Tag : office

Keep Calm and Rent On, America

In light of the recent turnaround in the commercial real-estate sector, the market has, so far, shown an increase in the amount of occupied office space in the first and second quarters of 2011. The first quarter showed an increase of 5.5 million square feet of inhabited office space, while the second measured a close..

L.I.’s Positive Swing for Industrial and Office Vacancy Rates

Long Island’s vacancy rates in the commercial real estate market is showing a positive trend in for 2011, however slight they might be. Positive absorption rates for the industrial market in the first quarter of 2011 ended with 280,004 square feet— quite an improvement over the 1.7 million square feet of negative absorption in 2010 and..

How to Get the Right Space for Your Business

Want to read the whole article? Just go to REoptimizer to get a full list of helpful tips! Searching for your next potential commercial space is intimidating and exhausting —  keep these simple steps in mind to make the process a little easier: 1. USE A GUIDE Save yourself time and (some) stress and get..

NY Property Tax Cap: More on the Great Debate

The Legislative session is coming to an end, but the supposed New York Property Tax Cap is still just talk.  Let’s get a move on!  Seeing is believing. It’s not an attack on the public school system!  Let’s learn from Massachusetts.  A property tax cap was introduced decades ago, but students still score high on national..

A Tenant for 3 WTC?

We will never forget the devastating events of September 11, 2001 and why the World Trade Center is such an iconic piece of real estate for our country.  However, just last week, Silverstein Properties secured Conde Nast as One World Trade Center’s anchor tenant.  Is UBS AG considering the relocation of its Stamford, CT investment..