By: Brian McGowan

Staten Island’s North Shore is already home to the renown Flagship Brewery, a can’t miss spot for anyone seeking delectable home brews. Craft beer connoisseurs come from Park Slope, Jamaica and TriBeca to savor a taste of Staten Island’s home brews. Soon there will be another Staten Island brew house to delight the palate as Kills Boro Brewing Co. seeks a new home in the north

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by John Pitera

Several years ago, Casandra Properties was engaged by the New York City Economic Development Corporation to find a developer for the former Navy Home-port site on Front Street in Stapleton. The vast acreage and pier that was once home to the USS “The Sullivans”, had been abandoned by the Navy decades earlier when it moved operations to Virginia and several subsequent Requests for

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Magnificent furs, elegant gowns and fabulous ready to wear couture will soon be available to a broader public when Dennis Basso opens his first and only outlet store in New York City’s Empire Outlets.

James Prendamano, Managing Director for Casandra Properties, and Andrew Boyle of EB Development, represented Empire Outlets developer, BFC Partners in the deal.

“We are thrilled that Dennis Basso

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By: James Prendamano

As a society we have come to believe that shopping online is better for the environment. A recent study conducted by Simon Property Group, the nation’s largest mall landlord, with help from Deloitte Consulting LLP states that shopping in a brick and mortar store is actually better for the environment than shopping online.

As surprising as the findings may seem, it makes

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Soon borough residents will be able to experience dine in movies right here on Staten Island. The Atrium owned by Jesse and Gregg Scarola is the first tenant to sign on at Riverside Galleria, a 400 thousand retail complex located
at the foot of the Outerbridge Crossing. As part of the project, the developer, Melohn Properties, will be constructing more than 2000 linear feet of new roads which

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Downtown Staten Island is becoming the hot spot for young people looking to get out into the neighborhood. By far, their favorite place to hang out is Minthorne, a cool, warehouse that once housed cars but now houses New York City’s famous Flagship Brewery and the award winning Daddy O’s Barbeque.
The Staten Island Railroad Tompkinsville Station has a stop on Minthorne which may be why there are

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