Jodi Pulice Greg Smith JRT Realty Group Inc. GlobeSt.com: JRT Realty Group does a lot of work in Long Island City and the Bronx, two areas with rapid growth and development but lacking in retail services. What are the factors that you see contributing to that lack of retail? Greg Smith: GlobeSt.com: In an under-retailed area how do you communicate the benefits of that neighborhood to a potential commercial tenant? To a retail tenant? Jodi Pulice: GlobeSt.com: Are there any programming initiatives that JRT gets involved in that activate these areas on a temporary basis? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do you find that temporary activations like this have a positive impact on leasing? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do these temporary activations increase the likelihood of these retailers or food purveyors being a more permanent part of the neighborhood? Pulice: GlobeSt.com: How do you determine what the retail needs are in these rapidly evolving residential neighborhoods? Do you engage with local residents through community boards or tenants associations and the like? Smith: GlobeSt.com: In these areas, which types of tenants tend to be most successful? Pulice: Jodi Pulice Greg Smith JRT Realty Group Inc. GlobeSt.com: JRT Realty Group does a lot of work in Long Island City and the Bronx, two areas with rapid growth and development but lacking in retail services. What are the factors that you see contributing to that lack of retail? Greg Smith: GlobeSt.com: In an under-retailed area how do you communicate the benefits of that neighborhood to a potential commercial tenant? To a retail tenant? Jodi Pulice: GlobeSt.com: Are there any programming initiatives that JRT gets involved in that activate these areas on a temporary basis? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do you find that temporary activations like this have a positive impact on leasing? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do these temporary activations increase the likelihood of these retailers or food purveyors being a more permanent part of the neighborhood? Pulice: GlobeSt.com: How do you determine what the retail needs are in these rapidly evolving residential neighborhoods? Do you engage with local residents through community boards or tenants associations and the like? Smith: GlobeSt.com: In these areas, which types of tenants tend to be most successful? Pulice:
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Natalie Dolce
Natalie Dolce, editor-in-chief of GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, is responsible for working with editorial staff, freelancers and senior management to help plan the overarching vision that encompasses GlobeSt.com, including short-term and long-term goals for the website, how content integrates through the company’s other product lines and the overall quality of content. Previously she served as national executive editor and editor of the West Coast region for GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, and was responsible for coverage of news and information pertaining to that vital real estate region. Prior to moving out to the Southern California office, she was Northeast bureau chief, covering New York City for GlobeSt.com. Her background includes a stint at InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats for M magazine, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, FashionLedge.com, and Co-Ed magazine. Dolce has also freelanced for a number of publications, including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine.
