Frankly, the only housing areas we are addressing successfully are middle- to upper-income homeownership.

By December, my personal goal is to have in the neighborhood of one million sf assigned and under construction.

NEW YORK CITY-Slowly, answers are coming to the major questions posed on Sept. 11. Another piece of the mammoth puzzle created that day has been fit with bond brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 people at the World Trade Center, inking a deal for Midtown space.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Mortgage Bankers Association weighed the relative value of multifamily versus single-family development to national prosperity at its annual National Housing Summit yesterday. Among a largely multifamily-oriented panel, a national single-family housing initiative lost the debate.

NEW YORK CITY-Integra Realty Resources, in its latest investment survey, says that most markets--except for hotels--are recovering nicely, thank you. But owners' over-inflated view of building value isn't helping the capital pipeline to flow again.

Nationals are going toward affiliation, saying consistency and control are not the issues they thought they were.

NEW YORK CITY-There's a trend among major national real estate firms to eschew city-by-city ownership in favor of network alliances. Respondents to GlobeSt.com's latest Quick Survey, however, state that the tide may just turn again when the economy recovers.

NEW YORK CITY-"Herculean" financial challenges face Downtown, Insignia/ESG's John Powers commented at the firm's Market Forecast breakfast yesterday. Keynoter Rudy Giuliani said we can learn from the city's efforts a decade ago. Powers also proposed a specific mix of new development and memorial space for the WTC site.