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Jay K. Overbye
Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker
Exec. Vice President
Tel: (212) 381-2247
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joverbye@Halstead.com
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Executive Vice President
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Gold Circle member
Since his entry into the real estate industry in 2004, Jay Overbye has been on the fast track to success by personally generating nearly $150 million in sales and consistently being recognized as a Halstead top producer.Yet his most notable accomplishment is the respect, compliments and loyalty he’s earned from the diverse group of clients he serves.
Jay has well-rounded experience in the residential marketplace of New York City. He has found buyers great homes and investments, strategically marketed and sold all types of properties for individual owners, plus gained considerable knowledge and expertise creating, launching and selling new developments such as 80 Metropolitan and 58 Metropolitan in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where as Exclusive Broker he directs a sales team.
A New York City resident for over a decade, Jay has demonstrated proven sales excellence that's spanned all of Manhattan to Williamsburg and surrounding areas. Clients appreciate his integrity, professionalism and dedication to quality service as much as they do his ability to navigate the real estate process, making it seamless and rewarding.
Residing on the Upper West Side, Jay brings a unique passion and contagious enthusiasm to his work thanks to his intrigue with the city's history and architecture. He also boasts an extensive business background that fuels his effectiveness. Prior to entering real estate, he worked in advertising and public relations at such well-known companies as the Cleveland Indians, Young & Rubicam, and Ziff Davis Publishing, plus he founded and directed his own computer technology firm in Chicago that he grew into a multi-million dollar operation.
Outside of work, Jay is an avid American and English history buff and extensive international traveler. Yet he loves time at home in New York City where his life is dedicated to health and fitness, while partaking in the arts, golf, local New York sports teams, and membership in New York Road Runners Club. He also is involved with the Bronx Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education as a mentor to a child in the Bronx.
Halstead Property, LLC
Condominium
2 beds / 2.0 baths
Web #: 1976810
Rental
3 beds / 3.0 baths
Web #: 2341873
Rental
1 bed / 1.0 bath
Web #: 2356033
New: 15 days ago
Condominium
3 beds / 2.5 baths
Web #: 1857434
Contract Signed
Condominium
3 beds / 2.0 baths
Web #: 1857432
Contract Signed
Townhouse
3 beds / 2.5 baths
Web #: 1489113
Contract Signed
Condominium
2 beds / 2.0 baths
Web #: 1857429
Contract Signed
Condominium
2 beds / 2.0 baths
Web #: 1857424
Contract Signed
Condominium
1 bed / 1.0 bath
Web #: 1857428
Contract Signed
Condominium
Studio / 1.0 bath
Web #: 1857378
Contract Signed
The following are selected closed transactions in which Jay K. Overbye represented the buyer, the seller, or both:
- 69 N 1st Street
- 65 N 1st Street
- 67 N 1st Street
- 61 N 1st Street
- 63 N 1st Street
- 59 N 1st Street
- 57 N 1st Street
- 55 N 1st Street
- 53 N 1st Street
- 25 Central Park West
- 415 Greenwich St
- 929 Park Avenue
- 400 Central Park West
- 111 West 67th Street
- 11 West 81st Street
- 146 West 57th Street
- 117 East 57th St
- 322 West 57th St
- 330 East 75th St
- 235 East 55th Street
- 230 Riverside Drive
- 230 Riverside Drive
- 121 East 23rd St
- 137 Riverside Drive
- 213 West 80th St
- 213 West 80th St
- 250 South 2nd Street
- 157 East 72nd St
- 345 East 80th Street
- 32 West 96th Street
- 104 West 70th Street
- 301 East 79th Street
- 85 Barrow St
- 345 East 80th St
- 155 West 68th Street
- 157 West 79th St
- 20 West 64th Street
- 23 West 73rd Street
- 230 Riverside Drive
- 41 West 82nd St
- 425 East 79th St
- 315 West 86th St
- 151 West 74th St
- 130 West 79th Street
- 201 East 79th Street
- 444 East 75th Street
- 60 East 9th St
- 146 West 57th Street
- 111 West 67th St
- 157 West 79th St
- 404 East 79th St
- 330 East 75th St
- 235 East 55th St
- 130 West 79th
- 58 Metropolitan
- 58 Metropolitan
- 58 Metropolitan
- 58 Metropolitan
- 58 Metropolitan
- 58 Metropolitan PH
- 58 Metropolitan PH
- 58 Metropolitan PH
- 58 Metropolitan PH
- 58 Metropolitan PH
- 80 Metropolitan
- 80 Metropolitan
- 80 Metropolitan PH
- 80 Metropolitan PH
- 80 Metropolitan PH
- 80 Metropolitan PH
- 80 Metropolitan PH
- 80 Metropolitan PH
- Development Parcel 221 Kent Avenue
Sales Completed at Award-Winning Williamsburg CondominiumBROOKLYN, NY - Steiner NYC, developer of Williamsburg's 80 Metropolitan, is pleased to announce that all of the condominium's 123 units, including nine townhouses, have sold. Sales will continue at sister building, 58 Metropolitan, which...
citybizlist - Thursday, May 03, 2012
It took some price cuts, but the Steiner-developed 80 Met condo in Williamsburg is now officially sold out, according to a press release sent out today. As of March, the 123-unit development was 90 percent sold out and only one...
Brownstoner - Thursday, May 03, 2012
Clark Halstead, the founder and co-chairman of Halstead Property, was honored with The Legacy Award at the company's annual meeting at Cipriani 42nd Street last week.
Nearly 1,000 agents from New York, the Hamptons, New Jersey and Connecticut turned out...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Halstead Property hosted more than 950 agents from New York, the Hamptons, New Jersey and Connecticut at the firm’s Annual Meeting at Cipriani’s 42nd St.
Led by president Diane M. Ramirez, the event featured guest speakers William Lie Zeckendorf and David...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, March 07, 2012
For a second consecutive year, Richard Orenstein took home the top prize at Halstead Property’s annual awards ceremony held last week. Halstead President Diane Ramirez, David Burris and William Lie Zeckendorf, co-chairmen of Halstead’s parent company Terra Holdings, were on...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, March 07, 2012
With two shows starring NYC brokers debuting this month, a look at the history of real estate on unscripted TV
By Jane C. Timm
When MTV’s “The Real World” premiered in 1992, few could guess that reality shows would eventually come to...
The Real Deal - Thursday, March 01, 2012
Buying iconic views of our best bridges
58 Metroplitan Ave
5th on the Park/ 1485 5th Avenue
By Lauren Price
When your city is made up of several islands, bridges play a central role in the lives of its residents, workers and visitors. In...
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
As usual, Labor Day marked a pick-up in sales inventory after the typically slow summer. The seasonal increase should lead to more opportunity for buyers and more sales.
According to Noah Rosenblatt, founder of UrbanDigs.com, a website that...
AM New York - Wednesday, September 21, 2011
By Matt Chaban
Bicycling can be a heated issue here in New York, but when it comes to bike parking, it’s better not to be left out in the cold. That is why bicycle racks and rooms are booming in the...
New York Observer - Monday, August 29, 2011
By Elizabeth A Harris
BRIAN WHITELEY loves his bicycle, a black fixed-gear Schwinn that he rides around New York City almost every day. His landlord, however, does not share this affection, fearing scuffed floors and chipped paint. And that has become...
New York Times - Friday, August 26, 2011
On the evening of Oct. 25, 2007, three trapeze artists swooped above a crowd gathered in the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics, on Williamsburg’s North First Street. As waiters carried trays of hors d’oeuvres through the converted warehouse space, gymnasts...
New York Observer - Thursday, July 14, 2011
More than half of Williamsburg's 58 Metropolitan condominium is now in contract, and the building has been approved for Fannie Mae and FHA financing, developer Steiner NYC announced today. The 50-unit project first kicked off its marketing efforts in 2008,...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Williamsburg shoreline comes into its own
By MAX GROSS
Mary-Jean Eastman and husband Ed Mills, with daughter Caroline, bought a 2-BR in Northside Piers
But each of these behemoths fell to the real estate craze. Austin, Nichols & Co. is now a...
New York Post - Thursday, June 09, 2011
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Another stalled condo project in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been revived. Sales at the 28-unit luxury condo development dubbed ID390 are expected to officially commence on June 2.
The building, located at 390 Lorimer...
Crains - Thursday, May 19, 2011
Asked recently to conduct searches for two clients seeking Upper West Side apartments—one seeking a four- to five-bedroom, the other a two-bedroom—Malcolm Carter made a startling discovery. The prices on half a dozen apartments that fit the bills had been...
Crains - Monday, March 28, 2011
Federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers helped drive June 2010 home sales to 5,920, its highest level since 2006, city report finds. Brokers say impact mostly confined to outer boroughs.
The U.S. tax credit for first-time homebuyers had more of a...
Crains - Monday, February 28, 2011
DARLA MILES
NEW YORK (WABC) -- A new law in New York City requires new construction to provide bike spaces for residents.
One of the things Miu and Teo love to do is ride bikes.
The 13-month-old twin brother and sister love...
ABC News - Monday, October 18, 2010
By Amanda Fung
When Robert Schupp began apartment-hunting here last month, he thought a building with a children's playroom or a rooftop garden might be nice. But what he really focused on was a different sort of amenity: enough storage space...
Crains - Sunday, September 12, 2010
WILLIAMSBURG $1,425,000
80 Metropolitan Ave.
Three-bedroom, 2½-bath townhouse condo, 2,077 square feet, with washer/dryer, central AC, second-floor terrace and back yard with deck and gas BBQ hookup; building features pool, gym, yoga studio, roof terrace and garden. Common charges $1,667, taxes $76....
New York Post - Thursday, September 09, 2010
By Shazia Khan
From pools to media rooms to rooftop oasises, developers are always looking for ways to entice tenants. At 80 Metropolitan in Williamsburg, they are also offering an amenity you may not have heard of -- acoustical privacy.
"We...
NY1 - Monday, May 17, 2010
Williamsburg developers see nothing but blue skies
BY ALICIA HARTGROVE
Grandmother's house might be in this Brooklyn neighborhood that borders Greenpoint, BedfordStuyvesant and Bushwick, but you're more likely to go to an artist's loft, musician's venue, or trendy converted warehouse in Williamsburg.
"This...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
BY ALICIA HARTGROVE
Movie studio honcho Doug Steiner has taken lessons learned on the set into condo building and, apparently, come up what might be the city's quietest condo tower.
Greenberg Farrow is the architect for the 114-unit 80 Metropolitan developed by...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
To celebrate the just-opened sales office for 20 Henry, the newly- converted luxury condo in Brooklyn Heights, developers 20 Henry Street Development, LLC, hosted an event at the sales office at 114 Henry Street. The property will be marketedand sold...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Condos Flood In; Hipness Stays Afloat
By JEFF VANDAM
WHERE is the Northside Williamsburg of lore?
Various institutions in North Brooklyn’s eccentric waterfront neighborhood are disappearing — even some of the recent additions to an enclave that once housed the borough’s...
New York Times - Sunday, December 21, 2008
STELLAR AND SOUNDPROOFED
Luxury living in the artsy, buzzing riverside community of Williamsburg hits a high note at 80 Metropolitan, a luxurious six-story condo with 114 sprawling lofts and nine three-story townhouses. Welcome to quiet living: the developer Steiner Studios, builder...
New York Magazine - Wednesday, November 26, 2008
By Bill Cresenzo
The New York City residential real estate world is full of irritation pontification and speculation.
“You could ask 10 brokers and they are all going to have a different story,” said Jill Sloane, a broker with Halstead Property, about...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, July 09, 2008
GreenbergFarrow, a nationally prominent architectural, planning, engineering and development consulting firm, has been tapped by Steiner NYC to design a warehouse-inspired condominium and townhouse development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Steiner NYC and its predecessor entities have been builders for 100 years and...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Midtown West
The 505
505 West 47th Street
Sales have begun at LEV Parkview Developers' two-building, 109-unit condominium. The developer is a partnership between Parkview Developers and the LEV Group. The seven-story development's 26 studios will be 400 square feet; the 61...
The Real Deal - Saturday, December 01, 2007
Upper East Side
$1.6 million
330 East 75th Street
2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,200 sf condo in postwar high-rise building (The Saratogo); 24-hr doorman, concierge; corner unit has hardwood floors, updated kitchen, washer/dryer, three exposures, river views; building has roof garden and garage;...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, August 15, 2007
MIDTOWN WEST
$3,400,000
146 W. 57th St.
Three-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath condo, 2,092 square feet, with foyer, dining area, granite floors and N/W exposures with open views of Central Park; Metropolitan Tower building features health club, pool, valet service, wine storage and...
New York Post - Thursday, April 05, 2007
By JOYCE COHEN
WITH a budget of $800,000 to $900,000 for a one-bedroom
condominium, Charles Adanalian figured it would be easy to find the
kind of home he wanted: someplace fairly new, with a view.
He was wrong. Fairly new was never new...
New York Times - Sunday, October 08, 2006
UPPER WEST SIDE CO-OP
$749,000
MANHATTAN: 213 West 80th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue), #2E
A one-bedroom, two-bath with a den.
Amy Herman (212) 381-2244, Jay Overbye (212) 381-2247, Halstead Property; www.halstead.com
MAINTENANCE: $711 a month
PROS: A meticulously renovated prewar floor-through apartment with...
New York Times - Sunday, September 10, 2006
Upper Westside Exclusive Web #:1976810 Exclusive Agent: Jay K. Overbye, EVP Tel: (212) 381-2247 joverbye@halstead.com
80 Metropolitan is featured on NY1 Newscast on Nov. 22, 2009 for its unique acoustic sound proofing techniques. Movie production company Steiner Studios worked with the developer to accomplish their goals. Footage courtesy of NY1.
Jay Overbye discusses in the NY1 news segment airing on November 8th some of the soundproofing techniques used in 80 Met Development. From Double pane windows, reinforced ceilings, to moisture resistant sheet rock walls. Footage courtesy of NY1.
Elayne Reimer, Executive Vice President, is featured in a August 2009 NY1 news segment that asks what you can get for $800K in this market. Ms. Reimer showed off her Upper East Side apartment listed at $825K.
Jay Overbye, Vice President is featured in a August 2009 NY1 news segment that asks what you can get for $800K in this market. Mr. Overbye showed off 80 Metropolitan, a new development in Williamsburg.
Senior Vice President at Halstead Property Jay Overbye gives an extensive tour of 80 Metropolitan. Conveniently situated in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this building offers 114 loft residences and 9 townhouses.
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.