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...Hamptons stores, which both opened in summer 2021; and a significant push in menswear....
...The tabloid-famous debt financier has parted with his oceanfront East Hampton estate and pieces from his vast art collection among other assets as Revlon’s financial situation worsens....
...The lust list currently includes a Josef Frank découpage Flora cabinet, a curvy 1950s Alvar Aalto pine screen and immaculate Hans Wegner armchairs in oak and cane....
...He also owns a yacht he bought from former Citigroup chief executive Sandy Weill and a palatial home in East Hampton....
...To whit, the government’s appointment of Sir Philip Hampton, GlaxoSmithKline chairman and general corporate grandee, to address the paucity of managing females in UK companies....
...And I like being in East Hampton. What ambitions do you still have? I’ve never done a tall building in New York City....
...With a population of just a few thousand — even in peak summer months — this sliver of the Hamptons stands in sharp contrast to its neighbours Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Southampton, beachfront retreats...
...She has a deep spiritual connection with a rock outside her beach house in East Hampton. Yet, her “journey”, however peculiar, is impressive. Karan was not born with social pedigree....
...Already it has outposts in Short Hills, New Jersey; East Hampton, New York; and Dallas, Texas — targeting affluent consumers. “The global opportunity is massive,” he says....
...The fortune that came with such success was put into property, including a $60m mansion with ocean views in East Hampton and funded his taste for modern art....
...But even older, more established, monied neighbourhoods such as the Upper East Side have seen an effect....
...Property investors from Europe, Canada and the Middle East have continued to be active in Manhattan, according to property agents....
...According to John Brady, sales associate at Coldwell Banker Prestigious Properties in the East Hampton area, nearly 70 homes at the lower end of the spectrum in East Hampton and Southampton are in pre-foreclosure...
...Trouble is, when that contract runs out, so does the banker — usually straight to his beach house in the Hamptons. His firm is then left with a bloated balance sheet and very few big-ticket deals....
...Last year saw the £82m sale of Hamptons International, the estate agency, to Dubai’s Emaar Properties, the Middle East’s biggest developer best known for the Burj Dubai, which will be the world’s tallest...
...Special K Notice that Gordon Brown referred in his Budget speech to "Sir" Philip Hampton's report on inspection and enforcement?...
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