Brokers feel the squeeze 12/31/08 National real estate trends are catching up to the New York market, and that means residential brokerages will likely be slashing employment costs by 15 to 20 percent this year,...
Sales vs. rent values: Boring fundamentals back in vogue 12/02/08 In the heady days of condo buyers rushing to outmaneuver each other with fat offers on New York City residential properties, boring old fundamentals like price-to-earning ratios...
Organic grocers face tough row to hoe 11/26/08 From the November issue: Any new Whole Foods Markets in New York
City are going to be a Whole Lot Smaller. The company that made a big mark on Manhattan four years ago with a s...
Organic grocers face tough row to hoe 11/03/08 Any new Whole Foods Markets in New York City are going to be a Whole Lot Smaller.
The company that made a big mark on Manhattan four years ago with a sprawling 60,000-squar...
Dunkin' doubles down 09/01/08 By Catherine CuranAs stores across the retail spectrum scuttle expansion plans — with Starbucks one of the more notable examples — budget coffee king Dunkin' Donuts ...
Cheyenne Diner comes home 08/29/08 The Cheyenne Diner will soon be crossing the river. Michael O'Connell, the elder son of Greg O'Connell, the Red Hook developer known for bringing in the popular Fairway market, ...
Survival of the retail fittest 07/11/08 From the July issue: Which New York retailers are riding out the
recession and which are suffering? Typically, the extreme ends of the
mark...
Survival of the retail fittest 06/30/08 Typically, the extreme ends of the market -- luxury stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and discount mass-merchants like Wal-Mart -- prove recession-proof. By contrast, mid-market cha...
Popular Red Hook liquor store could close or move 06/03/08 Bourbon drinkers with exacting tastes will have to get their sips outside Red Hook. Red Hook developer Greg O'Connell has pulled out of a deal to keep the popular and pioneering...
Columbus Village face-off 06/02/08 As the fight over construction of one of Manhattan's largest new residential and retail developments, Columbus Village, escalated into a legal battle last month, leasing agent W...
Two food retailers coming to big Upper West Side project 05/20/08 Hungry Upper West Siders will have two more choices for food once a controversial development called Columbus Village opens. Cupcake maker Crumbs Bake Shop will open its sixth M...
Some Hamptons retailers now take euros 05/19/08 The hordes of European renters descending on the Hamptons this year have a new reason to love New York's posh summer playground: they can pay cash in Euros for food, lodging and...
Hotels prepare, just inn case 05/13/08 From the May issue: New York's red-hot hotel industry is
beginning to fear a slowdown. Though most business metrics are
positive, rising in...
Cap rates tipping up 05/07/08 From the April issue: The softening commercial property market
contains a small silver lining for investors: Returns on investment are
...
Hotels prepare, just inn case 04/29/08 New York's red-hot hotel industry is beginning to fear a slowdown.
Though most business metrics are positive, rising inventory and fear of
a recession are beginning to push ma...
Cap rates tipping up 04/28/08 The credit crunch and economic slowdown are significantly lowering
purchase prices for Manhattan office properties, while rents have so
far...
Activisits push zoning changes, rent control for retail 04/01/08 On a Sunday early this month, anti-chain store firebrand Reverend Billy and the so-called Church of Stop Shopping, a group that advocates for mom-and-pop stores, will kick off i...
Times Square retail sets new records 02/21/08 From the February issue: A row of denim-clad derrieres greets
pedestrians thronging the corner of Broadway and West 44th Street.
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Chain stores add links in Brooklyn 02/05/08 "People Get Ready," the sign urges. No, it's not Curtis Mayfield with a message about marching on Washington for civil rights – it's trendy teen retailer Urban Outfitters, alert...
