As part of the administration's “Freight NYC” initiative, the New York City Economic Development Corp. will release on Friday a request for proposal for a private partner to build an Urban Distribution Center totaling 500,000 square feet or more at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

The William Kaufman Organization received the financing secured by its downtown landmarked office building.

Dr. Jerry Parrish, Florida Chamber Foundation chief economist, who forecasted earlier this year that Florida would reach the new $1-trillion economy threshold sometime in 2018, says the milestone was achieved last week. He notes that Florida is adding $2.74 billion each day to the state's GDP.

Tech accounted for approximately 23% of all leasing activity in the second quarter and financial services represented roughly 17%.