Miami CRE Battens Down The Hatches For Matthew
Yesterday evening, The Vagabond Group CEO Avra Jain decided to ride out Hurricane Matthew at her Biscayne hotel. At the time The Vagabond was still basically full with tourists—many of whom were from out of the country and probably had never been in a hurricane before.
“Everybody seems pretty relaxed,” she told us. By noon today, it was clear: Miami and much of South Florida were spared the brunt of Hurricane Matthew, which had weakened to a Category 3, but remained hugging the Florida coast on its…
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Hurricane Matthew May Result In Billions In Economic Losses
As Hurricane Matthew's fierce winds sweep much of Florida, inciting the largest mass evacuation in years, businesses are taking a big hit and economists are projecting billions in economic losses.
This afternoon, the Category 3 storm's winds are blowing 120…
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Open vs Private Office: Is The Pendulum Off Its Axis?
This morning, 77 million Americans got up and went to work in an office. Increasingly, Americans log their 40-plus hours in spaces with an open concept design, unassigned seating, exposed ceilings and maybe a ping pong table. But are choices and creative office really solving a problem?
Too Much Of A Good Thing
During the rise of the creative office in the late 2000s, the New York Times reinvigorated discussion of an important concept: decision fatigue. The concept states that having too many choices can have an…
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TV Real Estate: Exploring Harlem History & Hip-Hop Through Marvel's Luke Cage
The Marvel Cinematic Universe's Defenders series on Netflix is a love letter to New York City, and the network's latest installment—Luke Cage, which premiered last week—is no different.
Set both fictionally and physically in New York City's Harlem, the show filmed around the neighborhood this past winter and early spring, featuring many of the same Uptown areas that other Harlem-based movies, including American Gangster, have used.
The Defenders fighting on…
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VTS Looks To Increase Its Competitive Edge With New Data Visualization Tools
As the advantages of tech's influence on the industry have become increasingly clear, new tech companies continue to spring up, and leading CRE solutions providers are constantly boosting their offerings to remain competitive.
Such is the case for leasing and asset management platform VTS. The New York firm has ramped up its offerings to include new tools for data visualization to help commercial real estate professionals close deals faster, increase tenant retention and ultimately help landlords reduce downtime.
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Looking For Work? These Are The Top Cities For Job Seekers
The US economy remains on good footing after weathering global shocks in Europe and China this year. Despite anemic economic growth—annual GDP growth has yet to exceed 3% in 10 consecutive years—the labor market has recently had some of its strongest growth since the late 1990s and experts project more than 2 million jobs will be created this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield's latest US Macro Forecast.
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