Houlihan Lawrence’s 1 percenters
Houlihan Lawrence (HL) remains the market leader in the sale of single-family homes in Westchester, capturing nearly 38 percent of the market while in…
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Power brokers
Leave it to Lever
Joel S. Lever is an art lover like you or me. “I buy art the way most people do – to fit over the…
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Communism, meet capitalism (and corruption)
China’s President Xi Jingping’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign against fraudulent power brokers has persisted now for more than a year. In carrying out the most…
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Going for broke(rs)
In the new novel “The Miniaturist,” Jessie Burton’s superb evocation of 17th-century Holland, a wealthy merchant gives his bride a dollhouse that replicates their…
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Horses and houses
It’s been ever thus for Ghy Manning, owner/principal broker of Vincent & Whittemore Real Estate in Bedford. “We sell everything, but we’re known for…
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Small is beautiful…
Photographs by Bob Rozycki Darren T. Scala has many houses – eight to be exact. “I have a three-story English Tudor,” he says,…
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R and R – Raveis and racing
Photographs courtesy William Raveis. In Kent Hanley’s country-chic office, green toy soldiers dominate the landscape. They line up strategically on the window sills….
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A founder lives on
The local real estate titan that is now William Pitt/Julia B. Fee/Sotheby’s International Realty was the brainchild of one energetic young man who started…
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Gateway to tomorrow
Succeeding in business is all about connections,” entrepreneur extraordinaire Richard Branson has said. This certainly is true for Deborah Milone, executive director of the…
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Greater Valley geared for growth
The Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce’s motto is “Advancing the Regional Agenda through Business Leadership,” and it could not have found a better leader…
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Westchester’s marketer-in-chief
When Marissa Brett was fresh out of Westchester Community College in 1997, the woman who is now president of the Westchester County Association –…
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The Greenwich Chamber of Commerce: It’s not your grandpa’s chamber anymore. “Our chamber has reinvented itself beyond the boys’ club,” Executive Director Marcia O’Kane…
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Most comfortable surroundings
It’s perhaps natural to imagine that meeting the CEO of an international corporation at its global headquarters might be a stiff affair filled with…
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The heart of the deal
Shelly Tretter Lynch lights up the great room at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club on an overcast, late autumn day. Her smile, sparkling eyes…
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A home as a work of art
Susan Stillman knows the meaning of home. After all, the White Plains artist has spent the last 25 years creating keepsakes of the subject….
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Neoclassical splendor
Photographs by Tim Lee, courtesy Houlihan Lawrence One of Westchester’s last grand estates, King’s Way is a majestic neoclassical home built in 1904….
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At home with style
Photographs by Bob Rozycki When it comes to home décor and holiday entertaining, even the most cursory glance around Lifestyles & Interiors by…
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Hale ’n’ Hardy
Real estate has pride of place in John Hardy’s jewelry collections. Specifically a 30-year-old compound in Ubud, Bali. There amid lush, terraced rice paddies…
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Schoolhouse rules: Family + work
Photographs courtesy The Schoolhouse at Cannondale Tim LaBant, chef/owner of The Schoolhouse at Cannondale in Wilton for the last eight years, lives in…
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The historical House of Houbigant Paris adds to its collection
Photographs courtesy Neiman Marcus “It all began with just a basket of flowers,” says the House of Houbigant. The company dates from 1775,…
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