HQ Launches European Campaign for The Edge

HQ has launched a cross-continent, European marketing and sales effort for premier Williamsburg waterfront development THE EDGE this week.
The campaign will feature interactive branding components as well as direct, digital and search marketing and investor conferences across the EU, and will focus on key and emerging markets such as France, Spain, the UK and Russia.

Max Ribitzky
Managing Director

Architect Karl Fischer to Design Future Acapulco-Bay Luxury Residence Collection The Aztec

HQ reviles this week the plans for a 24-unit, superior residence project named The Aztec, a Plaza/HQ collaboration scheduled for a late 2010 completion, in an unspoilt part of dynamic Acapulco Bay.

The Aztec, which will be a fully green and sustainable project, will feature private, garden and rooftop pools, indigenous botanical enclaves and a range of indulgent amenities.

Watch this space for more details and images to come!

Michele Asayag,
President

HQ Paris, HQ Nice to join HQMP international

This week HQ Marketing Partners welcomes our newest branch affiliates to the HQ global real estate network, which now includes, apart from New York City, partner branches in London, Paris, Nice, Tel-Aviv, Seoul and Bangkok.

In a time where the global property market, similar to many other industries, faces major challenges and changes, we remain confident diversification, international cooperation and the fusing of area-focused knowledge and adaptability are key to offering clients higher value, lower risk investments and portfolio opportunities.

With this in mind, myself and HQ NYC's marketing and sales teams would like to extend our greetings to Guillaume Chédebois, HQ Paris Director, and Catalin Badita, HQ Nice Manager, as well as to previous and current HQ clients in Paris, Nice and around France, which now enjoy the local presence and expertise of our Nice and Paris teams.

Max Ribitzky,
Managing Director

Recent Press

The New York Sun's coverage of the latest condo customization trend features HQ's newest development, 1040 East New York Ave:
http://www.nysun.com/real-estate/apartment-customization-goes-beyond-choosing/80316/

HQ presents the world's first fully customizable condominiums at 1040 East New York Ave. Read the release in Forbes.com:
http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2008/06/24/prnewswire200806240800PR_NEWS_USPR_____NYTU047.html

HQ Marketing Partners' Live Digital Property Tours featured in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/realestate/22deal3.html


MHN reports about HQ's Text-2-Find-a-Home Technology:
http://www.allbusiness.com/real-estate/real-estate-sector-performance-housing-market/10534590-1.html


HQ's industry leading database and strategic planning system makes news in local and national trade publications:
http://www.allbusiness.com/real-estate/commercial-residential-property-property/10204538-1.html

http://www.multihousingnews.com/multihousing/content_display/industry-news/e3i44a30f4542efda3ea4888fd2d21ec744

http://www.examiner.com/p-168219~Home_Quest_Develops_Million_Dollar_Monitoring_System_and_Database_for_Unique_Market_Research_Program.html

European Investors still interested in Manhattan real estate

Amidst persistently pessimistic evaluations, stark forecasts and just plain ol’ rumors of the ‘collapse’ of the so-called New-York real estate bubble, Linda, myself and other HQ residential agents have lately become acutely aware of the fact that European, and other foreign investors, are still very much involved with the luxury condominium market in the city.

In the past few months we have been working with a growing number of investors from three countries in particular: Germany, Great Britain and France. Thanks to strong currencies, as well as realistic price points for quality development - especially in the outer boroughs - we have seen interest in luxury condos soar since the beginning of 2008. I personally find that Manhattan condos - both downtown and uptown – are still the main draw, with Brooklyn and Long-Island City a close second and third.
On our end, we are dipping into our database to reach out to our old friends, investors we had the pleasure of serving in the past. It would be also safe to say that at any given moment there is at least one HQ residential specialist overseas, presenting potential property investments to some of our existing investors… Drastic times call for creative measures!

And while it might be a stretch to say that foreign capital is currently making up for the entire slowdown in domestic investment in New York realty, it certainly goes a long way to keep us (and a good number of new luxury developments in Manhattan) busy…

Michele Asayag,
President

Personalized tips on your mobile phone

Dear friends and customers,

HQ now offers a customized, mobile real estate news feed in addition to our email newsletter and feed.

One of our main goals being the quest for a better, more personalized way to communicate with our customers, HQ's digital marketing department now distributes customized news, market tips and investment analysis individually, and right to your finger tips! What this REALLY means is that you will be getting messages and information which better fits YOU and your family. We will be taking into account your own personal preferences and needs, as per your subscription requests and existing files, in order to make the right information available to you - in real time - on your mobile phone or hand-held device.

To sign up for this service just drop us a line, or contact your agent for further details.

Have a jolly summer, and happy updates!

Max Ribitzky
EVP of Marketing, Managing Director