SS United States
The iconic transatlantic cruiser, the SS United States celebrated its 60th birthday last year. Built at the height of the cold war with a conglomeration of federal and private money, the SS United States was designed to accommodate up to 10,000 troops; measuring 1,000 feet long with a slender frame. Now cleaned out of interior […]
Freedom Tower: The American Spirit Rising from the Rubble
It’s hard to forget the events of September 11, 2001, when the once tall and proud World Trade Center was brought to ruin by extremists who sought to annihilate the American spirit. Twelve years later, on May 10th 2013, the last piece of the Freedom Tower was set into place atop a structure so innovative […]
Your future is now in my hands…
Lately I’ve been doing a considerable amount of work with technology firms that are exhibiting high growth capacity. Typically they fall somewhere between start-up, pre-revenue to profitability, so their needs are continually evolving. Their growth rate is exponential, quickly outgrowing their physical space. Finding a suitable building or parcel of land is the most important […]
Can there be a Bullitt Building in NYC?
Seattle, Washington is known for its rain as well as its environmental beauty and conservation laws. The newly-opened Bullitt Building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood is the latest embodiment of the Emerald City’s green ethic. The six story structure goes above and beyond the LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) standard put forth by […]
Reimagining a New York Neighborhood
Harlem is a mélange of old and new. Famous for countless historic brownstones and one former president, the neighborhood is in the midst of a second renaissance. Old buildings that have fallen into disrepair are being reinvigorated, while new structures are being erected, enticing residents from all of New York’s boroughs to relocate to Manhattan […]
Grand Central Station: Reimagining the Future
When I last left you I was perched on scaffolding, 150 feet above the hard floor of the main concourse in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. The unique ceiling of constellations had become stained with cigarette smoke over the station’s lifetime, and as part of a new renovation in the 1990’s, we were there to […]
Grand Central Station: Historic Proportions
The building you and I know as “Grand Central” is actually the third building in the space between 42nd Street and 45th Street at Park Avenue in New York City. The first structure on that site was completed in 1870 and went by the name of Grand Central Depot. It brought together the New York […]
REIMAGINING YOUR FUTURE!
There are times when an Entrepreneur, as the “driving force” behind an enterprise, must stop and “take a breath”. I have recently gone through this process as I reinvented my website (www.newcanaanadvisors.com) after five years in the Real Estate Advisory business. I discovered that numerous technological advances are now available to provide for new and […]
An Introduction
Welcome to all Real Estate owners, investors, developers and users that are looking for answers in the dynamic marketplace of 2011 and beyond. My name is Curtis Battles and I serve as Chief Advisor for New Canaan Advisors LLC; a leading Real Estate Advisory firm in the Northeastern U.S. I have spent the past twenty […]