Maybe you’re thinking of checking out All Points West this weekend, the inaugural East Coast version of the Coachella Music Festival that starts today and runs through Sunday in a giant, grassy park on the Hudson River waterfront. Sounds pretty good, right? Summer’s drawing to a close, so what could be better than some outdoor revelry and music under the sun to make the most of what’s left of it? And my, what a lineup of super hip indie bands! Radiohead, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, The Go! Team, Animal Collective, Chromeo, Metric, Girl Talk, CSS, The Roots. It’s like a year’s worth of show reviews on Brooklyn Vegan all crammed into one.  read more »

For months, the IAPE has aggressively tried to gain a majority at the Jersey office, (at least according to the New York Post), where roughly 230 Dow Jones employees work.

--Michael Calderone Full memo after the jump  read more »

Poor EMI. The company is buckling so much that Warner Music wants to chat about a takeover again.

• Donald Trump Jr. went on a murderous rampage, slaughtering the cruel members of the Trump Plaza condominium (who recently kicked him off the board there). He then buried the skeletal remains at 246 Spring Street, the site of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower Soho. Not really, though. [The Real Deal]
• After work-stop orders and leaked files, plans for the quadruple "Edge" towers in Williamsburg reveal that 108 units have been cut away. Don't worry, hipsters: there are still 892 edgy waterfront condos to snatch up. [Curbed]
• Forbes rounds up the glamorous year in high-end real estate with a lengthy dose of nostalgia. Apparently, the past owner of the freshly sold Harkness Mansion used to play ping-pong beneath the atrium. Who knew? [Forbes]
• So much for hot Jersey City. We sadly share the news that "after 80 Years, the Manischewitz Plant in Jersey City will close all manufacturing [and] move to Newark." But not before the most kick-ass Matzo bash the world has ever seen. L'chaim! [More after the jump]
- Max Abelson  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35467#comments Real Estate B. Manischewitz Co. LLC Jersey City Newark R.A.B. Food Group LLC Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:36:39 -0500 Observer Staff 35467 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/35198 Jersey City back offices are apparently passe in this post-Sept. 11th world. Wall Street banks are looking further west, like northeastern Pennsylvania, which PA officials and private firms are trying to turn into a center of redundant offices and data banks in case catastrophe strikes Manhattan again. The region's promoters are calling it Wall Street West, and point to a $15 million grant from the Feds as evidence that they have got the right stuff (except, apparently, a high-speed fiber connection and a trained workforce).

The real fun will start Tuesday, when several "officers and senior business continuity executives of leading Wall Street firms" will take helicopters to a Delaware Valley hotel to get the sales pitch, according to a press advisory.

Meanwhile, it seems like a pretty decent economic development scheme as schemes go. Has someone thought of this for upstate New York? -Matthew Schuerman]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35198#comments Real Estate Jersey City Manhattan Wall Street Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:36:37 -0400 Observer Staff 35198 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/35182

7 WTC
Does 7 World Trade Center have another tenant? According to this morning's New York Post, the international bank ABN Amro is "taking a good look at 7 WTC, and sources say it sent Silverstein a 'proposal' last week."

A source close to the deal cautioned that the talks were "preliminary" but the company is "interested," according to the Post. ABN Amro already has offices on Park Avenue and Jersey City and is looking for 150,000 square feet in Manhattan to consolidate its facilities, said the Post. Of the 1.6 million square feet availale at WTC, 800,000 square feet is still available. Last week, NY1's Dominic Carter said to Larry Silverstein that the "glass is half full" at 7 WTC. Silverstein quipped that it is "more than half" full , turning the rumor mill on who the extra tenant could be.

- John Koblin]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35182#comments Real Estate ABN AMRO Holding NV Jersey City Larry Silverstein World Trade Center Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:52:55 -0400 Observer Staff 35182 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/34698 Crain's is reporting that Citigroup is negotiating a 370,000-square foot lease in Jersey City and may sell its office tower at 250 West Street in Tribeca that now houses the Smith Barney investment banking division. The Daily News notes that Citi CEO Charles Prince is co-chairman of the Partnership for New York City, one of Lower Manhattan's biggest boosters. -Matthew Schuerman]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34698#comments Real Estate Citigroup Inc. Jersey City Manhattan Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Mon, 08 May 2006 06:24:23 -0400 Observer Staff 34698 at http://www.observer.com