Category: Long Island

West Islip, NY Robert Raffa and Robert Monahan from Island Associates negotiated a new lease at 425 Union Blvd. The new addition to the new 20,000 s/f

Uniondale, NY Cheryl Katz, a partner in the trusts & estates practice group at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP was appointed as a trusts and estates section delegate to the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)

East Islip, NY People’s Arc of Suffolk has signed a 10-year lease for a 4,000 s/f freestanding retail/office building at 59 Sunrise Hwy. The property

In the fall of 2025, the commercial division rules of the New York Supreme Court were amended to add Rule 25-a titled “Virtual Evidence Courtrooms.” What does this new rule mean for practitioners?

This special section will feature projects completed within the past six months as well as projects that are currently under construction across Long Island, submitted by developers, general contractors, construction managers, and architectural firms. 

Melville, NY Christopher Nuzzi, president and chief executive officer of Advantage Title, has been appointed to the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency’s (IDA)

Suffern, NY For the 10th consecutive year, Castle Lanterra (CL) a leading New York-based national real estate investment firm, has awarded scholarships to residents at

North Hempstead, NY Aurae, the luxury division of Aufgang Architects, a NY firm, designed three high-end residential and mixed-use developments in the city suburbs. 

Islip, NY Forte Construction Corp., in partnership with Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York, hosted a wish celebration at its Islandia headquarters for Long Island–based wish recipients and their families.

Southold, NY Helmsley Spear, LLC, America’s oldest continuously operating real estate firm founded in 1866, has been retained by the Greenport Business Improvement District (BID) to support strategic retail leasing, business attraction, and downtown economic development initiatives within the Village of Greenport.

Jericho, NY Cushman & Wakefield arranged a 41,000 s/f office lease renewal on Long Island, marking the largest office recommitment signed in the market thus far in 2026. Grassi, a leading advisory, tax and

Q: What is a fair rent increase in a commercial lease? My firm is negotiating a lease on an industrial building, and the landlord is asking for a 4% escalation every year. Is there a standard rent increase for industrial leases?  A: There are no standard or published lease escalations. Escalation terms are essentially whatever two parties can agree upon. An alphabet soup of rent escalators was common in the past,