September 11th 2013
CityBizList
Warburg Realty®, one of Manhattan’s oldest and most respected residential real estate companies, has announced a new partnership with Manhattan Sideways, an informative and engaging website that explores the treasures of Manhattan’s side streets while promoting small businesses.
The collaboration between Warburg and Manhattan Sideways presents a new opportunity for the brokerage to further enhance its customer service, by providing a more detailed resource on the services and amenities a specific neighborhood has to offer.
“Our partnership with Manhattan Sideways was a natural synergy, since we are always excited about the opportunity to provide visitors to our site with a greater wealth of neighborhood information, as well as helping them uncover the City’s hidden gems,” said Frederick W. Peters, president of Warburg Realty. “This collaboration provides our customers with the most in-depth knowledge available.”
Manhattan Sideways started as a whimsical idea of crisscrossing the side streets of Manhattan, quickly becoming a highly regarded source that celebrates small businesses and introduces people to all that makes up a neighborhood – especially places that one cannot access by reading newspapers, magazines and the internet. Through vibrant photography and videos alongside detailed descriptions, the Manhattan Sideways team has pounded the pavement to provide information on boutiques, bars, restaurants, galleries, gardens, historic sites and more.
“The Avenues – the major north to south thoroughfares of Manhattan – are well-covered by the media and well-traversed by shoppers and travelers. I wanted to get off the beaten path and explore the side streets. In fact, the development of Manhattan’s iconic grid, starting at 1st Street and continuing up to 155th Street, envisioned the side streets as being of greater importance than the avenues,” explained Betsy Bober Polivy, creator of Manhattan Sideways. “I am literally walking side to side, east to west, beginning on 1st Street and wending my way north. My goal is to walk the numbered side streets and comprehensively document every commercial establishment, and other places of interest, with special feature write-ups along the way.”
Warburg’s website will now feature Manhattan Sideways’ Side Picks neighborhood, which highlight “must see” destinations. In addition to including this rich content on its website, Warburg will share the information with its many followers on the firm’s various social media channels. Another great outcome of this partnership is the role the brokerage will play in supporting small businesses throughout the City. On the Manhattan Sideways website, readers will be able to view Warburg listings in any given neighborhood, with detailed home information and photography.
Warburg Realty is committed to staying at the forefront of the industry by implementing new practices to ensure its customers have the best experience when buying or selling a home. Customers benefit from the firm’s ongoing branding efforts and role as a thought leader through the integration of social media to market real estate. As the first firm to implement an iPhone app, through the widely popular AroundMe platform, it regularly incorporates Facebook, Twitter and blogging as part of its daily business.
The addition of Manhattan Sideways continues to solidify Warburg’s position as a leader in employing technology to best serve its clients. The brokerage has also garnered national notoriety for its starring role on the hit HGTV show, Selling New York, where the firm’s agents and exclusive listings are regularly featured in the storylines.