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NEW YORK CITY – Tech has unseated finance as the top leasing industry in New York City for the first time, underscoring its growing influence on local market fundamentals. These high-growth companies remain attracted to New York City with an eye for talent amidst tightened labor market conditions, nationally, Craig Leibowitz, senior director of New York research, tells GlobeSt.com.
There are approximately 319,000 tech companies in the broader New York City metropolitan area, quietly offering the largest tech workforce in the country, a 10.8 percent larger workforce than the second-ranked Silicon Valley and San Francisco area, he cited.
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Mariah Brown
Mariah Brown is the New York Bureau Chief and Real Estate Reporter for GlobeSt.com, covering the New York Metro area, Northeast region and national real estate trends. She is responsible for producing multi-media content, including articles, podcasts and video. Before joining the GlobeSt team, she served as a New York Times fellow, reported for the Associated Press in New York and Philadelphia and several other New York City-based outlets.
