Next Goldman M&A Target: Brooklyn Heights?
We got an email a few days ago from a regular tipster who’s always been right in the past so we’re tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt this time around. While pointing us in the direction of a recent sale on Joralemon Street, he noted that the buyer happened to be a…
We got an email a few days ago from a regular tipster who’s always been right in the past so we’re tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt this time around. While pointing us in the direction of a recent sale on Joralemon Street, he noted that the buyer happened to be a Goldman Sachs executive. This was, he claimed, part of a trend that’s seen members of the city’s most successful investment bank crossing the East River (more than usual) in recent months to buy a piece of the rock in Brooklyn Heights. Another broker we quizzed, who has several Goldman clients looking in the neighborhood at the moment concurred, said he knew of two Goldman deals that have taken place in recent weeks. The only bank where bonuses are expected to rise significantly this season, Goldman bankers and traders are certainly in the best position to snap up those $5 million-plus houses. Think there’s anything to this “trend” or has it just always been so?
That hedge fund guy who hosted the Obama fundraiser recently? He’s seriously rich with a seriously nice house. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a house (and art) like that.
Can’t we all just get along?
Clinton Hill is the best neighborhood. Ft Greene is the best. Park Slope is the best. Cobble Hill is the best. Brooklyn Heights is the best. Bed Stuy is the best. My brownstone is better than your apt. My job is better than yours. My kids are smarter and go to better schools. Jesus people; be thankful you all aren’t in a box in some park right now trying to stay warm. Happy Holidays indeed.
However, it’s also human nature to feel comfortable with people who have similar values, interests, professions, etc. It’s understandable. Everyone does it. It’s not wrong–as long as you don’t discriminate against other.
Best. Brownstoner. Thread. Ever.
Why does this particular tipster think that an observation about one particular transacton equals some sort of trend? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
7:44 you were sort of on a roll, until the end.
The reason people get so bitchy, self-righteous and judgmental is because they are insecure with their choices in life and with themselves, frankly. If you’re truly satisfied and content with your decisions, why criticize people who are different, or who have made different decisions? Most assholes calling others hipsters or yuppies are themselves hipsters or yuppies, but don’t see it. Most people who criticize investment bankers are envious of their material wealth. Women who deride stroller moms are probably resentful because they chose not to have kids, or maybe they feel left out. And the list goes on and on and on. It’s human nature, unfortunately. It’s always been that way.
“When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.”
– Oscar Wilde
I think it is interesting how much we NYers want to sum every neighborhood up in terms of who lives there and what they are like. I do it myself all the time. PS is for stroller moms, BH is republican, etc.
The fact is there is nothing definite about these assumptions. BH has always had more money but not everyone who lives there is uber-rich. Even if they were, why do we have to make assumptions about who they are as people. Heck, they are subsidizing the people who live in poorer areas that many would want to say are more “real” or “cultural”.
I have been very patriotic about areas of the city where i lived. I thought I was better or more open minded than other crackers because I was white and lived in Bed-Stuy. Like somehow that would make me less racist.
Bullshit.
I am a racist and that proved it to me. I don’t think other people are inferior I just don’t want to be living in a world I’m not a part of. I like certain groups of people more than others. I like to be around people that are similar to me. Most people want that to some degree.
The GS people are the same way. It’s a nice neighborhood with an easy commute. Are they all the same? Is Brownsville or Bensonhurst any less homogeneous?
Theres so much snobbery running through every part of this city. 23 year olds in Greenpoint that have lived there 2 years are pissed about all the yuppies coming in. The RE hobbyists on this site are totally blind to the fact that PS still has a lot of PR’s. Everyone wants to think they own and understand their little ‘hood. It’s fucking ghetto street gang mentality in the hands of the righteous. It’s actually pretty funny.
Oh, i forgot this is a great place to spread hate so fuck you Brooklyn. You wish you could live in the city you dirty wogs. You are fags!