
Real Estate Makes Up Larger Share Of NYC’s Tax Revenue Even Amid Value Reset
Real estate taxes have steadily become a larger and larger part of New York tax collections over the last eight years as the city faces a fiscal crisis. In the financial year ending 2021, real estate-related taxes made up 54.1% of tax collections, up from an average of 51.9% between 2015 and 2018, according to… Read more »

Commercial Property Prices are Down 13 Percent Due to Higher Interest Rates
The impact of higher interest rates is beginning to take its toll on commercial real estate prices. Commercial property prices have fallen nearly 13 percent so far this year, according to Green Street’s Commercial Property Price Index in October. The Index reports that commercial real estate prices were down 7.3 percent alone in October. The… Read more »

Commercial Real Estate Rentals Are Heating Up
by Neil A. Dolgin This year has been a challenging one for building owners because of high inflation, rising interest rates and the increasing costs of doing business in New York City. It’s been an even tougher one for owners of vacant buildings who tried to sell their properties on the high side and waited… Read more »

Multifamily, Development, Industrial Trades Push Brooklyn’s Investment Sales To $5.56 Billion
Investment dollars poured into Brooklyn’s commercial real estate market in the first six months of the year, accounting for a quarter of the $22 billion in commercial property sales across New York City in 1H 2022, second only to Manhattan which saw 53% of the city’s dollar volume. The dollar volume in Brooklyn totaled $5.56… Read more »

A radical new ploy to lure Google and other firms to Brooklyn
When apartment landlords have empty units, they lure prospective tenants with cheaper rents and free perks. Office landlords haven’t historically offered such grand concessions to fill vacant square footage — until now. The New York City real-estate developer Rubenstein Partners is willing to offer a nearly 50% discount on rent and more flexible terms than… Read more »

Changes to Supply Chain Will Benefit Commercial Real Estate
Online shopping is now the preferred method for 68% of consumers, which has increased significantly since the beginning of the pandemic. Since the pandemic began, supply chain issues have impacted the eCommerce sector significantly. What does this mean for the commercial real estate industry? Keep reading as we discuss what is causing the changes to… Read more »

Understanding Different Types of CRE Leases
Leasing occupies its own particular corner of commercial real estate landscape, complete with specialized practitioners who represent tenants and landlords big and small. And while it’s the giant-square-footage commercial property transactions with complex clauses that make the headlines, it’s the smaller leases that make up bread-and-butter negotiations. Regardless of size, however, commercial lease agreements generally… Read more »

Pension funds pull back on commercial real estate
The retirement funds are cooling on the sector and limiting new investments in the sector, the Wall Street Journal reported. The shift comes after they poured money into commercial real estate during the first half of the year, capitalizing on a market trying to recover from the wreckage of the pandemic. Retirement funds made $32.6… Read more »

Chicago ramen restaurant Urbanbelly coming to new Williamsburg Market
Chicago-based Cornerstone Restaurant Group, best known for Michael Jordan’s Steak Houses, is set to bring its beloved ramen restaurant Urbanbelly to Williamsburg next month. The new restaurant — an expansion for Urbanbelly, at home in Wicker Park — will be located in the new Williamsburg Market, coming soon to 103 N. Third Street. The Kings… Read more »