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Amelia S. Gewirtz
Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker
Exec. Vice President
Tel: (212) 381-2219
Westside Office
agewirtz@halstead.com
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Associate Broker
Member of the Real Estate Board of New York
Winner of the Platinum Circle, Producers Council Awards and consistently in the top 5% of the firm
Native New Yorker
Amelia has been a prestigious producer in New York Real Estate for over 22 years, the last 20 of which she has called Halstead Property, LLC her home.
She is an Executive Vice President of Halstead Property New York’s Largest Real Estate Firm. (according to Crain's New York Business).
As a luxury home specialist Amelia is often sought after and quoted by highly respected media outlets (The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, New York Magazine, NBC Open House, Crain’s among others) regarding market conditions and trends.She has been profiled in Hampton Homes Magazine with her Partner Andrew Phillips for their magical "staging" techniques. In addition she has been invited on several occasions to lead top broker seminars for Halstead Property. An absolute professional, Amelia never departs from the highest ethical standards.
She consistently sells most of her exclusives at or above the asking price. She has been written up in the National Relocation Newsletter regarding her service to her customers. She was nominated by the Real Estate Board of New York for the "Deal of the Year" award for orchestrating an unusually complex residential transaction. Amelia is a member of Halstead Property’s producers council and the prestigious private brokerage council. She was also named Top Broker of the Week in all of NYC by the “Real Deal”, an industry news magazine.
She meticulously pre-screens buyers well before contract signing and is detailed about the cooperative board package preparation, condominium and townhouse sale requirements. Her direct, personalized approach, integrity, intuition and sensitivity to her buyers and sellers special needs are what have always set her apart. That is why 99% of Amelia's business is repeated and referral based. She takes pride in the fact that through word of mouth she has many relationships where she often helps the same family buy and sell several times.
Amelia was born on the Upper West Side and has lived there most of her life. She has sold in excess of half a Billion dollars worth of residential property. She has worked with a diverse group of people including well-known sports figures, producers, writers, artists and business people. She has twice the usual buyers and sellers due to her connections with producers, club owners and recording artists. Amelia's background in music, art and advertising has served her well in marketing exclusives. She lives on the Upper West Side with her husband Harold Stephan, a television jingle writer and record producer. Buyers and sellers often refer to her as the "Best broker on the Island".
Halstead Property, LLC
Cooperative
2 beds / 2.0 baths
Web #: 2320226
Cooperative
1 bed / 1.0 bath
Web #: 2255723
OPEN HOUSE:
6/3/12 11:30 - 1:00
Pet Friendly
Storage
Townhouse
9 beds / 6.5 baths
Web #: 2007139
Contract Signed
Outdoor Space
Fireplace
Condominium
4 beds / 3.5 baths
Web #: 2254753
Contract Signed
Cooperative
2 beds / 2.0 baths
Web #: 2250668
Contract Signed
Condominium
2 beds / 1.0 bath
Web #: 2258536
Contract Signed
Cooperative
1 bed / 1.0 bath
Web #: 2316495
Contract Signed
Cooperative
1 bed / 1.0 bath
Web #: 2007104
Contract Signed
The following are selected closed transactions in which Amelia S. Gewirtz represented the buyer, the seller, or both:
- 237 East 37th Street The Entire Building
- 163 West 85th Street The Entire Building
- 222 East 32nd Street The Entire Building
- 327 West 84th Street The Entire Building
- 21 East 87th St W/ Wrap Terrace
- 320 Central Park West W/ Terrace Ardsley
- 262 Central Park West White House
- 11 East 87th Street
- 73 Fifth Avenue
- 205 West 89th Street Astor Court
- 118 Riverside Drive
- Park West Village Various
- Lincoln Towers Various
- 15 West 81st Street Terrace
- 215 West 90th Street
- 650 West End Ave
- Three Lincoln Center Various
- 610 West End Ave
- 67 Riverside Drive
- 119 West 71st Street
by Lucy Cohen Blatter
First step: Take a deep breath.
Although it may feel like the end of the world when your sale falls through, it really, truly, is not.“Remember, if an apartment is good enough to sell once, it will...
Brick Underground - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Upper West Side $3.85 million Move on up to West 99th Street, up to the 25th floor of the full-service Ariel West condo building, where you’ll “float” above the Hudson River with “calm and serene peace of mind as the...
New York Post - Thursday, March 29, 2012
This week we go behind the negotiations of a two-bedroom, two-bath Upper West Side condo at 211 W. 71st Street, which sold for $1.250 million, $75,000 less than asking price (and closed just 51 days after it went on the...
Brick Underground - Friday, March 02, 2012
Brokers woo clients by sending out non-real estate information, from hippo videos to home décor tips By Russell Steinber
This summer, real estate broker Amelia Gewirtz snail-mailed a thick sheath of papers to everyone on her contact list, including all...
The Real Deal - Thursday, September 01, 2011
NEW YORK
$2.5 million
A 1,900-square-foot, three-bedroom, 2½-bath cooperative apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
DETAILS: Located in a small prewar building with a doorman, the apartment has 10-foot ceilings and 15 large windows. There's a hand-painted mural in the formal...
Wall Street Journal - Saturday, May 14, 2011
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS $1,275,000
545 W. 110th St.
Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,441 square feet, with open kitchen with granite counters and stainless-steel appliances, washer/dryer and windowed master bath with soaking tub and separate shower; building features doorman, garage, garden, gym and playroom. Common...
New York Post - Wednesday, May 11, 2011
UPPER WEST SIDE CO-OP
$925,000
MANHATTAN: 129 West 80th Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues), #3
A one-bedroom one-and-a-half-bath floor-through with two fireplaces and washer and dryer in a prewar town house. Andrew Phillips (212) 381-2227, Amelia Gewirtz (212) 381-2219,...
New York Times - Monday, March 14, 2011
By Laura Kusisto
In Boy Meets World, Mr. Feeny's personal life is strictly off limits. "Mr. Matthews," he once said, voice rising in disapproval, "There is a line between teacher and student that must never be crossed."
Still, The Observer confesses we...
New York Observer - Monday, December 20, 2010
The Real Deal - Friday, September 03, 2010
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
ANYONE who’s ever lived in an apartment that faces smack into brick walls know that sunlight can be worth a pretty penny. And if you have enough money, you can afford quite a lot of sunshine.
A...
New York Times - Sunday, March 28, 2010
Astoria Finally Manhattanified, Biddings Wars, Suing Over Shipping Containers, More
2) Holy 2007, Batman, bidding wars are back! Well, sorta. They're back only on the properties—about one-third of the units on the market, Jonathan Miller estimates—where sellers have priced their homes...
Curbed - Monday, November 16, 2009
By VIVIAN S. TOY
A TWO-BEDROOM apartment on the Upper West Side is listed at $1.595 million and sells within two weeks after nine prospective buyers race to outbid one another, ultimately pushing the price to nearly $1.8 million.
Sound like...
New York Times - Sunday, November 15, 2009
New York Times - Sunday, June 14, 2009
Photo: Daniel Barry for The New York TimesAmelia S. Gewirtz of Halstead Property, says, "The phone is really more about if you think somebody needs a hug."
By VIVIAN S. TOY
THERE are few things that New Yorkers react to more quickly...
New York Times - Sunday, April 26, 2009
By Candace Taylor
The owners of the Apthorp, an iconic but troubled apartment building on the Upper West Side, have slashed prices by roughly one-third in the wake of their recent brush with foreclosure.
Renovated condominium units at the block-through limestone...
The Real Deal - Thursday, March 26, 2009
Six months ago, "luxury" was the all-encompassing buzzword of Manhattan real estate. Buyers happily paid astronomical sums, often sight (and even site) unseen, to live in buildings designed by world-famous architects, with private wine cellars and terrazzo marble as...
The Real Deal - Monday, March 02, 2009
Brokers say boards' attempts to 'manipulate the market' could hurt their buildings' value
By Candace Taylor
After a few years in the shadow of the glitzy condos that have been transforming the Manhattan skyline, co-ops may be emerging as a...
The Real Deal - Sunday, March 01, 2009
Photo Caption: Buyers no longer want fixer-uppers
By Candace Taylor
Manhattan buyers who are not handy around the house never had it better.
In last year's tight real estate market, fixer-uppers got snapped up almost as quickly as fully renovated apartments, with...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, February 24, 2009
When the market was booming, buyers were willing to take on renovations in order to get a better deal. These days, however, fixer-uppers are demanding steeper discounts to their move-in-ready brethren, if they're even selling at all. "Buyers don't...
Brownstoner - Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Photos: Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times
Address: 201 West 89th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue), No. 4G
Price: $1,050,000
The Property: A classic two-bedroom two-bath prewar co-op in Chester Court with a gracious foyer, a dining room that could be easily converted to...
New York Times - Sunday, November 16, 2008
By JOSH BARBANEL
Photo: The Ariel East
EVER wonder who is buying the new glass-walled penthouses floating above Manhattan, where the roar of traffic fades, and clouds scud across the New Jersey skyline?
On the 37th and 38th floor of the Ariel East,...
New York Times - Sunday, July 13, 2008
Halstead’s Amelia Gewirtz turns up the volume on her high wattage business
By Maggie Hawryluk
Whoever said that the clothes don’t make the man — or woman, for that matter — hasn’t met Amelia Gewirtz. When wearing her pearls and freshly...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 28, 2008
230 Riverside Drive
$835,000
A newly renovated pre-war one bedroom Condo with protected views of the Hudson River and Riverside Park offer perfect light all day long. The windowed kitchen comes complete with a Sub-zero refrigerator, Bosch microwave and Miele Stainless Steel...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 21, 2008
In early April, the New York Post’s weekly real estate column ran an item on View co-host Joy Behar that said she’d bought a new apartment at Broadway and West 89th Street “for approximately $3.5 million,” and was selling her...
New York Observer - Tuesday, May 20, 2008
269 West 72nd Street
$575,000
Set back terrace wrapping around 3 sides of your garden with river views and incredible access to 3 exposures (South, East and West). For gardening there is an automatic irrigation watering system that has electronic timers so...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Halstead Hosted Its President's Dinners at Le Cirque and at Le Bernadin
Quest - Thursday, May 01, 2008
by Jim Zarroli
Morning Edition · Researchers at Cornell University say they've discovered something strange about the way consumers absorb price information. They say when the price of an item is in a round number, people perceive it as higher than...
NPR - Thursday, March 27, 2008
Halstead Property
Lauren Cangiano, Executive Vice President, Eastside Office, with Louie (17), Stefano (13), and Giorgia (10)
What are your favorite things about where you live?
Carnegie Hill is a quiet, clean, safe, family-oriented neighborhood.I love being across the street from Central Park.Myhusband...
New York Family - Saturday, March 01, 2008
In a transaction rife with truth-stretching, real square footage is an elusive number.
When Halstead broker Amelia Gewirtz took clients this summer to the Ariel, a glassy condo project in the West Nineties, she was relieved to see the floor...
New York Magazine - Monday, December 10, 2007
Robert Wright for The New York Times
Manhattan
Upper West Side
Three Bedroom
$1,695,000
603 West 111th Street (Cross St. Broadway and Riverside Drive)
A three-bedroom, two bath prewar co-op with central air-conditioning and a washer and dryer.
Andrew Phillips (212) 381-2227, Amelia Gewirtz (212) 381-2219,...
New York Times - Sunday, March 04, 2007
Curbed PriceSpotter: Henry, Oh Henry
By Joshua
What/Where: 3BR/3BA Co-op, Henry btwn Love/Pierrepont
Square Feet: n/a, but see floorplan
Maintenance: $3,554
Bonus Deets: Pre-war building, recently restored with hardwood floors, cove ceilings, hand polished brass fittings, and some shiny fresh paint. Library could double...
Curbed - Tuesday, February 13, 2007
From a spectacular Soho penthouse to a little concrete yard with . . . possibilities.
By Yael Kohen
$1.25 million
134 West 82nd Street, Apt. 1BC
Two-bedroom, two-bath co-op.
Maintenance: $2,415 per month.
Indoors: 1,000 square feet.
Outdoors: 1,000 square feet....
New York Magazine - Monday, June 26, 2006
Sketch Pad
By TRACIE ROZHON
AFTER walking up all four flights of stairs, Wendy Evans Joseph and her assistant Farzana Gandhi weren't even winded. In fact, they walked into the duplex they were to redesign as fresh as daisies, with Ms. Joseph...
New York Times - Sunday, June 04, 2006
By ADAM BONISLAWSKI
OUTDOOR space in the city is a precious thing. Parks, playing fields - just about any patch of green will do - on a nice day, New Yorkers flock there.
Even better than finding a nearby bit...
New York Post - Thursday, May 25, 2006
120 Riverside Boulevard, Apartment 3N935-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bath condo. Asking Price: $1.12 million.Charges and Taxes: $1,029. Broker: Eric Benaim and Michael Arcos, Nest Seekers International.The owner of this never-occupied condo in the newest Trump tower is a flipper looking for a...
New York Magazine - Monday, March 06, 2006
By ANNA BAHNEYPublished: December 11, 2005WAITING for an apartment to sell is surprisingly vexing, and the wait is growing longer. In Manhattan, properties are taking a month longer to sell than they did a year ago at this time, 133...
New York Times - Sunday, December 11, 2005
By LISA KEYS
If you were a millionaire, you'd be rich, right? In "If I Had a Million Dollars," the now-classic song from the Barenaked Ladies, we're told that with a million dollars, one could buy fur coats, limousines,...
New York Post - Saturday, October 29, 2005
Dakota SmithSeptember 25, 2004 -- MANY New York buyers are used to co-ops, where they don't own the walls of their apartments. But fewer are used to land-lease buildings, where the apartment complex doesn't own the real estate it sits...
New York Post - Saturday, September 25, 2004
By ADELLE WALDMAN
WANT a deal on a penthouse apartment? Try getting one in a walk-up building, where penthouse is a euphemism for “a lot of steps.”
In walk-ups, good light and views come hand-in-hand with schlepping up the stairs....
New York Post - Saturday, April 10, 2004
Amelia Gewirtz, EVP at our West Side Office, provides CBS News a private tour of this immaculate post-war condo in the sky at 245 West 99th St on 4/24/12. Features 360 degree views of the NYC Skyline along with 4 spacious bedrooms.
Amelia Gewirtz and Andrew Phillips exclusive listing at the Stanton Building is featured on the 4/4 Open House NYC Square Feet Segment. The Owner Hal Hinkle walks us thru this rare, magical penthouse on the Upper W/S. Footage courtesy of WNBC.
Halstead Property is proud to present Behind The Numbers with host, Greg Heym, discussing the State of the NYC Market for 1st Qtr 2010. Filmed in HD at Amelia Gewirtz and Andrew Phillips's 250 West 94th Street Exclusive - Web# 1810724.
Amelia Gewirtz, EVP, featured in the December 6th 2009 NY1 news segment stating her opinion on TopAgentGuide.com, a new site created for searching for agents that fit specific needs. Footage courtesy of NY1.
All information is from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, prior sale or withdrawal without notice. No representation is made as to the accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate and all information should be confirmed by customer. All rights to content, photographs and graphics reserved to Halstead. Customer should consult with its counsel regarding all closing costs, including without limitation the New York State 1% tax paid by buyers on residential properties over $1 million. Halstead represents the seller/owner on Halstead's own exclusives, except if another agent of Halstead represents the buyer/tenant, in which case Halstead will be a dual agent with designated agents representing seller/owner and buyer/tenant. Halstead represents the buyer/tenant when showing the exclusives of other real estate firms. In all instances Halstead treats all parties fairly and honestly. Halstead actively supports equal housing opportunities.