As Condos Fill, Retail Space Remains Vacant

The developers of some of the city’s most expensive condominiums would rather wait for the right tenant than bring in, say, a noisy bar or (horrors!) a discount store.

By FRED A. BERNSTEIN

As Condos Fill, Retail Space Remains Vacant

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Living In | Ozone Park, Queens

Colonials, Tudors and, Soon, a Casino

New York City’s first casino is being built at the Aqueduct race track, which straddles Ozone Park and South Ozone Park. It is not clear what its presence will mean for the neighborhood.

By JOSEPH PLAMBECK

Living In | Ozone Park, Queens

Colonials, Tudors and, Soon, a Casino

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The Hunt

A Place With the Family Seal of Approval

When Julie Glickman decided it was time to buy, she set her sights on a one-bedroom in Brooklyn.

By JOYCE COHEN

The Hunt

A Place With the Family Seal of Approval

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House Tour: Milan, N.Y.

A couple tears down a log cabin with little charm but lots of bats in favor of an airy home with porches overlooking woods and a stream.

By BETHANY LYTTLE

House Tour: Milan, N.Y.

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Getting Started

For Renters-to-Be, the High-Tech Lowdown

By JOSEPH PLAMBECK

Cracking New York’s real estate code can be daunting. But one starting point is visiting a handful of helpful Web sites.

Streetscapes | Fifth Avenue and 77th Street

Huguette Clark’s ‘Worthless’ Girlhood Home

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY

The copper mining heiress, who died in May, grew up in a mansion, now demolished.

In the Region | Long Island

UNDEVELOPED A building lot — note the sunken rectangle in the lawn — abuts a sold house at the Estates at Olde Vine, a golf community in Riverhead where sales have been slow.

A Welcome Mat for Builders

By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER

With 22 lots still vacant, the developer of the Estates at Olde Vine is opening up its subdivision by selling individual lots and club memberships.

In the Region | New Jersey

PASTORAL On Lake Street, a Georgian colonial built in 1920 sold for $849,000 last year; the house is across from Branch Brook Park in the Forest Hill section of Newark.

The Suburban Side of Newark

By ANTOINETTE MARTIN

Chockablock with Victorian gems that coexist with midcentury ranches and two-family houses, the Forest Hill neighborhood has always stood apart.

In the Region | Westchester

CHRYSALIS Monarch at Ridge Hill, the first of several residential towers at Ridge Hill in Yonkers, is almost ready for occupancy. The villagelike development has been slow to get off the ground, delayed by everything from legal action to the recession.

Coming Soon: A Town Within a City

By ELSA BRENNER

The first residential tower of a mixed-use community called Ridge Hill is about to open in Yonkers.

Mortgages

When the Seller Is the Lender

By MARYANN HAGGERTY

Owner-financed deals can provide sellers with interest income while helping buyers unable to secure a convention bank loan.

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Q & A

By JAY ROMANO

Two, and only two, building entry keys; tenant seeks exit before moving in; co-op neighbor won’t stop smoking.

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Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview

T. J. Gottesdiener

By VIVIAN MARINO

Mr. Gottesdiener is a managing partner in the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the world’s largest architectural firms, best known for its skyscrapers.

On Location

The heart of the house is a sweeping, bilevel open space that has the living and dining area and kitchen in a separate structure from the house’s two top floors in the white cube.

A Gleaming Sculpture Facing the Caribbean

By BETH GREENFIELD

A geometrically shaped three-story house on Isla Mujeres is made from pumice and tile and inspired by the modern, clean lines of a nearby boutique hotel.

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A penthouse apartment in Palazzo Barcaroli, left, on the San Moisè canal in Venice, is on the market for $1.96 million.

House Hunting in ... Venice

By ALISON GREGOR

Prices remain flat, and some multimillion-dollar apartments on the higher end of the market can take years to sell.

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Bottom May Be Near for Slide in Housing

By DAVID STREITFELD

An index of prices in 20 cities is down 33.1 percent from the peak in July 2006 after falling for the eighth straight month in March.

Interactive Feature: Housing Prices in 20 Cities

Square Feet

East Side Law Firms Go West, as Far as Eighth Ave.

By JOTHAM SEDERSTROM

Wilk Auslander and several other firms are moving westward across Manhattan in search of newer, more cost-efficient office space.

Square Feet

Transit Hub in Maryland Gets a Second Chance

By EUGENE L. MEYER

In New Carrollton, Md., the regional transit authority is taking a new approach to development that it hopes will realize the area’s potential.

The Appraisal

Lou Wenger, a floor plan artist who creates plans for many established real estate agencies, measuring the dimensions of his apartment’s living room with a laser distance measurer.

The Art of the Floor Plan: Capturing a Home, Line by Line

By DIANE CARDWELL

In the competitive game of marketing New York homes, many real estate agencies are now enlisting independent draftsmen to draw floor plans from scratch.