Realtor is star of the show.Sotheby's International Realty Sotheby’s International Realty, founded in 1976, is a luxury real estate network that offers a collection of luxury homes, estates and properties for sale throughout the world. is set to offer a new television and film location service directed at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's thriving entertainment community. Spearheaded by the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, Sotheby's International Realty's downtown Manhattan office will offer this new service to link producers, agents and location managers with some of the city's most exceptional private venues suitable for television and film production. Significantly, these properties, viewable on the company's Manhattan home page--http://nyc.sothebysrealty.com--are not for sale, ensuring their availability to accommodate even long-range production schedules. The new venture is being steered by Sotheby's International Realty broker Laura Wagner, who worked in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with the NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting to bring this service to fruition. Wagner is a film aficionado A Spanish word that means fan, devotee, enthusiast, etc. There are loyal aficionados of every subject in the computer field. with a ten-year real estate background selling lofts and other high-end residential properties throughout the city. "Sotheby's International Realty has longstanding relationships with owners of some of the most distinctive properties in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ," says Wagner. "We have the resources to identify those cinematic jewels that are best suited to the needs of the local production community. We're well-positioned to become a significant player in this specialized market." "The local film and entertainment industry contributes $5 billion annually to New York City," says Katherine Oliver, commissioner of the NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting. "We're delighted that Sotheby's International Realty has embraced this concept, which will serve as a valuable resource for the city's entertainment community." Sotheby's International Realty's television and film location service kicks off with a select group of properties and is expected to expand rapidly as word gets out. Among its varied initial offerings are a dramatic loft-gallery space in the Meatpacking meatpacking or meat-processing, wholesale business of buying and slaughtering animals and then processing and distributing their carcasses to retailers. The livestock industry is among the largest in the world. District, where episodes of NBC-TV's "Law & Order" have previously been taped; a glamorous Midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town apartment with a lush, Tuscan-inspired terrace garden; a hip SoHo retail showroom, an elegant Beekman Place condominium with dramatic city views, and an Arts & Crafts-style duplex in a landmark building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. "We salute Laura's entrepreneurial spirit and are squarely behind this effort," says Diane Levine, managing broker of Sotheby's International Realty's downtown Manhattan office. "The company has put its considerable marketing muscle behind it." Wagner says she's already received several inquires and expects to begin showing spaces immediately. |
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