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Sierra in the news
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- MANNREPORT February 2010
Sierra Realty Corp. Secures Lease With Distinguished Art Gallery
See article - Real Estate Weekly, December 9, 2009
Who's News
See article - Real Estate Weekly, December 9, 2009
Who's News
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, December 8-21, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. chosen as managing and leasing agent for 648 Broadway
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, December 8-21, 2009
Carter joins Sierra Realty Corp.
See article - REAL ESTATE BISNOW, December 7, 2009
Executive Moves
See article - Real Estate Weekly, December 2, 2009
REBNY's November Retail Committee Luncheon
See article - Real Estate Weekly, December 2, 2009
Sierra closes gallery deal
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, November 24, 2009
Sierra Realty's Braus and Levitan Secure 4,443 s/f Retail Lease
See article - CRAIN'S, November 22, 2009
Artful Landings in Midtown
See article - MANNREPORT Retail, Premiere Issue, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. Secures Lease At 267 Lafayette Street with Flight Club
See article - MANNREPORT Retail, Premiere Issue, 2009
A Name in The Business Who Needs No Introduction, Marianne Thorsen
See article - Real Estate Weekly, November 18, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. has hired Stephen B. Carter
See article - REAL ESTATE BISNOW, November 3, 2009
The Deal Sheet
See article - MANNREPORT, November – December, 2009
Jeffrey Anderson And Barry Sanet Chosen To Market 229 East 60th Street
See article - CRAIN'S, October 26 – November 1, 2009
Executive Moves
See article - CRAIN'S, October 27, 2009
Lesort aims for more success by charging less
See article - The New York Times, October 23, 2009
Stuyvesant Town Ruling Worries Tenants and Landlords Alike
See article - CRAIN'S, October 22, 2009
Retailer considers making its pop–up permanent
See article - MANNREPORT, October, 2009
Sierra Chosen As Managing And Leasing Agent for 648 Broadway.
See article - MANNREPORT, October, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. Secures Lease At 267 Lafayette Street
See article - CRAIN'S, September 14–20, 2009
Wal-Mart debate rages
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, September 8–21, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. chosen as managing and leasing agent for 648 Broadway
See article - The New York Times, September 9, 2009
Square Feet Transactions
See article - Real Estate Weekly, September 2, 2009
Sierra lands in sweet spot
See article - THE REAL DEAL , August 3, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. to manage office building in historic district
See article - gbNYC, August 2, 2009
Purveyor of Green Shoes Triples Retail Space at 254 Elizabeth St.
See article - MANNREPORT, August, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. Awarded Exclusive Agency For 801 Madison Ave.
See article - Real Estate Weekly, July 29, 2009
Store at Home in Nolita
See article - Real Estate Weekly, July 22, 2009
Bag Designer on B'Way
See article - Real Estate Weekly, July 22, 2009
The Shoe Fits ...
See article - NEW YORK TIMES, July 20, 2009
Lifestyle Cutbacks in TriBeCa
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, July 14, 2009
Sierra Realty Corp. promotes Levitan
See article - REAL ESTATE BISNOW, June 9, 2009
The Deal Sheet
See article - CRAIN'S, June 8–14, 2009
Real–life role in real estate
See article - COSTAR GROUP, June 8, 2009
Sierra Realty Hires Retail Real Estate Veteran
See article - MANNREPORT, June, 2009
Killing The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg
See article - Real Estate Weekly, June 3, 2009
Lucky break as burger joint opens in Chelsea
See article - CRAIN'S, May 22, 2009
Retailers look forward to car–free Broadway
See article - Brokers Weekly, May 20, 2009
All according to Sierra plan
See article - REAL ESTATE BISNOW, May 18, 2009
The Deal Sheet
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, May 12, 2009
Levitan of Sierra Realty secures 1,000 s/f for landlord, Gilman Management
See article - MANNREPORT, May, 2009
Seizing Opportunity When The Sky Is Falling
See article - Real Estate Weekly, May 6, 2009
On The Real Estate Scene
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, April 14–27, 2009
How property owners can deal with distressed tenants
See article - Real Estate Weekly, April 1, 2009
How to retain value in your property in a down market
See article - Real Estate Weekly, April 1, 2009
Flight Club sneakers into SoHo space
See article - CRAIN'S, April, 2009
Jeffrey Anderson
See article - MANNREPORT – Residential, April, 2009
Sierra Realty Amps Up Real Estate Coverage On Firm's Popular Blog
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, March 24–30, 2009
Anderson Joins Sierra Realty as Commercial Leasing Specialist
See article - CRAIN'S, March 20–29, 2009
Real Estate Deals - Cut–rate rentmakes SoHo shop shoe–in
See article - Real Estate Weekly, March 18, 2009
Who's News
See article - Florida Loan Specialist Weblog, March, 2009
Owners and tenants wrestle over rent reduction requests
See article - NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, March, 2009
Negotiating a restaurant lease: Tenants have the leverage
See article - MANNREPORT, March, 2009
Sierra Realty President James Wacht Amps Up Real Estate Coverage On Firm's Popular Blog
See article - Real Estate Weekly, February 18, 2009
Wooing commercial tenants in today's difficult economy.
See article - Brokers Weekly, February 18, 2009
Have You Heard... – BLOG alert! Three new real estate blogs are hitting the superhighway this week.
See article - Real Estate Weekly, February 11, 2009
Technology – Wacht gets witty on the Worldwide Web.
See article - sustainablecarpet.com, October 07, 2007
Milliken & Company has registered the Milliken Floor Covering New York showroom (875 Avenue of the Americas in the Greeley Square Building) with the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI). Milliken carpets are PVC-free, chlorine-free, third-party certified, and 100 percent recyclable. For more information, visit www.sustainablecarpet.com.
See article - interiordesign.net, October 07, 2007
The Milliken Floor Covering showroom, located at 875 Avenue of the Americas in the Greeley Square Building, has registered with LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI). Non-toxic, environmentally friendly, adhesive-free Milliken carpet will cover floors.
See article - CityFeet.com, February 28, 2007
"The Sam Tell Companies leased new offices at 1375 Broadway where it is relocating from 345 Seventh Avenue and is roughly tripling in size...Peter Braus and Gabe Isaacs of Sierra Realty Corp. represented the tenant and are also representing the tenant on the sublease of its space 2,300 sf at 345 Seventh Avenue."
See article - New York Real Estate Journal, December 19-25, 2006
Sierra Realty represents the owners of Fig & Olive in acquiring a second Manhattan location, in the city's meatpacking district.
See article - GlobeSt.com, October 27, 2006
Peter Braus, of Sierra Realty Corp. acts for the owners of Ricoh’s new retail space in midtown Manhattan.
See article - Crain's New York Business, September 11-17, 2006
Sierra Realty represents the owners of Fig & Olive in acquiring a second Manhattan location, in the city's meatpacking district.
See article - Chip Advisor, August 15, 2006
CHIP Board member James Wacht uses this primer to brief new staff members and to assist existing ones in keeping their knowledge current.
See article - New York Real Estate Journal, June 27 - July 3, 2006
Company of the Month. Leslie J. Garfield & Co. and Sierra Realty joint venture establishes LGS Bklyn; headed by Mc Ateer.
See article 
Crain's
New York Business, August 8-14, 2005
Real Estate Deals: Minneapolis chain expanding in NYC "Sierra Realty Corp., which represents Kuhlman here, wants to place the stores in locations that will help the brand attract young, sophisticated consumers, says Jim Wacht, Sierra's president."
See article- Chip Advisor, May, 2005
Observations on New York Real Estate
"Despite a local economy that is only now beginning to recover after three years of difficult times, weak leasing fundamentals that impact real estate values, plus operating costs that are increasing at a rate significantly higher than inflation, property values all over the five boroughs have soared." —James Wacht and Megan Breslin
See article - New York Post, April 27, 2005
Post Focus on Commercial Real Estate: 25 Broad St. may hit condo jackpot
"Rockefeller Center is bringing in Anglo-Italian designers, the Kuhlman Company (exclusively represented by Sierra Realty Corp.), to a 1,373 foot space in the concourse."
See article - New York Post, March 30, 2005
Post Focus on Commercial Real Estate: SL Green snags One Mad.
"Hornet Animations will soon create a buzz at 116 W. Houston St…..Building owner Y&R realty was repped by Peter Braus and Paul Torres of Sierra Realty Corp."
See article - New York City Real Estate Journal, March 1-7, 2005
Personality Spotlight—NYC: James Wacht, President, Sierra Realty Corporation
"We own residential and office buildings in Manhattan...provide third-party management services to other property owners...also provide leasing brokerage services to both landlords and tenants." —James Wacht.
See article - The New York Sun, January 20, 2005
Commercial Real Estate: Industry Leaders Prescribe 'Cautious Optimism' Going Forward
"If the commercial development...and new developments planned for the city occur on a rational basis over an extended period of time, then these developments will only help ensure that New York City maintains its rightful position as the capital of the world."
See article - New York Post, December 29, 2004
Post Focus on Commercial Real Estate: No bull about this bldg.
"Barry Sanet and Peter Braus of Sierra Realty found that this 1,699 square-foot spot would be great for the bank as it has seven-day traffic."
See article - New York Post, December 15, 2004
Post Focus on Commercial Real Estate: Vornado Hits Soho
"James Wacht, president of Sierra Realty, along with brokers, Barry Sanet and Paul Torres, represented [Cooper, Robertson & Partners] in its expansion [at 311 W. 43rd St.) to 24,885 square feet."
See article - New York Real Estate Journal, December 14-20, 2004
Wacht, Sanet and Torres of Sierra lease 28,885 s/f to C&R Partners
"Cooper, Robertson & Partners recently completed their lease renewal and expansion at 311 West 43rd Street. The Sierra Realty team of James Wacht, president; Barry Sanet, senior managing director; and Paul Torres, associate, represented C&R Partners in the negotiations."
See article - Commercial Lease Law Insider, November 2000
Dos & Don'ts
"If you want to keep control over certain fixtures in the tenant’s space, make sure that your lease specifically says you have this control." —James Wacht.
See article - New York Law Journal, September 27, 2000 Outside Counsel:
Advising Clients on Lease Renewals.
"If given the opportunity, the savvy real estate practitioner should use the current opportunity in the marketplace to evaluate the entire landlord/tenant relationship with an eye toward strengthening the credit of the lease." —James Wacht.
See article