Apartment rent in Moscow and New York: comparative analysis. 3 September 2010
On the threshold of the Russian rent market fever, which was predicted by the specialists in the field, experts of EVANS Company carry out the comparative analysis of a condition of the market in two largest cities of the world – Moscow and New York.
TriBeCa to get patisserie plus wine. Crain's New York. March 9, 2010
Josephine, a patisserie and wine bar, is coming to a prime TriBeCa corner. Owner Maryse Daniele Gregorini has signed a 10-year lease for 2,200 square feet at 40 Harrison St. Daniel Blumberg and Elena Kamalidenova of Evans Real Estate Investments worked on behalf of the tenant. The asking rent for the property was $23,000 per month.
Located at the corner of Greenwich Street, the property features 70 feet of wraparound frontage. Josephine is scheduled to open in August and will offer French-style baguettes, pastries, tarts and cakes, as well as homemade quiches, soups and salads.
Pizza shop takes a slice of Village. Crain's New York. March 2, 2010
Pizza Roma is taking over the former home of the famous Zito’s Bakery, which had been at the space for 85 years until the no-carb craze pushed it out six years ago. Since then, The Hershey Co. leased the site but never opened a shop there. The new eatery, which has outposts in Rome and Barcelona, is expected to open its first Manhattan location within four months and hopes to follow up with more New York eateries in coming months. Marco Martini of Evans Real Estate represented the tenant in the transaction
What a bargain the NYC real estate. Panorama, Italy, January 21, 2010
(…) Also real estate companies in New York know how to make life of Italian investors overseas easier. In New York there is a possibility to obtain a comprehensive service through some real estate companies such as Halstead, Domus Realty and Evans Real Estate that provide their clients with Property management services. “Our clients’ correspondence gets straight to us. We pay all their bills including property taxes, find reliable tenants and collect monthly rental payments so that our clients have nothing to worry about,’’ explains Marco Martini who has been for several years working for Evans Real Estate, a Russian real estate investment company, assisting the relationship between the firm and the Italian investors. He and all others working in this field are busy in this dynamic market...
A Tale Of Two Cities, The Moscow Times Real Estate Catalogue, October 2009
The Moscow and New York real estate markets showed remarkable similarities both in the way real estate prices reacted to the financial crisis and the timing of the events. This is surprising, considering how different these markets’ macroeconomic environments are. While the fundamentals behind the recovery that both markets are currently seeing are different, it is interesting to compare and contrast real estate developments in these changing property markets.
In Russia, a Schoolhouse Home. The New York Times, October 21, 2009
Searching for a retreat from her fast-pace life in Moscow during the 1990s, Irene Commeau, a French woman of Russian descent, accepted a friend’s invitation to visit his dacha in this village, about four hours’ drive from the Russian capital. (...) Today, Ms. Commeau, 55, has a 4.5-hectare (11-acre) estate here, with a 360-square-meter (3,875-square-foot) house that she created by bringing two early 20th-century wooden schoolhouses to the property. (...) Land prices as well as labor cost go down dramatically if you go further out,” said Anya Levitov, a managing partner of Evans Real Estate, which has offices in Moscow and New York...
Florentine baker takes bite of Village. Crain's New York. July 7, 2009
The smell of freshly baked Italian breads and cookies will be wafting into more than a few West Village backyards starting this fall. Il Cantuccio, a bakery based in Florence, Italy, is entering the U.S. market by leasing 1,400 square feet at 91 Christopher St., at Bleecker Street. "They're famous for their almond and chocolate biscotti," said Amy Zhen, the Evans Real Estate broker who represented Il Cantuccio along with colleague Michele DiBari.
New York: real estate for any taste, age and wallet. M&D International. October 2008
Why do Europeans buy Manhattan real estate? Compared to an average price of $1,115 dollar per square foot (or $11,930 per meter) for Manhattan real estate according to 2007 REBNY report and an average $22,986 per square meter for real estate in Moscow (Russia), Manhattan property prices seem very attractive...
Investing in New York. The Moscow Times. April, 2008
Interestingly, New York, and Manhattan in particular, remained insulated from the US real estate price melt down. Hardly any one particular factor can be credited for it. Some experts say that the Manhattan market, with an average apartment price around $1.43 million as of the end of 2007, is a special segment, which is less affected by the slowdown in the economy...
The Big Apple is The Big Deal? Il Mondo. March 7, 2008.
In the recent months we have seen an exponential increase in the number of Italian nationals purchasing investment properties in Manhattan or Miami, with the intention to rent them out.
New York a Bargain in Comparison to Moscow. The Moscow Times. February 12, 2008
Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for the second year in row. According to the yearly rating by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Moscow is 34.4 percent more expensive than New York. How accurate is this rating?
City's Brokers Build Relationships in Europe. The New York Sun. November 15, 2007
In a reverse of American brokerages going abroad to lure buyers, some foreign firms are now opening offices here to offer better service to their clients. Last February, the Moscow-based Evans opened an office in SoHo. Many of the company's clients are Russian investors looking to diversify their holdings, and Evans is fielding as many as four new potential buyers a day. "Many foreign buyers want to take their millions and diversify their investment by buying real estate in New York," a managing partner at Evans, Karina Kheifetz, said. "We are very busy."
Anna Levitov and Karina Kheifetz: Professionalism is the reason for success. Salon Nedvizhimosti. October, 2007
EVANS PROPERTY SERVICES has been working on the real estate market for over fifteen years. Anya Levitov and Karina Kheifetz, Managing Partners of the company, speak about specifics of the Russian and the US real estate markets and why is it easier to make strategic decisions together. Evans Real Estate company was started by the efforts of two energetic women. Today, Evans's two offices employ over one hundred people. And the company itself is undoubtedly one of the leaders on the luxury real estate market offering services in luxury rentals, sales and real estate investments.
There are many Muscovites among Russian-speaking New Yorkers. Some, having sold their apartments, moved here permanently, while others, keep their double citizenship and continue to rent their Moscow apartments. There are also the ones who finally decide to sell their properties and to transfer money to the US or other country. It happens that many people turn to me for advice since I am the anchor of radio show “Amerika na ty” and the author of a book with same name. The question is always the same: how to sell a property in Moscow? Does one need an agent? How to transfer money from Russia? To ensure that the information is reliable, I turned to Karina Kheifetz at Evans and addressed her frequently asked questions.
The New York Times, February 14, 2007. Moscow Market on the Rise.
Karina Kheifetz, one of Evans’s two managing partners:
The unsettled political and investment climate in Russia might decrease future demand for real estate in Moscow somewhat, but there would have to be a drastic change in supply and demand to bring the prices down significantly, Ms. Kheifetz wrote by e-mail from New York, where Evans has just opened an office in SoHo....
Karina Kheifetz and Anna Levitov live on New York radio "Vse"
Anna Levitov: We have been working in Moscow real estate for a very long time. Evans Real Estate operates since 1991, and we have accomplished a lot during this time. Our company is one of the leading real estate firms on the Moscow real estate market. We certainly hope that our services will be as useful for New Yorkers.
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