Private real estate investing can be tricky
Ted Weiss likened the current local commercial real estate market to the stock market of a few years ago, when the Dow slid to 6,500 points, creating the ultimate buyers market. With nowhere to go but...
View ArticlePets welcome in the workplace
By James Reinhart How should a potential tenant decide which building to select for office space? Rental rate, incentives, class of space, location and tenant improvements make the usual list of...
View ArticleBusinesses post most job openings in 3 years
Companies in July advertised the most jobs in three years, and layoffs declined — a bit of hope for a weak economy. Still, many employers are in no rush to fill openings. The Labor Department said...
View ArticleREIT pays $39.25M for Holtsville offices
In the largest office sale on Long Island so far this year, a 264,482-square-foot building in Holtsville was sold last week to a Massachusetts-based real estate investment trust for about $39.25...
View ArticleCapital One cutting 135 jobs, combining offices
Capital One Bank is closing its back offices in Mattituck in a move that will eliminate 135 jobs, as it consolidates operations in Melville and Richmond, Va. The McLean, Va.-based company, which has...
View ArticleTop Levy aide Kent headed to Farrell Fritz
With just under four months left in his term, multiple aides to Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy have already jumped ship for sturdier places of employment. The latest to do so is Levy’s own...
View ArticlePower demand from U.S. homes falling
American homes are more cluttered than ever with devices, and they all need power: Cellphones and iPads that have to be charged, DVRs that run all hours, TVs that light up in high definition. But...
View ArticleDebt panel members rake in health money
The powerful new congressional panel assigned to tame the deficit will have to squeeze Medicare and Medicaid for any chance of success. But health care industries that depend on those programs have...
View ArticlePlum TV lays off 50 in reorganization
Plum TV, a Miami Beach-based network of cable stations and magazines targeting resorts from the Hamptons to Aspen, has laid off 50 of its 85 staffers as part of a reorganization. The resort-based media...
View ArticleFed says 12 regions grew modestly this summer
Despite the turmoil that shook the financial markets last month, the Federal Reserve says its 12 bank regions grew modestly this summer because consumers spent more in most parts of the country. The...
View ArticlePrivate real estate investing can be tricky
Ted Weiss likened the current local commercial real estate market to the stock market of a few years ago, when the Dow slid to 6,500 points, creating the ultimate buyers market. With nowhere to go but...
View ArticlePets welcome in the workplace
By James Reinhart How should a potential tenant decide which building to select for office space? Rental rate, incentives, class of space, location and tenant improvements make the usual list of...
View ArticleBusinesses post most job openings in 3 years
Companies in July advertised the most jobs in three years, and layoffs declined — a bit of hope for a weak economy. Still, many employers are in no rush to fill openings. The Labor Department said...
View ArticleREIT pays $39.25M for Holtsville offices
In the largest office sale on Long Island so far this year, a 264,482-square-foot building in Holtsville was sold last week to a Massachusetts-based real estate investment trust for about $39.25...
View ArticleCapital One cutting 135 jobs, combining offices
Capital One Bank is closing its back offices in Mattituck in a move that will eliminate 135 jobs, as it consolidates operations in Melville and Richmond, Va. The McLean, Va.-based company, which has...
View ArticleTop Levy aide Kent headed to Farrell Fritz
With just under four months left in his term, multiple aides to Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy have already jumped ship for sturdier places of employment. The latest to do so is Levy’s own...
View ArticlePower demand from U.S. homes falling
American homes are more cluttered than ever with devices, and they all need power: Cellphones and iPads that have to be charged, DVRs that run all hours, TVs that light up in high definition. But...
View ArticleDebt panel members rake in health money
The powerful new congressional panel assigned to tame the deficit will have to squeeze Medicare and Medicaid for any chance of success. But health care industries that depend on those programs have...
View ArticlePlum TV lays off 50 in reorganization
Plum TV, a Miami Beach-based network of cable stations and magazines targeting resorts from the Hamptons to Aspen, has laid off 50 of its 85 staffers as part of a reorganization. The resort-based media...
View ArticleFed says 12 regions grew modestly this summer
Despite the turmoil that shook the financial markets last month, the Federal Reserve says its 12 bank regions grew modestly this summer because consumers spent more in most parts of the country. The...
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