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Developers ♥ Bloomberg

cityfile · 10/02/08 06:20AM

Big real estate is loving the idea of a third term for Michael Bloomberg. "I think he's the greatest mayor we've ever had," says mega-developer Doug Durst. "Let's keep him forever," says Alex Sapir, the son of billionaire real estate tycoon Tamir Sapir. "He's the best mayor New York has had—certainly in my lifetime," offered up Jed Walentas, the son of Brooklyn landowner David Walentas. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Bloomberg has been especially generous with the real estate industry during his term, and the thought of some career politician coming in and mucking things up makes them shudder. But steel yourself for what's going to come in 2013. Donald Trump is already thinking ahead: "Fourth term? Absolutely! I think it would be great." [NYO]

Jed Walentas Is Off the Market

cityfile · 06/20/08 08:51AM

Jed Walentas, the son of Brooklyn real estate baron David Walentas, is no longer single. The DUMBO heir tied the knot with a photographer named Kate Engelbrecht "sometime during the last two weeks," a family spokesperson told the Brooklyn Paper. So hush hush! And at an undisclosed location, it seems! This means one of the city's richest real estate heirs is off the market. The good news. Perhaps the good news is that he married someone roughly his own age, not a 21-year-old Hawaiian Tropic model. A goofier photo of the newest addition to the Walentas family after the jump.