David M. Levitt – Commercial Observer

David has been writing about commercial real estate since 1998, first at Real Estate Alert, then at Bloomberg and lately for the Commercial Observer. He was on the job on Sept. 11, 2001 and filed two stories about the World Trade Center that day. After that he covered the aftermath and the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. His stories have also appeared in The Real Deal, the New York Daily News, the New York Times, Debtwire and Real Estate Fund Intelligence.

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Leases · Legal

Law Firm Leasing in `24: What to Know With Cushman & Wakefield’s John McWilliams

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Office Leases

Tens of Millions of Square Feet of Manhattan Office Leases Expiring

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Features

Fifth Avenue’s Office Market Could Pull Even With Neighbors Park and Sixth

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Features

In Much of Midtown’s Office Market, It’s Like the Pandemic Didn’t Happen

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Office Leases

In Manhattan Office Leasing, You Can Always Go … Downtown

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Features

MilkMate Founder Patrice Meagher On Scaling Lactation Services in the Workplace

By David M. Levitt

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When NYC Office Tenants Move Only a Block or Two

By David M. Levitt

Design + Construction · Investments & Sales

Developers Team With Airbnb Right From the Start to Fill Condos

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Tenant Talk

Crunch Fitness President Chequan Lewis On Rapid Expansion Post-COVID

By David M. Levitt

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Design + Construction · Leases

Mixed-Use Conversion Is Not the Answer for Office Owners

By David M. Levitt

Leases · Features

FIRE Tenants Are Not Spreading as Much in Manhattan

By David M. Levitt

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Leases · Features

Retail by MONA’s Brandon Singer on the Luxury-Led Resurgence in Storefronts

By David M. Levitt

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Design + Construction · Leases

Open-Air Retail Defies the Odds With Service-Oriented Businesses

By David M. Levitt

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Features · IMPACT

Demand From AI and Crypto Firms Are Straining the Country’s Electric Grids

By David M. Levitt

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Investments & Sales · Leases

Colliers’ Michael Cohen On Filling All That Empty New York Office Space

By David M. Levitt

Leases · Analysis

Being Together Turns Out to Be a Big Office Amenity After All

By David M. Levitt

Leases · Technology

What a Tech Company Wants in Its Office, Per Guident CEO Harald Braun

By David M. Levitt

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