Which Sector Is Getting Hit Hardest?

When you're not doing so hot, there's always the hope thatsomebody else is doing worse. If you're involved with theindustrial sector it seems you have little to worry about sinceonly 7% of the polled GlobeSt.com readers think you're beingsmoked. An almost equal amount of readers think multifamily andoffice are suffering the worst (21%) and (22%) respectively. Morethan half (51%) of the polled GlobeSt.com readers decided thatretail is taking most of the licks of this economy. New Yorkerslove to explain that their town is different than the rest of thecountry, and Alan Miller, senior director of Eastern Consolidated,is one of them. He doesn't think the poll numbers match with whatis going on in the Big Apple, yet.

"What stands out is half of the people are saying retail isbeing hit the hardest. I can't tell you if the retail average isaccurate. I'm surprised to see that 50% attribute problems to theretail area. I hear a lot of things. There are a lot of deals beingsigned in the Meatpacking District where record-breaking deals arebeing signed.