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David M. Levitt

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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Office · Leases
San Francisco

JLL’s Justin Bedecarre and Felipe Gomez-Kraus On What AI Tenants Want

By David M. Levitt
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Trending Stories
Special Purpose · Development
Washington DC

D.C. Mayor Bowser Unveils Plan to Fund RFK Stadium Redevelopment

Residential · Development
New York City

NYC Council Approves Brooklyn Rezoning Set to Create 4,600 Homes

Residential · Finance
Florida

Acore Provides $48M Refi on Florida Luxury Apartment Complex

Residential · Finance
California

Jamison Lands $220M Financing Package Toward Multifamily Towers in L.A.’s K-Town

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Leases
New York City

Asking vs. Taking Rents in Manhattan Office: The Gulf Is Widening

By David M. Levitt
Premium
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Leases
National

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

By David M. Levitt
Premium
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Leases
New York City

Tens of Millions of Square Feet of Manhattan Office Leases Expiring

By David M. Levitt
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Office · Leases
New York City

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

By David M. Levitt
Premium
 
Trending Stories
Special Purpose · Development
Washington DC

D.C. Mayor Bowser Unveils Plan to Fund RFK Stadium Redevelopment

Residential · Development
New York City

NYC Council Approves Brooklyn Rezoning Set to Create 4,600 Homes

Residential · Finance
Florida

Acore Provides $48M Refi on Florida Luxury Apartment Complex

Residential · Finance
California

Jamison Lands $220M Financing Package Toward Multifamily Towers in L.A.’s K-Town

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Office · Leases
New York City

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

By David M. Levitt
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Leases
New York City

In Manhattan Office Leasing, You Can Always Go … Downtown

By David M. Levitt
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Office · Leases
New York City

MilkMate Founder Patrice Meagher On Scaling Lactation Services in the Workplace

By David M. Levitt
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Leases
New York City

When NYC Office Tenants Move Only a Block or Two

By David M. Levitt
Premium
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Residential · Investments & Sales
New York City

Developers Team With Airbnb Right From the Start to Fill Condos

By David M. Levitt
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Leases
National

Crunch Fitness President Chequan Lewis On Rapid Expansion Post-COVID

By David M. Levitt
Premium
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Office · Leases
National

Mixed-Use Conversion Is Not the Answer for Office Owners

By David M. Levitt
Premium
Industry · Leases
New York City

FIRE Tenants Are Not Spreading as Much in Manhattan

By David M. Levitt
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Retail · Leases
New York City

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

By David M. Levitt
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Retail · Leases
New York City

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

By David M. Levitt
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AI power drain
Development
New York City

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

By David M. Levitt
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Office · Leases
New York City

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

By David M. Levitt
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