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RE Market Analysis: New York Will Lead in Convergence Economy

NEW YORK CITY-Last night in the posh Metropolitan Club, speakers invited by Cushman & Wakefield to speak on the future face of the commercial real estate market pronounced this city's future the brightest of all.

By Amy Vaughn | Updated on November 15, 2000

NEW YORK CITY-Cushman & Wakefield president of US operations Bruce Mosler emceed the company’s event, Breaking the Space Barrier, last night in the Metropolitan Club. Speakers examined pricing power, comparative growth, the role of the economy and development. All concluded New York’s real estate had the greatest chance of future success.

“Right now there’s a 3.2% vacancy rate in Manhattan,” Mosler observed in his introduction. Referencing details from C&W’s report distributed last night, bearing the name of the event,he dismissed notions of the volatility of the market as a result of dotcom closings. “New York is the home of old economy business, the fundamentals of which are still very, very good. Dotcoms gave back 600,000 sf of space last quarter, and already 300,000 sf have been taken.”

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