HGAR hosts Westchester County Executive Rob Astorio at commercial real estate meeting

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) recently hosted Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino at its first Commercial & Investment Division (CID) breakfast meeting of the year at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains. Astorino discussed the county's economic development plans, and answered realtors' questions about taxes, affordable housing, the Tappan Zee Bridge, Playland and more. The Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORSÂ® (HGAR) is a not-for-profit trade association covering over 9,500 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange counties. The Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service (HGMLS), owned by HGAR, offers some 24,000 properties in the Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. It is among the top 50 largest MLSs in the country. Pictured (from left) are: Jim Coleman, executive director, Westchester County IDA; Bill Mooney III, director, Westchester County Office of Economic Development; Leah Caro, HGMLS president; Ann Garti, HGAR & HGMLS COO, Rob Astorino, Westchester County executive; Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO; John Barrett, CID president; and John Lease III, HGAR Regional VP, Orange County.

Tags: Brokerage

Reprint

Previous Story Next Story

Meridian Capital Group arranges 10-year retail lease for Mess at 236 West 10th St.

Manhattan, NY According to Meridian Capital Group, Jordan Langer, Noam Aziz and Carson Shahrabani of the firm’s retail leasing team have arranged a five-year lease at 236 West 10^thSt. in Greenwich Village

Houlihan Lawrence Commercial sells residential development site for $2.1 million

Houlihan Lawrence sells development site for $2.1m

GFP Real Estate signs Knit Illustrated to 4,051 s/f five-year lease at 247 West 37th St.

GFP R.E. signs Knit Illustrated to 4,051 s/f at 247 West 37th St.

The Feil Organization signs 15-year, 46,000 s/f renewal with Thompson Coburn LLP at 488 Madison Ave.

Feil signs 46,000 s/f renewal with Thompson Coburn at 488 Madison Ave.

Cushman & Wakefield arranges 16,051 s/f lease at 125 Broad St. to Harris Trzaskoma, LLP

C&W arranges 16,051 s/f lease at 125 Broad St. to Harris Trzaskoma

READ ON THE GO

DIGITAL EDITIONS

Browse Now

Quick Hits

Brokerage

Berger of Norman Bobrow & Co. renews 10,000 s/f lease for TADA Youth Theater at 15 West 28th St.

Columns and Thought Leadership

AI comes to public relations, but be cautious, experts say - by Harry Zlokower

Last month Bisnow scheduled the New York AI & Technology cocktail event on commercial real estate, moderated by Tal Kerret, president, Silverstein Properties, and including tech officers from Rudin Management, Silverstein Properties, structural engineering company Thornton Tomasetti and the founder of Overlay Capital Build,

Strategic pause - by Shallini Mehra and Chirag Doshi

Many investors are in a period of strategic pause as New York City’s mayoral race approaches. A major inflection point came with the Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani, a staunch tenant advocate, with a progressive housing platform which supports rent freezes for rent

Behind the post: Why reels, stories, and shorts work for CRE (and how to use them) - by Kimberly Zar Bloorian

Let’s be real: if you’re still only posting photos of properties, you’re missing out. Reels, Stories, and Shorts are where attention lives, and in commercial real estate, attention is currency.

Lasting effects of eminent domain on commercial development - by Sebastian Jablonski

The state has the authority to seize all or part of privately owned commercial real estate for public use by the power of eminent domain. Although the state is constitutionally required to provide just compensation to the property owner, it frequently fails to account