Upper East Side Luxury Tower Azure Relaunches Sales as Neighborhood Popularity Surges

NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Douglas Elliman Development Marketing announces it is re-launching sales at Upper East Side luxury tower Azure with the appointment of three of the company's top sales teams. The Hoffman Meier Team (Brian Meier and Dylan Hoffman), the Tuinstra– Davis Team (Justin Tuinstra, Glenn Davis) and the newly formed SLS Team (Michael Lorber, Eleonora Srugo, and Maria Valezquez) have been tapped as the exclusive sales and marketing agents for all remaining units at the Azure. The new strategy comes as recent reports show more buyers and renters are flocking to the neighborhood where prices remain a good value.

"We are finding that as prices edge higher in other parts of the city – such as Downtown Manhattan and in Brooklyn – Williamsburg, Dumbo – people are rediscovering the Upper East Side as a convenient and comfortable place to live. The Azure offers luxury and a wonderful quality of life just steps away from the future 2^nd Avenue Subway line which is expected to create upward pressure on sales prices in the near future," said Karen Mansour, Executive Vice President, Douglas Elliman Development Marketing.

Developed by the DeMatteis Organization and the Mattone Group, Azure is located on 333 East 91^st Street in Yorkville. Designed by SLCE architects, the remaining two-, three-, and custom-combination bedroom residences on the top floors of the 34-story building offer expansive floor plans, ceiling heights of up to 11 feet, and open views of the Manhattan skyline, George Washington Bridge, RFK bridge, and the East River.

The interior of each home includes rich Brazilian Afromosio flooring and ample closet space. Professional grade chef's kitchens feature CaesarStone counters, custom-made European cabinetry, extra-wide sinks, Viking stoves and refrigerators, and Bosch dishwashers. Master bathrooms are appointed with double vanities, Kallista fixtures, and Blue de Savoie and Stellar White Marble walls and countertops.

Azure offers all residents over 6,300 square feet of amenity space including a game room, lounge and event space, children's playroom, private dining facility and adjoining catering kitchen, fitness center, and two landscaped rooftop terraces. Residents also enjoy a 24-hour concierge, Fresh Direct cold storage facility, free bicycle storage, and additional storage units available for purchase.

Located steps away from the new Second Avenue Subway, Carl Schurz Park, and some of New York City's finest cultural and educational institutes, Azure is the vanguard for a new way of living on the Upper East Side.

Two, Three & Four-Bedroom Residences remain. Pricing ranges from $1.9 million to $6.2 million.

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Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, a branch of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, offers unmatched sales, leasing and marketing expertise for properties throughout New York City, Long Island, Westchester, the Hamptons, Los Angeles, South Florida as well as throughout the United States and internationally. The firm ranks amongst New York City's most prominent sales and marketing firms. Drawing upon decades of experience and market-specific knowledge, the Elliman team offers a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses every aspect of real estate including comprehensive in-house research, product development, marketing and sales, operations, property management, and mortgage financing. Through a strategic international partnership with Knight Frank Residential, the world's largest privately owned property consultancy, the company markets their properties to global audiences in 43 countries across six continents.

ABOUT DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE
Douglas Elliman Real Estate is New York's largest residential brokerage, with over 70 offices in New York City, Long Island, the Hamptons , Westchester/Putnam, Los Angeles, and South Florida and more than 5,000 real estate agents and a network of national and international affiliates. They are strategic partners with London-based Knight Frank LLP for residential business in all of their New York markets. Douglas Elliman ranked in the top four of all real estate companies in the nation in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The company also controls a portfolio of real estate services, including Manhattan's largest residential property manager, Douglas Elliman Property Management, as well as DE Title and DE Capital Mortgage. For more information on Douglas Elliman as well as expert commentary on emerging trends in the real estate industry, visit the Douglas Elliman site at www.elliman.com.

SOURCE Douglas Elliman Development Marketing