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The latest real estate news, research, resources and videos

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Expert Insights

Rates vs. Manhattan Office Rents: Why Your Landlord’s Mortgage Is Your Business

During the pandemic, when Manhattan office rents were sliding, I toured a lot of empty buildings.

11 Nov '26 • By Bobby Samuels

Woman in a suit reading sublease documents by an NYC window.

Expert Insights

Should You Turn Your Sublease Into a Direct Lease?

A sublease can be a great way to get into a Manhattan office without paying for somebody else’s expensive buildout from scratch.

26 Oct '26 • By Bobby Samuels

Expert Insights

Stop Marking Up the Standard Form. The Lease Rider Is Where You Win.

Everything about this deal was going right until my client’s attorney got hold of the landlord’s printed standard form and left about 20 comments on it.

14 Oct '26 • By Bobby Samuels

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Expert Insights

Eleven Weeks Without an Elevator: Why You Should Always Vet Your Landlord

Last week an old friend of mine, an architect, sent me the Crain’s story about Manhattan office rents.

02 Oct '26 • By Bobby Samuels

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Case Studies

How a Small Business Wins a Bidding War for Manhattan Office Space

For 5 years I was the most relaxed broker in Manhattan.

25 Sep '26 • By Bobby Samuels

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Real Estate News

Lower Manhattan Office Space 25 Years After 9/11: What Came Back, and What Didn’t

There’s a firehouse at 124 Liberty Street called Ten House.

11 Sep '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

Should You Tour a Building With a Distressed Landlord? What I Check First

A client finds an office space they love, then Googles the building.

08 Sep '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Finding Your Space

Manhattan Office Space by Size: Why Your Neighborhood Is Lying to You

Listing counts below come from a CoStar pull dated August 2026.

28 Aug '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Finding Your Space

How Early Is Too Early to Start Your Office Search?

“Do you really think we need to start now?” The CFO of a policy consulting firm asked me that after we’d spent more than an hour discussing his office search.

17 Aug '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

The Manhattan Office Market Had a Scorching July — And Tenants Are Starting to Feel It

I’d been working with an established marketing agency since March.

07 Aug '26 • By Bobby Samuels

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Finding Your Space

Sublease, Coworking, or Direct Lease: A San Francisco Startup’s First New York Office Space

Let’s say your Series A closed in the spring.

24 Jul '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Finding Your Space

Nobody Can Find 2,000 Feet of Flatiron District Office Space. I’ve Watched This Movie Twice.

In May, a company came to me looking for twenty-five hundred square feet of Flatiron District office space.

17 Jul '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate News

Buckling Columns at the Former Pfizer Building — Should Nearby Midtown Tenants Be Worried?

Two support columns on the 21st floor of 235 East 42nd Street buckled on the morning of Tuesday, July 7, and several floors above them started to sag.

10 Jul '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Expert Insights

How Metro Manhattan Selects the Brokers Who Serve You

When you work with Metro Manhattan to find Manhattan office space, one broker manages your search from the first conversation to the signed lease.

21 Jun '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate News

What the SpaceX IPO Means for New York City Office Space: 5 Reasons the Space Economy Could Drive Demand

SpaceX goes public this week.

10 Jun '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

Businessman signing NYC office lease, exploring brokerage fees in commercial real estate search.

Real Estate Guides

Commercial Real Estate Broker Fees in NYC: How They Work and Who They Really Serve

If your business is getting ready to lease office space in Manhattan, one question tends to surface before any others.

09 Jun '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

How to Reduce Your NYC Electric Bill in Your Office Space: 5 Strategic Moves You Can Make

Con Ed just got the nod for another rate hike.

01 Jun '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

What Manhattan Office Tenants Pay Beyond Base Rent: Utility Charges and Operating Cost Guide

Three months into a new lease, the managing agent’s invoice shows up, and the tenant calls me.

20 May '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

A Coworking License Is Not a Lease: Hard Lessons From Regus’s 477 Madison Shutdown

The email came in on a Wednesday afternoon.

06 May '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

I Pulled 10 Random Manhattan Office Leases. Here’s What I Found

Most tenants walk into a Manhattan lease negotiation with the same shrug.

28 Apr '26 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Park Avenue, ideal location for financial services office search in NYC.

Real Estate Guides

The 5 Best NYC Neighborhoods for Financial Services Office Space

25 Nov '19 • By Alan Rosinsky

Real Estate Guides

Unlock the Doors to Your First Startup Office Space

15 Jun '19 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Expert Insights

Why New York City’s Landmark Historic Buildings Remain Relevant to Commercial Real Estate

25 Oct '24 • By Alan Rosinsky

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Real Estate Guides

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Lower Manhattan Office Space 25 Years After 9/11: What Came Back, and What Didn’t

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Manhattan Office Space by Size: Why Your Neighborhood Is Lying to You

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The Manhattan Office Market Had a Scorching July — And Tenants Are Starting to Feel It

Sublease, Coworking, or Direct Lease: A San Francisco Startup’s First New York Office Space

Nobody Can Find 2,000 Feet of Flatiron District Office Space. I’ve Watched This Movie Twice.

Buckling Columns at the Former Pfizer Building — Should Nearby Midtown Tenants Be Worried?

How Metro Manhattan Selects the Brokers Who Serve You

What the SpaceX IPO Means for New York City Office Space: 5 Reasons the Space Economy Could Drive Demand

Commercial Real Estate Broker Fees in NYC: How They Work and Who They Really Serve

How to Reduce Your NYC Electric Bill in Your Office Space: 5 Strategic Moves You Can Make

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