NEW YORK CITY-You can't ignore cap-rate compression, the foreign flood of capital or TRIA. But the BOMA conference opened here Sunday with warnings of an underplayed crisis—the shortage of talent.

NEW YORK CITY-You can't ignore cap-rate compression, the foreign flood of capital or TRIA. But the BOMA conference opened here Sunday with warnings of an underplayed crisis—the shortage of talent.

'Wall Street has noticed the hotel sector.'

'Wall Street has noticed the hotel sector.'

'Denser communities can yield a more attractive quality of life.'

'Denser communities can yield a more attractive quality of life.'

NEW YORK CITY-For the second time, the controversial deal has been deep-sixed amid fears for the community's status as an affordable-housing sight.

NEW YORK CITY-For the second time, the controversial deal has been deep-sixed amid fears for the community's status as an affordable-housing sight.