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Construction in New York Heads for a Correction

NEW YORK CITY-The metropolitan area's construction economy is stronger than other regions', but a slowdown is ahead, says an expert at BuildingsNY.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on June 17, 2008

NEW YORK CITY-The metropolitan area’s construction sector, like its economy, has been stronger than the sector nationally, but an economic slowdown will eventually catch up with the region and lead to a “correction” rather than a collapse. That was the forecast of Jim Haughey, chief economist with Reed Construction Data, at BuildingsNY here Tuesday.

“Be glad you’re here instead of Phoenix,” where there’s a glut of unsold new housing inventory, Haughey told the audience. “It’s going to go from great to good.”

Although the New York City region’s commercial real estate market is in better shape than the national average in terms of vacancy rates and rent increases, Haughey said the region’s economic growth has slowed to average or below average due to layoffs in office-based industries such as financial services. The slowdown in growth will persist into 2009, weakening the appetite for private construction such as office buildings.

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