In the past 10 years, FIRE's market share of occupancy in Lower Manhattan has fallen from 55% in 2008 to a little over 35% today, according to the third quarter Lower Manhattan Real Estate Report released today by the Alliance for Downtown New York.
Hotel room inventory in Lower Manhattan is expected to increase 27% in the next few years and if all projects in the pipeline move on to development, the hotel inventory in Lower Manhattan will reach 9,019 rooms in 45 hotels by 2020.
One of the largest city expenditures will be $60 million from the School Construction Authority that is earmarked for the construction of a new school in the Court Square area.
Although retailers/restaurants continue to lease retail space, others are closing down locations including some big box tenants who have been part of the retail landscape for many years.
The State Comptroller's report notes that New York was one of just 11 states that sent more in tax dollars to Washington in federal fiscal year 2017 than it received. Only New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut fared worse in terms of the tax/funding ratio.