Erik Engquist is a Columnist at The Real Deal. He specializes in construction and real estate, covering topics such as the housing market, real estate development, and public policy, while also exploring themes related to cannabis and architecture. Erik's work has been featured in Yahoo Finance, The Real Deal, and NewsBreak.
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Multifamily projects won't pencil today, but will eventually It's tempting for big real estate players to ignore Staten Island, the so-called Forgotten Borough.
By: Erik Engquist
Nearly every weekday from 2005 to 2019 I walked directly from the subway at Grand Central through the retail space under the Chrysler Building, occasionally stopping at the barber shop, delicatessen, dry cleaner or locksmith.
Plunge in collection coincides with Mamdani's election win I sampled two Yale graduates with strong real estate knowledge to see if either
For one tenant, winning a judgment was the easy part Mayor Zohran Mamdani said last week that he's supporting a bill that “will enable tenant
Mamdani officials had wanted specs before calling for 485x fix Last May, the Mamdani administration's top housing officials said it was too
Rent-freeze rhetoric obscures that incomes are rising with inflation
Why money alone can't solve first-homebuyer problem Some 40 percent of homes built in 1980 were smaller than 1,400 square feet. Today, only 9 percent are.
Owner says legal fees eat up 20% of reimbursed rent arrears While everyone agrees that rent collection has dropped , there's much disagreement about why — but not among New York City landlords.
Two organizations, however, are trying to make it worse. The City Club of New York and Village Preservation have teamed up on a propaganda campaign to convince people that housing development won't solve the problem — and that we should scale it back.
How the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act will play out The looming Community Opportunity to Purchase Act has been stressing out the
