Rental report wars: Which one is most accurate? 11/17/09
From the November issue: The rental market in New York is not exactly known as a bastion of transparency: To fill the information void, several competing rental market repor...
Rental report wars: Which one is most accurate? 10/28/09 The rental market in New York is not exactly known as a bastion of transparency: To fill the information void, several competing rental market reports have recently emerged and ...
The rental squeeze 10/16/09 From the October issue: With the combination of high building vacancy rates and the down
market, Roberto Gonzalez, an agent at Bond New York, expected to see a
wave of tenants...
The rental squeeze 09/30/09 With the combination of high building vacancy rates and the down
market, Roberto Gonzalez, an agent at Bond New York, expected to see a
wave of tenants erecting walls and "cra...
Commercial brokers hoof it and canvass for new clients 06/17/09 From the June issue: Canvassing commercial buildings — the
old-school practice of going office to office to see if tenants need
more or less space — seems to be ma...
Commercial brokers hoof it and canvass for new clients 05/29/09 Canvassing commercial buildings — the old-school practice of going
office to office to see if tenants need more or less space — seems to
be making a comeback. Whil...
Slurping through the recession 04/30/09 It turns out that a steaming bowl of noodles may be an antidote to the city's real estate woes. While ramen noodle restaurants — modeled after traditional noodle bars in J...
Opting to take the stairs in walk-up projects 02/02/09 While it may seem counterintuitive in a city that has become a sea
of glass luxury condos, several small walk-up buildings are quietly
being built from the ground up, while ot...
No room for the Picasso in the new digs 01/29/09 What becomes of art collections and wine cellars that can no longer fit in newly downsized living quarters? In Manhattan, they most likely end up in high-end self-storage facili...
Retailers cautious about Lower Manhattan 11/03/08 Have FiDi residents — and workers — stopped shopping? The minute the stock market began sliding, the media began to wonder about the fate of the Downtown retail scen...
Circling around the corpse 10/03/08 Going through the obituaries to find an apartment may seem like a quaint practice in New York City, where real estate advertisements are nearly impossible to escape. But for rea...
As sales slow, brokers play nice 08/08/08 From the August issue: If there is a silver lining to be found
in the current slower real estate market, it lies within th...
As sales slow, brokers play nice 08/01/08 If there is a silver lining to be found in the current slower real
estate market, it lies within the brokerage community, ...
Big hotels go boutique, better hedge against crunch? 06/30/08 An eclectic crop of boutique hotels is emerging in New York, and although they're all new brands, they are offshoots of well-established mainstays such as Hyatt, Marriott and th...
Chelsea Market's growth spurs closings 04/22/08 A recent growth spurt at Chelsea Market -- a Chelsea institution that houses an arcade of unusual food shops and restaurants -- has been accompanied by some growing pains. Recen...
Should modernist buildings be saved? 04/19/08 From the April issue: A building does not necessarily have to be
"huggable" to merit preservation. That's how Peg Breen, president of
the N...
Madison Avenue glitz marches north 04/08/08 From the April issue: Madison Avenue might be the quintessential
American luxury shopping strip. But as rents continue their steep rise
and...
Madison Avenue glitz marches north 03/31/08 Madison Avenue might be the quintessential American luxury shopping
strip. But as rents continue their steep rise and the dollar remains
weak, many domestic retailers are look...
Should modernist buildings be saved? 03/31/08 A building does not necessarily have to be "huggable" to merit preservation. That's how Peg Breen, president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, makes the case that certain m...
