
nabe, in a project that promises
great views of Manhattan,
along with coastal strolls
along the East River — and the
fetid Newtown Creek!
The property, which fronts
both West and Commercial
streets, will include approximately
5,500 residential units,
almost one quarter of which
will qualify as affordable under
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
guidelines — which, in New
York City, includes monthly
rents starting at $375 for a
studio and up to $4,501 for a
three-bedroom apartment.
The mega project will also
feature a new pre-K through
eighth-grade public school,
and public space equal in
size to about three football
fields.
The developer and its Manhattan
partners at L and M
Development have already
constructed three buildings,
including 7 Bell Slip, 33 Eagle
Street, and 5 Blue Slip, which
together house 294 affordable
apartments, with rents starting
at $368 for a studio, $396 for
a one-bedroom, and $482 for
a two-bed. Reps for the firm
did not respond to questions
regarding the cost of all affordable
rentals, including the
most expensive units.
Park Tower Group has also
teamed up with Brookfield
Properties to build roughly
2,000 new rentals on the waterfront,
the first of which, 359-
unit One Blue Slip, opened in
August of last year with an
adjacent green space.
The builders are also erecting
421-unit 2 Blue Slip and
the another stretch of public
space will open along the waterfront
early next year.
They will break ground
this summer on two new Tetri
block-shaped towers designed
by international architects
OMA, which will bring
745 units of housing — 30 percent
of which qualify as affordable
— and will expand
the waterfront esplanade.
Halstead CEO shares her secrets
Photos by Caroline Ourso
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