the neighbors and after those meetings they further reduced the bulk of the building they put the penthouse inside the building and they tried to provide a better fire proof ceiling and at one point be responsive to the neighborhood. they further reduced the bulk on the east side of the project to better provided sunlight to the buildings in the area. i would like to do add a document to the record. it's a e-mail from jean who has the first building up on hide street. we want air and sunlight to reap their property. steve brought to our office this final approved plan and your improvements are greatly appreciated. so that's there. even though not all the neighbors have found this to those a good project it's not the tall it or the most massive building open the street. while they've done their best to fit into the neighborhood it has a 10 to 12 foot ground floor ours is 11 feet. the back space will allow them to have their administrative operation. the bikes will now be transferred between the buildings and also endanger and recycling will be taken place removing it from the beach front sid

. >> before you leave based on your brief i believe there's only one remaining penthouse that's for the elevator? >> wire trying to accommodate accessibility. by the way, i'm in a four and a half story building up the street >> mr. sanchez anything further. okay commissioners the matter is submitted >> you want to start? you know, for some reason, i remember the previous and i don't remember whether it was that particular proposal or one previously when i was at planning which would have been significantly a long time ago. in that particular area begin the rentals that are in that area the amount of tourist traffic and that lot never got developed. from looking at the brief and trying to track through the changes it appears that there has been significant amount of movement on the design and on what's important importantly the envelope and the volume of this particular building. i find that the overall volume of the building is similar to the area. i'm not sure that i arguing ago with the appellants that the chopping of one floor is going to take care of all their needs. the issue here

is there is a big uptake in the thefts, one in the parlor, one from the rec's room, cafe royal, penthouse as well as the saint patrick's day. bringing your awareness into this when people come out to the club to have a good time and they are losing their phone or wallet, it can go up to a thousand dollars that they lose. it can put a real damper and we are trying to bring awareness to look out for the theft. it's pretty hard to catch that. i know the ruby sky was putting a lot of attention to it and they were able to catch a couple people about 6 months ago and that worked out pretty well. another incidents a large fight on march 9th about 20 minutes to 2:00. we had uptake with the commissioner and there was a notice of violation earlier about a week ago with a large number of people in the street yelling and screaming at 2:00 in the morning that doesn't make anybody happy as far as the neighbors that have to put up with that. i believe it was on a sunday night. there was a fight on 530 jackson at 2 a.m. and there were fights that were not associated with clubs. >> i have a question about

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build up to the high limit and they are going to want to use the exceptions in there for either penthouses or elevator structures or etc.. and it is just another requirement that one deals with. i don't see this as a defacto demolition given that both the planning and the building department have checked the details and yes, people do get it to a... i should not say the other word, the difference from the percentage requirement. and that is no different than what we do when they take it for a set back or any other planning requirement. the question of whether this house impacts the two adjacent neighbors, i believe that the enter face has been addressed by the design. they tried to minimize the issue of direct openings of windows facing each other and i think that over all, i am prepared to up hold this site permit. >> i think that people probably gathered from my questions that i i am troubled by the evidence that was presented around the potential circumsvensing of the codes. but at the same time, i think that some of the comments by commissioner honda also make sense with respect to the

a grand staircase greets you as you enter the three-floor penthouse. 23-foot ceilings in the living room wow. >> five fireplaces just in case you get a little chilly. 16 rooms for you and your friends to frolic in. a 360 view -- 360-degree view of manhattan. the monthly maintenance for all of that, nothing. we make this in an hour here. $47,000. yeah, right, by the way. >> maintenance. >> that is just maintenance. >> then you have to furnish it. just amazing. >> but when you can spend $125 million -- >> i suppose $47,000 a month when you have that kind of cash is just chump change. wow. >>> next on this monday, no ordinary red carpet appearance for reese witherspoon. this first since her weekend arrest. >>> and new details about the shooting at a pro-marijuana rally that sent people running for their lives. we'll be right back. you see the "mini" ion my chest? funny, yes? no. there's nothing mini about me. i'm huge. ahem. any hoo. even my wrapper has a wrapper. flavor? i'm bursting with it. creamy? i ooze it. quality like this... (muffled):...doesn't come everyday. well technically it do

long over, but what i call the penthouse cliff we're just feeling the effects of that now.around the country raced to sell real estate in the fourth quarter to beat that hike in capital gains and especially true in new york and the very top end of the market we're talking multimillion penthouses here. those saw record sales numbers in the fourth quarter and all of that test in the fourth quarter starved the first quarter. all of that business was shifted to the first quarter, so the start at the beginning of this year, sales of apartments of $5 million or more fell by more than half to $347 million in the first quarter. that's where they had the biggest fall crashing to $139 million, down by 70%. so that was really the big jump as mary talked about before. brokers tell me that after working 20-hour days in december to close all of those deals their phones are now dead. we'll see whether things pick up in the spring season which we'll see, but right now the very top end of the market which is so discretionary and people are saying, look, we beat the taxes. we closed the deal

that's in the exciting penthouse square pens landing area just off society hill.uyer or possibly two working professionals who plan on having a family shortly. it has a garage. fantastic master suite with a roof deck, city view, river view. a great area for joggers and bikers. there are restaurants. >> and it has a garage. that makes it very valuable in that area. now to our power house of the week. the kwint sential home. the list price 1 million $850,000. taxes just under $11,000. five bedrooms, 3.5 baths. historic property. built in 1794. >> when you think of philadelphia, this is philadelphia. pine floors. moldings. restored to perfection. 19 feet wide. fantastic garden. this is a corporate relo. a suburban person who raised their family and moving in with maybe older children. this is six fireplaces. it's exactly what philadelphia represents. >> are you seeing some bidding wars on some of the houses? >> we're seeing a tremendous amount of bidding wars primarily in entry level and move-up buyer level. in the million five to two million, those type of clients t

we've brought in donald trump who owns this incredible penthouse.. here's natalie morales. ornls whenever lotto fever hits, people go crazy for tickets. you've probably already decided what you would do if you won. buy that dream house or car. quit your job. after all, who hasn't fantasized about wenting the lottery? for these three couples, those dreams are a reality. this woman split a $224 million jackpot. >> my daughter called, and she started screaming. we're rich. we're rich, we're rich. and she said oh, i'm sorry, you're rich. >> this couple one part of it 241 million. >> i had a friend call me and say are you a millionaire? and i said yes, i am. >> and this husband and wife won 128 million. >> i was just like wow, and then wow, and then a couple other choice words came out, holy, you know. >> we know. >> but there can be a down side to winning the lottery, because believe it or not, one study says people who win the jackpot are twice as likely to go bankrupt as the average person. some call it the lottery curse. it's a curse these two nowell

they're here to be at the top of the penthouse world.ssian descent are somebody they come to. you have handled most of the biggest or many of the biggest russian deals. what did they tell you a and when did they start to plow money this? they were also putting money in cypriot banks and then we had a problem in cyprus. were they moving money earlierer than the cyprus bank problem and was it into u.s. real estate? >> many have been looking to the united states as a way to diversify their portfolio but we have seen quite a bit of increased lack activity in the last year and i would say in the last six months it increased even more so. much had to do what was going on in greece but the anticipation of the problems in cyprus expanded in last few months. ashley: edward, look, 88 million. that's a lot for anyone. but what is the typical price? what price range are you looking at for these russian buyers? >> today's sweet spot has increased and primarily because of these large deals happening over the last several years but typically we're seei

>> i don't live in a penthouse in the sky.ving on up. >> you have to say where you're going. you don't know what i'm talking about? >> i don't. >> we have to get you in new york city. nbc has this. "30 rock". those were originally field tested at "30 rock" where nbc is. now otis is doing them everywhere. >> caye niece elevator indicator. >> i like that. >> we have to get you caught up on the morning headlines. good news for apple. trade commission judges agreed with apple's argument that a patent he held by motorola is in valid. it involved sensors that disabled touch inputs. google is evaluating its options. eric submit in the 8:00 hour. the national transportation safety board begins a two-day hearing looking into how boeing 787 battery system was approved. the jet of course was taken out of service after problems developed. they approved a redesign of those batteries. they might have some in the air maybe even later this week. who is putting small knives and bats on planes? i'm glad it was delayed. >> baseball players. >> i