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...“I don’t see [the transitional council] functioning,” said Jacky Lumarque, rector of the Quisqueya private university in Port-au-Prince....
...When Clore died, Duffield was just 33. “So I was lucky — or unlucky — to find myself running both those foundations, at an early age....
...The average price per square foot in SoHo this year is $2,374 — more than double the Manhattan average of $1,116, and 33.9 per cent up on the 2014 figure, according to Christie’s data....
...The Picasso was given in January 2014 as a birthday gift to the actor Leo DiCaprio, who starred in the movie The Wolf of Wall Street....
...Renewed hopes for monetary policy easing from the European Central Bank spurred a strong rally for European stocks, with Wall Street shut for the Presidents’ Day public holiday....
...Chicago home values are up 33 per cent since 2010, according to data from the city’s Multiple Listing Service and Redfin estate agency. The median price of homes hit $269,000 in August....
...At One57, a new 75-storey condominium at 157 West 57th Street, a duplex penthouse spanning the top two floors of the building sold in December for $100.5m, a record sum for Manhattan....
...And as demand for cars falls, interest in motorbikes – better for navigating jammed streets – is rising....
...One such home is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom condominium on the 24th floor of the Buckhead St Regis hotel, on sale with Harry Norman Realtors for $3.95m....
...Other high-end condominiums under construction on the Upper East Side include 33 East 74th Street, a 10-unit building with apartments from $14m to $50m, and 135 East 79th Street, with penthouse apartments...
...The 50 rooms, ranging in size from 33 sq metres to expansive 83 sq metre suites, ring the courtyard and are bright omnivorous pastiches that combine Danish furniture from the 1960s with Spanish colonial...
...One apartment on sale there is a 439 sq m four-bedroom 30-year leasehold on floor 33 for Bt107m ($3.7m)....
...“Wall Street threw out the baby with the bathwater and we were the baby,” says Liang....
...And while upmarket “turnkey-style” condominiums are being developed in the Historic District, buyers traditionally prefer to purchase first and renovate later....
...There are new developments scattered through the area and, from 2003 to 2008, prices for condominiums rose by 22.9 per cent....
...If Paino is a good example of the first new wave of migrants to the area, 38-year-old Claus Hertel and 33-year-old Natalia Bruslanova are typical of the latest....
...“Houses like this in neighbouring streets around here are on the market for about £600,000.”...
...The trend accelerated during a property boom in many world capitals that saw more star architects taking on luxury condominium projects....
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