Rebecca Baird-Remba

Rebecca Baird-Remba is a reporter for Commercial Observer. She grew up in the D.C. area and has lived in New York City since moving here for college. She got her start covering real estate for Brownstoner, and worked at NY YIMBY before heading to Commercial Observer.

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Construction for a new Terminal One at JFK is on hold as airline industry revenue craters during the pandemic.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

How the Pandemic Has Affected Big Construction Plans for NYC Airports

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
JNY Capital and United Hoisting Company are teaming up to build the nation's largest passive house office building an industrial property in Long Island City.
Design + Construction  ·  Architecture
New York City

NYC’s First Major Passive House Office Building to Rise in Long Island City

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
Gov. Cuomo opened the new $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall on Jan. 1 to great fanfare.
Design + Construction  ·  Architecture
New York City

Moynihan Train Hall: All Flash and No Substance?

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
The city has cancelled its four contracts with the Trump Organization, including for the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Throgs Neck area of the Bronx, after the president helped an incite an insurrection at the Capitol last week.
Politics & Real Estate
New York City

New York City’s Trump Contracts: What’s Canceled and Where

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
Brookfield and Empire State Development are teaming up to extend the High Line from 30th Street and 10th Avenue to Brookfield's Manhattan West project across the street.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Brookfield Properties Stands to Gain from High Line Extension to Manhattan West

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
14 East 23rd Street.
Leases  ·  Retail
New York City

Popeyes Takes Over Shuttered Taqueria Space Near Madison Square Park

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
Tangram development at 133-15 39th Avenue in Flushing, Queens.
Leases  ·  Retail
New York City

Indoor Playground, Baby Store Take Space in Flushing’s Tangram Complex

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
EisnerAmper's new office space, designed by Francis Cauffman Architects, includes an LED-lit elevator lobby with a 12-foot-long video wall.
Design + Construction  ·  Architecture
New York City

EisnerAmper Gets Colorful New Midtown Office

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
Michael Sommer.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Kushner Companies Hires Construction Chief From Retail REIT

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
The atrium of Building B at the Brooklyn Army Terminal features an open skylight, dozens of loading docks and a disused train.
Leases  ·  Industrial
New York City

Brooklyn Army Terminal Renews With Guggenheim, Military Electronics Manufacturer

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
A banner sign on scaffolding that says "cancel rent."
Design + Construction  ·  Policy
New York City

NY Lawmakers Delay Most Evictions and Foreclosures

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
Gowanus and its eponymous canal.
Design + Construction  ·  Policy
New York City

Gowanus Rezoning Could Include New Space for Artists, Light Manufacturing

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Monadnock is building a new headquarters with a public waterfront esplanade in the Gowanus industrial zone.
Design + Construction  ·  Architecture
New York City

Monadnock Construction Plans New HQ in Gowanus Industrial Zone

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Fashion Square, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Leases  ·  Industry
National

How Struggling Malls Could Reinvent Themselves

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has told his employees they can work from home indefinitely, while other big tech companies plan to return to the office in mid to late 2021.
Leases  ·  Office
New York City

How TAMI Tenants’ Return-to-Work Plans Are Affecting the Office Market

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Swiss energy company Axpo Holding AG's new office incorporates midcentury modern furniture and a minimalist color scheme with pops of orange and blue.
Design + Construction  ·  Architecture
New York City

Swiss Energy Company Axpo Gets Minimalist Midtown Office

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Bryan Kelly.
Design + Construction  ·  Construction
New York City

Gotham Organization Promotes Bryan Kelly to President of Development

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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