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Brooklyn

80 Percent of Brooklyn Small Businesses Lost Revenue Last Year

By Nicholas Rizzi

Container ships and at the Port of Los Angeles with the Port of Long Beach in the distance in February 2021. A record number of container ships are on standby to offload cargo to the ports amid a wave of online consumer purchases in the U.S. amid the pandemic.

US Supply Chain Snagged at Port of LA Over COVID Spending Surge

By Greg Cornfield

A Food 4 Less employee pushes carts past supermarket workers gathered to protest in front of the supermarket in Long Beach after a decision by Kroger to close two supermarkets rather than pay workers an additional $4 in "hazard pay."

Coronavirus · Politics & Real Estate

LA Mandates ‘Hazard Pay’ for Grocery Store Workers

By Greg Cornfield

Lorraine Grillo.

Lorraine Grillo Tapped as NYC’s COVID ‘Recovery Czar’

By Nicholas Rizzi

Indoor dining

New York City Indoor Dining Expanding to 35 Percent Capacity

By Nicholas Rizzi

Sunrise in New York City

Manhattan ‘Mom-and-Pop’ Landlords Among Highest Risk of Loan Defaults: Report

By Nicholas Rizzi

A WeWork location in Washington DC.

WeWork Cuts Rental Fees by 10 Percent in the U.S.

By Nicholas Rizzi

Letitia James

NY Attorney General Letitia James Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Safety Measures

By Nicholas Rizzi

New York City Restaurant

92 Percent of NYC Restaurants Couldn’t Pay Full Rent in December

By Nicholas Rizzi

New York State Attorney General Letitia James.

Amazon Sues New York Attorney General to Avoid COVID-19 Legal Challenge

By Nicholas Rizzi

Fourth floor at The Wing at 52 Mercer Street.

IWG Throws Lifeline to Coworking Operator The Wing With Investment

By Nicholas Rizzi

Salesforce

Salesforce to Allow Remote Work for Most Staff Permanently

By Nicholas Rizzi

David Simon

Mall Giant Simon Lost $1B Last Year, But Expects 2021 to Be Brighter

By Nicholas Rizzi

Indoor dining

New York City Indoor Dining Returns This Friday Instead of Valentine’s Day

By Nicholas Rizzi

A warehouse associate wraps plastic around a pallet load of boxes at Amazon's fulfillment center. Demand has increased for industrial warehousing assets that support quicker supply chains, as well as supply chains that can move single items rather than large items or containers.

Leases · Industrial

Southern California Industrial Real Estate Market: What to Know for 2021

By Greg Cornfield

Nadir Settles

Nuveen’s Nadir Settles Talks Life Sciences, COVID, NYC’s Future

By Nicholas Rizzi

Amol Sarva.

Knotel’s Bankruptcy and Acquisition by Newmark a Long Time Coming

By Nicholas Rizzi

Indoor dining

New York City Indoor Dining to Return on Valentine’s Day

By Nicholas Rizzi