Category: Thought Leadership

New Yorkers love getting groceries, meals, and packages delivered straight to their door, or at least, to their doorman. The “last-mile delivery” facility’s trucks and vans are the linchpin that make that convenience possible?

The most successful renovation projects are rarely the result of a single great idea. They are the product of collaboration between talented designers and experienced construction professionals who understand that while they may approach a project from different perspectives, they share the same goal: creating an exceptional finished product for the client.

Signing a new office lease may feel like the end of a long process, but in many ways, it is just the beginning. Once the lease is signed, businesses have to turn decisions made on paper into a functioning workplace. Furniture needs to be

Anyone who has spent a career operating commercial real estate in New York understands just how complex our regulatory environment has become. Local, state, and federal requirements touch virtually every aspect of our buildings — from life safety systems

New York, NY Colin Foster is the founder and chief innovation officer of Virtual Service and the creator of Virtual Doorman, the pioneering remote building-wide entry and access management platform for residential buildings.

Rockland County doesn’t have a housing crisis. It has a community crisis. We’ve spent years arguing over density, parking ratios, building heights, traffic counts, and sewer capacity.

Before commercial real estate. Before forty years of negotiating luxury retail deals across Manhattan. Before the boardrooms, the headlines, and the business world...there was music.

A regular issue when negotiating a limited liability company agreement for a real estate project is what should happen if the company needs additional capital for the deal. This is particularly crucial for

Walk down any New York block this year and you can feel it. The sidewalks are crowded, the storefronts are lit, and the energy that defines this city is back at full volume.

 Commercial real estate has always relied on skilled engineering professionals to keep buildings operating safely, efficiently, and reliably. While that responsibility has not changed, the tools that support it have evolved dramatically. Artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and smart building technologies are no longer concepts for the future – they are becoming part of the everyday operation

For much of the past decade, commercial real estate owners benefited from a favorable environment of historically low interest rates, abundant capital, and strong investor demand. As a result, capitalization

As I write this letter, we are preparing to be at the Annual Conference being held at the Rivers Casino, Schenectady, New York. I look forward to reporting on the conference in my next letter. We have some great courses coming up via Zoom. Please be sure to keep watch on upcoming courses by visiting nyscar.org/resources and tools/professional development.