Amanda Schiavo – Commercial Observer

Amanda Schiavo covers the NYC commercial real estate scene for Commercial Observer. Previously she has covered HR, the workplace, stocks, and wealth management. She is a NYC-native, and author with a passion for travel, history, and horses.

CBRE's Cassie Durand (top) and Aylin Gucalp (bottom), and a Sukoshi store.

Retail · Leases

Upper East Side

Asian Beauty Retailer Inks 3K-SF Lease at 1542 Third Avenue

By Amanda Schiavo

Global Holdings Chair Eyal Ofer and 875 Third Avenue.

Retail · Leases

Utopia Bagels Inks 3.5K-SF Lease at 875 Third Avenue

By Amanda Schiavo

Vornado Realty CEO Steven Roth and 623 Fifth Avenue.

Office · Finance

Vornado to Buy 623 Fifth Avenue for $218M

By Amanda Schiavo

Cross Ocean Partners's Terence Kim (top), Lincoln Property Company's Jared Toothman (center) RXR's Scott Rechler (bottom), and 470 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn.

Office · Leases

RXR Sells Brooklyn’s 470 Vanderbilt Avenue for $70M: Updated

By Amanda Schiavo

Retail

Popular Bank Signs 2.3K-SF Lease in South Williamsburg

By Amanda Schiavo

Thomas Galo of RTL and Jackson Park at 28-10 Jackson Avenue, Queens.

Retail · Leases

Restaurant Fer Inks 2,500-SF Lease in Long Island City

By Amanda Schiavo

Vita provides tenants hotel-quality services and amenities.

Residential

The Plan: There’s Nothing Passive About Manhattan’s Vita Condominium

By Amanda Schiavo

A rendering showing planned changes to Fifth Avenue.

Retail · Leases

New York’s Fifth Avenue Redesign Will Boost the Retail Revival There

By Amanda Schiavo

CBRE's Spencer Levy (top), Newmark's Adam Weinblatt (bottom), and the Lipstick Building at 885 Third Avenue.

Retail · Leases

Mamo Italian Restaurant Takes 7K SF at 885 Third Avenue

By Amanda Schiavo

Adam Joly of Igloo at The Jasper in Long Island City, Queens.

Residential

Adam Joly Wants to Keep Things Shifting in Long Island City

By Amanda Schiavo

The immersive art at the Maven in the Bronx’s Mott Haven (here and at right).

Residential · Development

Fine Art in NYC’s Post-COVID Commercial Real Estate: Everyone’s a Critic

By Amanda Schiavo

Cushman & Wakefield's Rico Murtha (top) and Helen Paul (bottom) and the Inwood Logistics Center, Inwood, N.Y.

Industrial · Leases

ECMS Express Inks 25K-SF Lease at Inwood Logistics Center

By Amanda Schiavo

Marx Realty President and CEO Craig Deitelzweig and 10 Grand Central.

Office · Leases

Marx Realty Expands to 11K SF at 10 Grand Central

By Amanda Schiavo

Newmark Executive Managing Director Justin DiMare and 1715 East 13th Street, Brooklyn.

Office · Leases

AdvantageCare Physicians Inks 22K SF at Brooklyn’s Kingswood Crossing

By Amanda Schiavo

Michael Cohen, principal at Williams Equities, and 57 West 57th Street.

Office

Achilles International Inks 5,530-SF Lease at 57 West 57th Street

By Amanda Schiavo

33 Whitehall Street.

Office · Leases

Law Firm Levi & Korsinsky Signs 17K-SF Lease at 33 Whitehall Street

By Amanda Schiavo

Ruby Square in Jamaica, Queens.

Residential · Development

The Plan: There’s No Place Like Ruby Square

By Amanda Schiavo

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