Mr. Lhota's résumé and his record in the business-friendly administration of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani make him a natural candidate of the city's corporate and real estate crowds, long a reliable source of campaign contributions.
Earlier that day, she and her husband had managed the estate's crowded lunchroom, coordinating a team of waiters and collecting money.
Investment in real estate has crowded out investment in other industries, the JPMorgan analysts wrote, and the high prices in major cities had become a major source of social dissatisfaction.
Still, the huge estate swallows crowds easily (a hefty $32 admission is required to visit the 250-room mansion and grounds), and I didn't feel rushed or hassled as I poked my way through room after room of Louis XV furniture and paintings by Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Raphael.
The couple worked with the Federal Aviation Administration to have an on-site inspector in case the airspace above the estate became crowded with helicopters.
The catcalls of estate agents, who crowded the council chamber on the morning of the vote, clearly rang louder in some councillors' ears than the mayor's urgings.This comes at a delicate time for Toronto, a city of 2.5m.
At any given time he can be a web designer, a real estate mogul, a crowd-funder, an artist for the social networking age -- sometimes all at once.
The chance to make money on the next housing boom "is like it's never been," Mr. Lee, a real estate promoter, assured a crowd of agents, investors and bankers.
The book, which has sold more hardcopies than its e-book alternative, commands so much real estate that it will crowd out a few old favorites when it takes a stand on your shelf.
