For Long Island malls, challenge equals opportunity
By SCOTT BURMAN // Mark Twain’s most famous misquote – that reports of his death were “greatly exaggerated” – can also apply to shopping malls. It’s true that many malls…
Cushman and Wakefield
No. 1028: A big bearhug for debut novels, offshore wind farms, CIBS philanthropy, puppies … and squirrels?
Say it ain’t snow: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hang tough through Winter 2026’s coldest stretch yet – and brace for a potential Long Island blizzard? That’s…
No. 914: Peaceful resistance, angelic guarding and coastal reinforcement, with real(ish) emergency responses
See? Saw: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as October rises and this latest week of busy socioeconomic innovation dips into its latter half. We’re teeter-tottering over the hump with another…
No. 908: Food for thought, and food for the hungry, on 9/11 (and every day)
Green day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we jet through another late-Summer/quasi-Fall workweek. Speaking of jets, sincere apologies to New York Jets fans and appreciative thank-yous to the…
No. 842: Ride ’em, cowboy – we’ve got horses, portable power packs and hot cocoa (plus septic stipends)
Saddle up: Howdy, cowgirls and cowboys! Grab them reins, ’cause we’re galloping straight through another busy workweek. To spur you along, here’s a high-in-the-saddle innovation review – the least…
Green energy stalls unless we minimize moratoriums
By DAVID PENNETTA // Land-use moratoriums are here to stay – but how they work can use a refresher. Moratoriums are a temporary prohibition of an activity. The intention of…
No. 825: In the swing with pocket watches, golfers, new bioscience aquariums and Anne Rice, good buddy
Hey, kinda warm out there: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island’s innovation workforce sweats our way through a surprisingly summerlike first week of October. Weekend update: Before we…
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…
At CIBS candidate breakfast, politics like it oughta be
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest meet-the-candidates breakfast in suburban Long Island has set national politics on its ear. At least, it should. Belying an era when presidential impeachments are…
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. 794: On the Fat Boys, the first flying boat and Vatican City freedom, with chocolate ice cream for all
Looking ahead: Eyes up, dear readers! It’s Wednesday and we’re hurdling the hump of another vision quest with innovation in our hearts (and a not-so-distant weekend already in sight). There’s…
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,…
No. 781: Bicycle, bicycle! We want to ride our bicycle with Eliot Ness, garlic and young musicians (but not on LSD)
Air quality: Welcome to the huffing, puffing middle of another breathtaking workweek, dear readers, with spring and innovation in the air. It’s Wednesday out there, and we’re helping you…
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…
No. 767: On prized pigs, radioactive serendipity and the very first Avenger, with composting AND compoting
Some snowstorm: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shake off Tuesday’s “significant” snowfall (about four quick-melting inches across Long Island, for those keeping score) and plow through another…