NEW YORK CITY-The Secaucus, NJ-based retail chain is liquidating due to “uncertain economy” and “weak consumer economy,” the company unveiled. C&W's Gene Spiegelman and Prudential Douglas Elliman's Faith Hope Consolo tells GlobeSt.com's Jacqueline Hlavenka about the impact that the store closures will have on Manhattan retail.

NEW YORK CITY-As hungry developers move to the Far West Side and Downtown to build glassy class A towers, sources tell GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka that the rezoning of Manhattan’s East Side will allow the industry to build bigger—and better—buildings in close proximity to existing heavy-hitters and landmarks. But others ask: how much density can the city handle?

NEW YORK CITY-The workplace and residential furnishings giant is moving from the Google building at 111 Eighth Ave. to 1330 Avenue of the Americas, highlighting this week’s wrap-up of deals.

NEW YORK CITY-Joshua Zegen, co-founder and managing member of Madison Realty Capital, tells GlobeSt.com that the company is always looking for “significant” discount-to-value opportunities, and St. George is showing potential.

NEW YORK CITY-During a mid-year press briefing, CBRE’s Ben Friedland and Sacha Zarba questioned, and evaluated, the challenges the city’s emerging technology sector faces as vacancy tightens and supply dwindles in Midtown South.

NEW YORK CITY-Petra Todorovich, director of America 2050 at the Regional Plan Association, talks with GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka about the next steps for the Northeast “mega-region,” and what challenges lie ahead on the federal level.

NEW YORK CITY-The private equity giant is shedding its national portfolio of class A buildings worth approximately $22 billion, according to unnamed sources in the Wall Street Journal.

NEW YORK CITY-As the city faces an increase in population and a shortage of affordable housing, sources tell GlobeSt.com’s Jacqueline Hlavenka that the proposal to make apartments smaller will provide a “creative solution” to a growing problem.