As RE transactions sink, time to stem insurance’s tide
By DAVID PENNETTA // Everything in commercial real estate costs more right now – construction, energy, financing, and now add insurance to the list. Consumers are hesitant to accept these…
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No. 820: Happy new year! Celebrate with a new COVID vaccine (but probably not the double cheeseburger)
What’s the Rosh: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, marking not only the end of this latest workweek but the end of the entire year on the Jewish calendar. Yes, the…
No. 810: On the bright side, we’ve got leaning towers, busted presidents, cancer innovations and rice pudding
Half full: A happy and hopeful Wednesday to you, optimistic innovators, as we reach the midpoint of another progressive workweek. That’s right – you’re already halfway to your next…
LI lags as creature comforts conquer commercial RE
By DAVID PENNETTA // Behavioral science and behavioral economics continue to fill U.S. office buildings. Humans are innately distinct from one another, for the sole purpose of sustaining the species….
No. 798: Play some tunes, fly to space and show off your flexibility – it’s all gonna be peaches and cream
Light touch: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the official first day of Summer 2023 – our Northern Hemisphere’s annual summer solstice, when the…
Still finding our way in the remote-work world
By DAVID PENNETTA // You might want to rethink your steadfast refusal to return to an office environment. The pandemic’s work-from-home phenomenon caused seismic shifts across mentalities, processes and technologies,…
Giving plenty of thought to new green infrastructure
By DAVID PENNETTA // Nothing like nice weather and more daylight to get us thinking green. That’s good, because Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office has laid out some aggressive plans for…
After 15 years of legwork, time for action in Melville
By DAVID PENNETTA // Melville has a great business history – but action is needed now to keep the hamlet vibrant and relevant. The combination of office and warehousing spaces,…
No. 765: Dining on ashes, extended funding rounds and icy miracles – and keeping it real with CIBS
Fast forward: The winter-break workweek speeds along, intrepid innovators – it’s Wednesday already and all downhill from here (the positive version). We’re racing with you step for step on…
CIBS panel accentuates commercial RE’s positives
By GREGORY ZELLER // “Cautious optimism” set the tone Feb. 16, when regional experts laid bare the realities of Long Island commercial real estate. Nearly 200 attendees packed RXR Executive…
No. 754: Rolling the dice on Long Island casinos and leaner spending plans (but taking no chances at CIBS)
The 13 steps: Another workweek in the can, intrepid innovators, and another weekend in the offing – but first, a slightly supernatural Friday to wrap up this latest winter…
Brick-and-mortar finds a spot in an e-commerce world
By MELISSA NAEDER // Service Merchandise, which is all e-commerce now but came to life as a unique 20th Century catalog showroom, was way ahead of its time. The term…