Vacancies continue rising at Trump-owned 40 Wall St. crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/va… via Crain's New York

More than 80% of the NYC subway's former retail spaces are vacant. That isn’t helping with perceptions of safety.

Fantastic reporting on the scramble to fix it by Caroline Spivack, visuals from Buck Ennis and design by Jason McGregor, for Crain's New York

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This tenant's $2-per-square-foot lease may be the best bargain in Midtown crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/us… via Crain's New York

Justice for liverwurst ny.eater.com/2024/4/5/24121…

Amazing.

NEW: I wrote about Michael Bloomberg’s legacy of downzoning much of NYC to restrict housing.

As rents rise and Adams pushes for growth, some ex-Bloomberg officials admit the approach may have backfired.

'In retrospect, we could’ve been more aggressive':
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It’s up to lawmakers to solve New York’s housing crisis and take the hits from any constituencies that don’t like the outcome. Which will be most of them. therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/…

NEW: The Great Lawn in Central Park is reopening on Saturday, following damage from the Global Citizen Festival this fall.

Global Citizen reimbursed the full $622K last week it cost to repair the great lawn to CPC.

The concert will happen again on the lawn in 2024 on Sept. 28.

The effects here are truly special. Who wants AI when you have these III?

RFR-owned office building near Union Square missed tax payment crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/rf… via Crain's New York

New: fresh off successfully opposing the McGuinness Blvd. redesign, Broadway Stages now wants to permanently close 2 blocks of a Greenpoint street to use as a filming backlot.

Lincoln Restler, who could decide the proposal's fate, told me he's skeptical:
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High Line gallery space faces foreclosure after landlord cut rents crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/hi… via Crain's New York

Manhattan return-to-office rates hit 78%: JPMorgan crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/ma… via Crain's New York

Manhattan’s Community Board 5 leadership steps aside after boardroom brawl crainsnewyork.com/politics/manha… via Crain's New York

So proud of this Crain's New York team, congrats! 🙌🏼❤️

New deep dive with Anna Fifelski/Aaron Elstein: A $2.6 billion merger between NY Community Bank and Flagstar that had execs 3 years ago promising handsome profits and much-needed diversification has instead delivered an institution on the cusp of collapse.

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In the Markets: Tenants at Park Avenue Tower get opt-outs for office leases crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/bl… via Crain's New York

There aren’t many investigative reporting guides particularly for tech and business journalists, so I started making my own! It’s a work in progress, but sharing version 1 widely in case other biz journalists can get something out of it, too. jessicakmathews.notion.site/A-business-rep…

We're thrilled to have Julianne.

Office prices are falling and people outside the #CRE industry are noticing. What gets lost is that not all office buildings are facing the same sorts of challenges. Price declines and illiquidity are concentrated. MSCI
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