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Office towers in midtown Manhattan during sunset.

Office · Leases

Manhattan Office Leasing on Pace for Highest Volume Since 2019

By Amanda Schiavo

Paramount Group President and CEO Albert Behler and One Front Street, San Francisco.

Office · Capital Markets

Paramount Group’s Uneven Q2 Has a Bright Spot: Leasing

By Mark Hallum

Prime US REIT CFO Cindy Teo and Waterfront at Washingtonian, 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, Md.

Office · Leases

Prime US REIT Lands 120K-SF Lease With Nuclear Engineering Firm in Maryland

By Nick Trombola

RXR's William Elder (top) and Dan Birney (bottom), and 1285 Avenue of the Americas.

Office · Leases

Law Firm Latham & Watkins Inks 120K-SF Lease at 1285 Avenue of the Americas

By Amanda Schiavo

GFP Real Estate's Allen Gurevich and 171 Madison Avenue.

Office · Leases

Relation Insurance Signs 5K-SF Lease at 171 Madison Avenue

By Mark Hallum

JLL's Mitch Konsker and 5 Penn Plaza.

Office · Leases

Crypto Security Firm Fireblocks Takes 35K-SF Office at 5 Penn Plaza

By Mark Hallum

Resolution Real Estate's John Thompson (top) and Justin Gentile (bottom), and 18 East 41st Street.

Office · Leases

Five Iron Golf Signs 4K-SF Office Lease at 18 East 41st Street

By Mark Hallum

A New York City Police (NYPD) officer stands outside the 345 Park Avenue building, the scene of deadly shootings in Midtown Manhattan.

Office · Features

New York City Office Security Under Fresh Scrutiny After 345 Park Shooting

By Isabelle Durso

Queens’ Cord Meyer Office Building Gets New Look.

Office · Development

The Plan: From Class B to Class A, Queens’ Cord Meyer Office Building Gets New Look

By Amanda Schiavo

Martin Cottingham, principal at Avison Young, and a rendering of the planned CityPickle Times Square location.

Office · Leases

CityPickle Inks 37K-SF Lease at 1501 Broadway

By Amanda Schiavo

Pendulum Property Partners CEO Kevin Hayes and AXIS at 2390 Orangewood Avenue, Anaheim, Calif.

Office · Investments & Sales

ParkTerra and Jen Partners Buy SoCal Office Park for $63M

By Nick Trombola

RFR Realty's AJ Camhi (top), Paul Milunec (center), and Ryan Silverman (bottom), and 17 State Street.

Office · Leases

Alphadyne Asset Management Renews 44K-SF Lease at 17 State Street

By Amanda Schiavo

Issac Hera, CEO of Yellowstone Real Estate Investments, and inside Tm:rw at 220 West 42nd Street.

Office · Leases

Immersive Experience Provider TM:RW Inks 20K-SF Lease in Times Square

By Amanda Schiavo

2 Penn Plaza and Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg.

Office · Leases

Verizon Inks 203K-SF Deal at Vornado’s Penn 2 After Essex Crossing Shift

By Mark Hallum

A CBRE sign advertising available retail space and Chair and CEO Bob Sulentic.

Flex Office Space · Leases

CBRE Revenue, Earnings Up Sharply in the Second Quarter

By Tom Acitelli

GFP Real Estate's Matthew Mandell and 209 West 38th Street.

Office · Leases

Fashion Business Corporation Sews Up Deal for 8K SF at 209 West 38th Street

By Isabelle Durso

GFP Real Estate's Eric Gural (top) and Martin McGrath, and 285 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn.

Office · Leases

Browser Company Extends Its 6K-SF Lease at 285 North Sixth Street

By Amanda Schiavo

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