photo by Matt Yohe
MIDTOWN EAST— Seems the uptown Apple Cube briefly dipped into the iPhone hysteria yesterday (above). Reports Mac Rumors, "For unknown reasons, the ad was (temporarily?) removed later in the day." [Mac Rumors]
SOHO— More intel on the for-sale property at 144 Spring. A reader writes, "That lot is owned by an centaur properties who is developing the NWC of 16th and 8th ave as well. 144 Spring is three 1,200sf floors, you need to take the whole space so its difficult for many national retailers to squeeze in that size space let alone want all three floors at a ridiculous rent." [CurbedWire Inbox]
REAL ESTATE BROKERS #1— Multiple sources emailed to say that the high-profile brokers defecting from Corcoran are landing at Brown Harris Stevens. One insider reports that as many as 15 brokers may be making the jump. [CurbedWire Inbox]
REAL ESTATE BROKERS #2— Finally, a reader dials in with a dose of broker schadenfreude. He writes, "Looks look [The Developers Group] forgot to renew their domain name registration. Their is site is down and the whois record shows that the registration has expired. To quote Nelson: HA-HA." Think he might have run that eagle-eyed item through the grammar checker, no? [CurbedWire Inbox]