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The New York Times: The Appraisal

Barbara Corcoran — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:42:08 +0000

A Marketing Revolution in Real Estate

When Michele Kleier wanted to sell a nine-room apartment at 1125 Park Avenue in 1977, her brokerage firm paid for a one-and-a-half-line classified newspaper advertisement that offered the rough location (“Park Ave. — Low 90s”) and succinctly read “Superb condition. Sun filled. Excel. maint.” With that ad, she found a buyer willing to pay $145,000, today’s inflationary equivalent of $522,000.

Top Cities to Find the Best Home

Barbara Corcoran — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:07:26 +0000

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NY Times New Reality Show for Tough Times

Barbara Corcoran — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:26:10 +0000

March 31, 2009

Arts, Briefly

New Reality Show for Tough Times

By BRIAN STELTER; Compiled by FELICIA R. LEE

Betting that a show about venture capitalists will entice viewers in tough economic times, ABC will adapt an overseas reality show about entrepreneurship for a possible premiere next season. The program, to be called “Shark Tank,” will be modeled after “Dragon’s Den,” a BBC program that challenges entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to multimillionaire investors. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has ordered seven episodes of the series from Mark Burnett, the producer of “Survivor,” “The Apprentice” and other reality hits. The concept originated in Japan and has since blossomed in countries around the world. The investors, who will needle the contestants before deciding whether to finance the ideas, will include Barbara Corcoran, the founder of the New York real estate company the Corcoran Group. ABC has not yet set an air date for the series.

NY Times

Barbara Corcoran — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:55:33 +0000

NY Times - Weekend Plans

NY Times

Barbara Corcoran — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:54:21 +0000

THANKSGIVING PLANS

Thanksgiving is my favorite New York holiday because I pull off the same stupid surprise on my unsuspecting guests every year. Just as everyone begins to salivate over the warm pies I’ve carefully placed on the table, I rip away their plates to announce, “Ok everyone…we’ve got a surprise!” Ignoring all the moans and groans, I shuffle everyone out the door and into taxis, all the while the teenagers and old biddies complaining, “But where are we going?”

We jump out in front of the Plaza hotel where Dave** and his six smiling friends from Manhattan Pedicab Company are standing ready for action. I immediately command two or three guests into each carriage, making a point of grouping family members who don’t like each other. Tucked under smelly wool blankets, everyone gasps and holds their breath as we barge our way into the commotion of cars, taxis, and honking on Fifth Avenue. Dodging traffic, we weave downtown past the miniature windows of Tiffany’s, the mile-high red ribbons at Van Cleef & Arpels, Trump’s trumpet players, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the BIG tree at Rockefeller Plaza. At Saks we jump out to have a closer look at the holiday scenes and before heading uptown, we circle back for a peek at the sparkling new windows at Bergdorf’s, the sophisticated windows of Barney’s, and then loop back into Central Park and head on home fore cold pie. Laughing all the way!

Our surprise tour has thrilled our rotating hodgepodge of out-of-town family for the last six years. It never fails to jump start our holiday season and the reviews are always the same: “I was scared to death, but this was the BEST Thanksgiving ever!”

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch

Barbara Corcoran — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:42:15 +0000

NY Times Sunday Styles

Barbara Corcoran — Sun, 02 Feb 2003 18:47:48 +0000