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Design + Construction · Leases

DC’s Office Market Eyes Brighter Future As Biden Takes Office, Vaccines Roll Out

By Keith Loria

One Vanderbilt.

Leases at Manhattan’s Priciest Office Addresses Fell 75 Percent in 2020: Report

By Nicholas Rizzi

Novotel New York Times Square

Novotel Times Square Hotel Closes Due to COVID-19

By Nicholas Rizzi

Manhattan skyline

Manhattan Office Leasing Activity Plunges 56 Percent in 2020: Report

By Nicholas Rizzi

Clouds drift over the L.A. Basin as rain falls during the last storm of the year on Dec. 28.

After a Year of Uncertainty, Hollywood and E-commerce Can Save LA in 2021

By Greg Cornfield

The Beverly Center in Los Angeles is one of Taubman’s premier mall locations.

Mall Giant Simon Completes Acquisition of Rival Taubman After Price Cut

By Nicholas Rizzi

A man speaks on his cellphone in front of a row of shuttered small businesses in Los Angeles.

Officials Extend Stay-at-Home Order, Business Restrictions in SoCal

By Greg Cornfield

People eat takeout food at a "public parklet" due to COVID-19 restrictions on restaurant outdoor dining in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Restaurateur Challenges Calif. Governor Over Outdoor Dining Restrictions

By Greg Cornfield

A Dunkin' location in New York City.

Dunkin’ Loses NYC Stores for First Time in Years as Chains Shutter in Droves

By Nicholas Rizzi

Farley Post Office

Class A Office and Tech Leasing Bright Spots in Manhattan CRE During COVID

By Nicholas Rizzi

Knotel Hit With Two More Lawsuits for Unpaid Rent

By Nicholas Rizzi

Breather interior in San Francisco.

Breather Lays Off Majority of Staff and Will Close All of Its Locations

By Nicholas Rizzi

New York City's Deputy Mayor of Housing and Development Vicki Been speaking at the MIPIM Proptech conference.

Technology · Politics & Real Estate

NYC Seeks Partner to Vet Proptech Tools for Its Real Estate

By Nicholas Rizzi

Eric Ripert

More Layoffs at Le Bernardin Due to Second Shutdown of Indoor Dining in NYC

By Nicholas Rizzi

Coworking location

U.S., Canada Lost 6 Percent of Their Coworking Sites During the Pandemic

By Nicholas Rizzi

The year when everything went wrong.

Making Sense of a Year When Everything Went Wrong

By Max Gross

Store for Rent sign, due to Coronavirus Pandemic shutdown and loss of business, Queens, New York

Post Mortem: How New York Brokers Hustled Their Way Through 2020

By Nicholas Rizzi

The U.S. Bank Tower, left seen in Downtown Los Angeles in May, shortly before it sold to Silverstein Properties. The tower and other high-rise office buildings have been absent more often than filled with workers since March when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Californians to stay home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Top 5 Commercial Real Estate Deals in LA in 2020

By Greg Cornfield