NEW YORK CITY-It's not enough to rebuild Downtown, Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff said yesterday as Cushman & Wakefield made its 2002 economic forecast. It's an opportunity to build a true 24/7 environment. But market equilibrium is at least three years away.

NEW YORK CITY-The developer is charging that GM Building partner Conseco took improper measures to keep him from refinancing the 50-story Fifth Ave. asset and effectively killing a buyout attempt.

I'd like to do a half-billion in lending in the last seven or eight months of this year.

NEW YORK CITY-The general economy will start to show signs of picking up in Q2 or Q3, our respondents tell us, with a half-year lag time for real estate. Sept. 11, as tragic as it was, seems to have a fading impact on the industry's activity.

NEW YORK CITY-The under-served affordable-housing market just got a serious boost from two major players. The initiative is geared to revitalizing down-trodden neighborhoods as well as increase ownership opportunities for low-income workers.

The old art of examining real estate cycles is gone; we have disengaged from the cycles theory.

NEW YORK CITY-Ending months of takeover talks, Rodamco will split its US mall business three ways--among Westfield Holdings of Australia, and US-based Rouse and Simon Property Group.

There was a drop-off in major transactions of about 60% from 2000 to 2001, and 2000 was not a high-water mark.