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Asking Rents for Retail Spaces are Dropping Across the Country

Asking rents for major retail space are dropping across NYC’s 5th Avenue, LA’s Rodeo Drive, Chicago’s Michigan Ave, and the Las Vegas strip. For the first time since 2011 prices have dropped below $700 per square foot – an 11.3% decline from a...

Eager Lenders Are Pouncing on Landlords

Lenders have already begun taking some property owners and developers who are late on their payments to court. In hopes of minimizing their financial losses, and protecting their investors many are seeking foreclosures on their interests in these properties. Many of...

Is the Landlord or Tenant Responsible for Covid19 Cleaning Costs?

What is your landlord doing to satisfy the demand for more cleaning? Using more sanitizer and upgrading your air conditioner is likely necessary. These costs may be passed onto the tenant depending on your commercial lease. Typically larger tenants will take on the...

Tenants Now Have the Upper Hand

The NYC market has seen a peak in activity this past month but that certainly is not an indicator just yet for what is to come. 71 % of this activity came as a result of renewals, including short term extensions.  This is diametrically opposed to last year, where 71%...