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  • HGTV Looking for Participants for Its New Home Renovation Series
    If you happen to be a resident of one of the central coastal areas of California and are planning to buy a new home or renovate your old one, your dream of appearing on TV for a reality show might just come true.
  • Update: Time Warner Hires Eastdil Secured to Market NYC Headquarters
    The giant media conglomerate, Time Warner has hired real estate firm, Eastdil Secured LLC to market its headquarters, The Time Warner Building located in Manhattan, New York. The move comes two months after news of the company contemplating to sell the building.
  • Touring the Brand New Art Museum of Rio, the MAR [PHOTOS]
    As the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro steadily gears up for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, there are a lot of interesting structures coming up in the land of carnival. The most recent addition was the Art Museum of Rio, popularly called MAR, which opened on Tuesday, March 5.
  • Radio Host Don Imus’ Connecticut Home Finally Sells for $14.4 Million
    Popular Radio host, humorist and philanthropist, Don Imus and his wife Deirdre have finally managed to unload their Westport, Connecticut home for $14.4 Million. The home has sold after it received a number of pricechoppers.
  • Update: Restoration Hardware’s Boston Store to Finally Open Doors
    After much speculation and controversy, the famous American furniture décor chain, Restoration Hardware will finally open doors of its brand new Back bay, Boston store to the public on Saturday, April 13.
  • Taking a Peek Into The Classic Sets of “The Great Gatsby”
    The Great Gatsby is an upcoming 3D movie based on famed writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel by the same title. The movie is being directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke. Architectural Digest took a short trip to the classic sets of the legendary movie.
  • Late Designer Lilly Pulitzer’s Palm Beach Home Receives a Pricechopper
    With the passing of fashion designer, Lilly Pulitzer, her home in Palm Beach, Florida has just received a $3 million pricechopper and re-listed for $8.5 million. The home was initially hauled on the market with an $11.5 million price tag in January 2011.
  • Zaha Hadid Designs Shapely “Serac Benches” for Milan Design Week 2013 (PHOTOS)
    For the Milan Design Week 2013, leading architect, Zaha Hadid has partnered with designers at leading street furniture label, Lab23 and created a series of urban furniture- precisely ‘benches’- that derive inspiration from ice formations and glacial crevasses.
  • Minnesota Twins Owner Jim Pohlad Heads to West Hollywood with $3.3 Condo Purchase
    Jim Pohlad, the owner of famous baseball team, Minnesota Twins has reportedly purchased a condo in the popular Sierra Towers in West Hollywood, California for $3.3 million. Pohlad closed the deal on the condo sometime back in March 2013.
  • World’s Priciest Home in Singapore Listed for $242 Million
    The world’s most expensive listing just debuted in the global real estate market. A double story mansion located in the heart of Singapore’s central shopping district has been listed for a whopping $242 million.
  • Renderings of 10 Madison Square West at 1107 Broadway Revealed
    Renderings of the new residential addition to the former International Toy Center Building - 10 Madison Square West at 1107 Broadway, NYC has finally been revealed. The project is being developed by the Witkoff Group who purchased a 16-story office building (a part of the International Toy Center Building) for $191 million in 2011.
  • Nicollette Sheridan Finally Finds a Renter for her Home in Bel Air (PHOTOS)
    Nicollette Sheridan of the Desperate Housewives fame has finally found a renter for her secluded Bel Air home in Los Angeles, California. Sheridan had listed the home for rent sometime back in November 2012 with a monthly charge of $12,500. Sitting unoccupied for the last six months, the home has finally found a tenant.
  • Update: Billionaire Steven Cohen’s Bloomberg Tower Condo Hits Listing Market for $115 Million
    The much speculated and talked-about condominium of famous hedge fund manager and founder of SAC Capital Advisers, Steven A Cohen has officially hit the listing market with an asking price of $115 million.
  • New John Varvatos Concept Store Opens on Lincoln Road in Miami
    The famous men’s designer wear, John Varvatos has opened a brand new concept store on 1020 Lincoln Road in Miami. The shop is the designer’s third Bowery Concept Store and brings out the essence of the original boutique stores located in New York.
  • Celebrating Hugh Hefner and the Famous Playboy Mansion on his Birthday
    Hugh Hefner, the man behind the racy men’s magazine, Playboy, turns 87 today. Hefner is not only a publishing giant but also a man who knew how to have “fun”. On his birthday, we revisit some of the most interesting facts about the famous Playboy Mansion, celebrating Hefner and his spirit:
  • Land Prices in US Gain on Real Estate Recovery
    Prices of vacant lots and empty land pieces have been rising in the U.S. since the real estate market and the economy have taken the road to recovery. This trend is proving to be profitable for sellers and expensive for consumers.
  • KKR Buys Colonie Center Mall in Albany,NYC, with Partners
    KKR & Co. LP, a global private equity firm has purchased the Colonie Center Mall in the Albany region of New York City, partnering with a group of other investors including Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Peter Fair and Collarmele Partners. The amount of the purchase is not revealed.
  • Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady Home Hunting in New York
    Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her quarterback husband, Tom Brady are allegedly looking for a home in the West Village area of New York.
  • Katy Perry Officially Lists Hollywood Hills Home for $6.9 Million
    The “Hot n Cold” singer, Katy Perry has officially listed her Hollywood hills home on the Multiple Listing Service with an asking price of $6.9 million. Apparently, Perry has been desperate to sell the place for a while now. She had been looking for a buyer since the last couple of months and had been shopping it out privately with an $8 million price tag. The home has finally appeared on the listing market with a discounted asking price.
  • Playboy Bunny Hutch Mansion Listed for $11 Million
    The famed Playboy Mansion which belongs to Hugh Hefner, editor-in-chief of the racy men’s magazine, Playboy has hit the market with an asking price of $11 million. The mansion gained much popularity in the 1970s due to Hefner’s lavish parties at the venue.
  • Sundance’s 'Farmhouse on The Creek' Asking for $7.9 Million (PHOTOS)
    The famous estate “Farmhouse on the Creek”, located in the resort town of Sundance, Utah has been officially listed on the market with an asking price of $7.9 million. The farmhouse is just 45 minutes away from Park City- the place where Sundance Film Festival is held and just an hour away from Salt Lake City.
  • Sydney’s Rainbow Crossing: Landmark or Danger Zone
    The rainbow walk that was commissioned in early February to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras Fete on Oxford Street, Sydney, Australia is slated to be torn up as it is posing to be a major traffic and safety hazard. However, citizens have filed a petition against the government’s decision stating that the walk should be made a permanent landmark of the city.
  • JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Buys NYC Office Space for $2.05 Million
    Chairman and Chief executive of multinational financial corporation JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon has reportedly purchased office space on the ground floor of his Manhattan Park Avenue Building for a good $2.05 million.
  • John Lautner Designed Garwood Residence Returns To the Market Asking $14.9 Million
    The Garwood residence in Malibu, designed by famed starchitect, John Lautner has returned to the market with a discounted asking price of $14.9 million. The home was first listed for sale sometime back in July 2012 with a 15.9 million price tag. Failing to sell then, the property was delisted in December that year.
  • Top Cheap Vacation Destinations for the Summer (SLIDESHOW)
    Summer is arriving soon and if you are wondering on how to beat the heat this time, consider travelling to some of the most chilled out places in the world where summer is fun. So if your idea of fun is something that does not involve backpacking through the Grand Canyons or simply whining about how sweaty and humid the climate is, take a peek at the list of some of the most affordable travel destinations for the summer of 2013:
  • China to Allow Cruise Tours to Disputed Paracel Islands on South China Sea
    China is gearing up to open the disputed Paracel Islands on South China Sea for cruise tours from May, 2013. The Paracel Islands are a part of China’s brand new establishment, Sansha City which is controlled by the government of the Hainan Province.
  • Gleaners’ Kitchen: Eating At a Restaurant That Serves “Rubbish”
    Eating out at a restaurant or takeaways may be the fad of the century but would you ever eat at a place that served you food “free of cost” from ‘rubbish’- literally?
  • Mitsubishi UFJ to Acquire US Property Loans of Deutsche Bank worth $3.7 Billion
    Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is in advanced talks with Deutsche Bank to purchase U.S. property related loans worth around $3.7 billion from its real estate unit, PB Capital Corp.
  • Radio Personality Casey Kasem Lists LA Home for $42 Million (PHOTOS)
    Radio personality, Casey Kasem of the “American Top 40” fame has listed his home in West Los Angeles, California with an asking price of $42 million. He had purchased the home for his wife, Jean Kasem as a gift in 1989.
  • Townhouse Featured in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” Will Hit Market for $6 Million
    The townhouse that was featured in Woody Allen’s famous 1979 rom-com flick “Manhattan” will reportedly hit the listing market with an asking price of $6 million. Located on the Upper East Side of New York, the home has already found a buyer who is lined up to snag the home as soon as the listing goes public.
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