NEW YORK CITY-Fitch Ratings says it's designated nearly 6,000 loans, or 17% of its rated US CMBS portfolio, as loans of concern.

NEW YORK CITY-Fitch Ratings says it's designated nearly 6,000 loans, or 17% of its rated US CMBS portfolio, as loans of concern.

NEW YORK CITY-The bills are part of a package of City Council legislation drafted in response to the fatal 2007 Deutsche Bank building fire.

NEW YORK CITY-Buildings commissioner Robert LiMandri says the city is establishing its own concrete testing facility and will re-evaluate sites tested by an indicted private lab.

NEW YORK CITY-The third quarter has seen several office deals for 100,000 square feet or more, and Newmark's Gural says more are coming.

NEW YORK CITY-The third quarter has seen several office deals for 100,000 square feet or more, and Newmark's Gural says more are coming.

NEW YORK CITY-The original home of Lord & Taylor Dry Goods Store, 901 Broadway, has traded for $1,716 per square foot at a 5.6% cap rate

NEW YORK CITY-Instinet, located at 3 Times Square since 2002, is shifting its world headquarters to Blackstone's 1095 Ave. of the Americas.