After years of glowing reports about the booming growth of Chinese real estate, a number of leading Western developers and private equity funds are preparing to enter the market...
Green design isn't just for a few trendy owners anymore. These days, even the Department of Defense, a federal agency not known for its environmental consciousness, is incorporating all kinds of green technology in...
Like goatees, 19-year-old billionaires, and taking your dog to work, the open office format sounds like a '90s idea that should be over by now. On the contrary, the idea is gaining momentum...
China tops most corporate agendas these days — no one ignores a country that's just become the third-largest exporter in the world. That is, unless you're in real estate...
Already the largest mall owner in the country, Simon Property Group is poised to become even bigger if its acquisition of Chelsea Property Group meets shareholder approval in an upcoming proxy vote. The $3.5 billion...
Flush with the positive reception of its new 58,000 sq. ft. Manhattan flagship at Columbus Circle, Whole Foods is now opening new stores in Greenwich Village on West Houston and Union Square. And some of its...
For more than 100 years, Columbus Circle has frustrated New Yorkers. The site of the world's first traffic rotary, it's often difficult to do anything but go with the flow here. Even figuring out where traffic is...
A year ago, the mold crisis looked as if it would follow the course of many past environmental problems — lawsuits, then laws, then years of cleanup. But the litigate-regulate-mitigate cycle isn't running on schedule...
Still reeling from the recession and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the New York real estate industry now faces one more blow: an 18.5% increase in the city's real property tax. The tax hike, which...
The priorities of property managers changed abruptly after Sept. 11, 2001. The destruction of the World Trade Center towers forced management firms to address security and safety issues with a new sense of urgency...
