Long Island

A downturn in the real estate market is not history or the '80s repeating itself

In all appearance, the real estate market is poised to come full circle in the cycle. It has taken 20 years to happen, but despite a downtur...

State Bank of Long Island: Branching into Manhattan serving the financial needs of firms

For State Bank of Long Island, the largest independent commercial bank headquartered on Long Island, 2007 has been an exciting year. The ban...

LIDC awards contributors to Long Island's economic development at 10th annual awards ceremonies

Long Island Development Corporation (LIDC), part of the Greater New York Development Company family of economic development organizations, h...

Vapor intrusion: Legal issues for real estate development

Vapor intrusion of hazardous contamination is an urgent and expanding new environmental issue for real estate development. This article wil...

Buyer beware: User responsibilities under All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) standards

Consider the following scenario: a prospective purchaser of real property retains an environmental professional (EP) to perform a Phase I E...

Metropolitan Realty Association leases 5,796 s/f to Hearst Business Media

Hearst Business Media is establishing a new business unit at Metropolitan Realty Associates' Sunrise Business Center in Great River. Hearst ...

Question of the Month

Q: We're trying to sell our office building but it seems that there is a lot of available commercial real estate these days. How do we make...

Zere of Zere Real Estate completes leases totaling 86,000 s/f

The month of November has drawn to a close and Michael Zere, vice president of Zere Real Estate Services has wrapped up deals with a bow be...

Sutton & Edwards, Inc./TCN Worldwide completes $15 million sale at 2100 Pacific St.

In a transaction that dwarfs nearly all others, one of Long Island's largest industrial real estate transactions of 2007 was completed for ...

Anderson joins Farrell Fritz, P.C. as associate

Farrell Fritz, P.C. has welcomed William Anderson as an associate in the real estate and land use and zoning departments. Prior to joining F...