Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon famously recognized the universal acceptance of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes when he pronounced that “we are all Keynesians now“. In honor of my late father, who was a physician and Darwin scholar, I would like to modify that correct statement slightly to reflect the […]
Today WeWork is going public in a transaction that values the company at $9 billion. This is a far cry from the earlier valuation of $47 billion when WeWork proposed its earlier public offering in 2019, but scandal intervened, and the company had to fight for survival. But there is no need to revisit […]
How has the pandemic affected the different sectors of the NYC office market? As you may note from the below grid, there is a widening gulf between the top-class A buildings and lesser performing class B buildings.
The class […]
I am pleased to pass on the exciting news that Wharton Property Advisors has been selected to join an exclusive international network of real estate agents representing tenants in approximately 70 cities worldwide. This new alliance which we helped create expands our capacity to assist clients in all the major cities and metropolitan areas in […]
For much of the pandemic, it was all the rage to declare the demise of New York City as many successful business people were decamping to Florida and Texas due to their pro-business policies and lack of state income and estate taxes. In contrast, New York was deemed to be an outdated relic.
But let’s take […]
It has been obvious to all for many months that the restoration of both the nation‘s health and its economy is dependent upon a sufficient percentage of the population being vaccinated so that we can get to herd immunity. In addition, it has been equally clear that the pace of vaccinations slowed […]
Our eagle-eyed readers may have taken note of recent press reports of the memo issued by Eric Grossman, chief legal officer of Morgan Stanley directing that its outside law firms representing the company return to the office to improve client service. According to dispatches, the memo suggested that firms continuing to work […]
As my favorite author is Anthony Trollope, the author of The Way We Live Now, I thought it might be a good time to take stock of where we are now and where we are going as the summer approaches.
Our economic forecasters at Wharton Property Advisors see the […]
I have been saying for months that no one size fits all regarding the return to the office. You can book that based on my conversations not only with CEOs, but with many employees in a wide variety of positions in companies. We are at the beginning […]
As you may recall, approximately two years ago Amazon decided not to follow through on its plans to move to Long Island City due to community opposition. New York City could certainly use those tens of thousands of well-paying jobs with their attendant multiplier effect now.
Both Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill DeBlasio were supportive […]
