A 900-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper is planned for 5 World Trade Center (“5 WTC”) in lower Manhattan. Located at the southern end of the World Trade Center campus at 130 Liberty Street, the building is slated to have 190,000sf of office … Continue reading →
On June 22, the New York City Council passed legislation that will prohibit commercial property owners from knowingly leasing commercial premises to, or otherwise allow the use of such premises by, unlicensed sellers of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, or … Continue reading →
The New York legislature passed the LLC Transparency Act (Bill No.: A03484A) on June 20. According to the Bill Memo, the bill aims to end the practice of anonymous ownership of limited liability companies in New York by defining beneficial … Continue reading →
Midtown and Lower Manhattan are nine percent and one percent below their pre-pandemic retail spending levels and 35 percent and 36 percent below pre-pandemic restaurant and bar spending levels, with foot traffic still down by 23 percent and 18 percent … Continue reading →
The New York Post (citing the City’s Finance Department) reports that the total value of New York City’s commercial real estate is nearly $9 billion short of its most recent high. Tax revenue from commercial real estate transactions is expected … Continue reading →
Italian marketplace/food hall chain Eataly has leased 18,353sf of retail space at 200 Lafayette for its third Manhattan location, according to the New York Post. The asking rent for the space, which was previously occupied by luxury appliance showroom Pirch, … Continue reading →
The average asking rent in Manhattan’s retail corridors was $607/sf in Q3-2022—a 2.2 percent increase from the prior quarter and the first increase since Q4-2016, according to CBRE. The rolling four-quarter aggregate leasing velocity—a measure of total leasing (renewals and … Continue reading →
According to a survey of major Manhattan office employers conducted by the Partnership for New York City, on an average weekday (as of September 2022), forty-nine percent of Manhattan office workers are in the workplace. Nine percent of Manhattan office … Continue reading →
In Q3–2022, about 1.34 million more square feet of office space was vacant and placed on the market than were leased, according to the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”). In this weakest of all commercial real estate sectors, the vacancy … Continue reading →
According to a paper by Gupta, Mittal and Van Nieuwerburgh, the pandemic has had large effects on both current and expected future cash flows for office buildings. Revaluing the stock of New York City commercial office buildings and taking into … Continue reading →