Possible Paramount Group sale to Rithm shows Manhattan office market’s strength

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Rithm Capital’s prospective purchase of Paramount Group is a stroke of faith in the strength of the Manhattan office market, which is where most of Paramount’s holdings are concentrated. The deal would give Rithm, a major force in commercial and residential credit and asset management, a significant, 13.1 million square-feet, bricks-and-mortar stake for the first […]


Microsoft says employees will be expected in office three days a week

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023 Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Microsoft said on Tuesday that employees will be expected to work in an office three days a week starting next year. Employees that work near Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, or the Puget Sound area, […]


CDC asks all staff to return to office Sept. 15 after HQ shooting

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A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told staff it expects them to return to offices by Sept. 15, roughly five weeks after a […]


Microsoft removed protesters who stormed office Israel military work

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Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., at the Web Summit conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The annual conference gathers key industry figures in technology. James MacDonald | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft asked police to remove people who improperly entered a building at its headquarters in protest of the […]


Aby Rosen’s Seaport office tower at 17 State St. bouncing back with new lease deals

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Leasing is brisk at 17 State St. near the Seaport since RFR Realty refinanced the harbor-facing, 571,000 square-foot office tower in January. The refi was one of three that RFR head Aby Rosen pulled off on previously strained properties — the other two were retail portions of 670 Sixth Ave. and 150 E. 72nd St. […]


‘Superman’ Thursday previews hit $22.5 million at box office

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David Corenswet stars are Superman in Warner Bros.’ “Superman.” Warner Bros. Discovery It’s not a bird or a plane that soared into cinemas Thursday night — it was Warner Bros.’ “Superman.” The first film in the new era of DC films under James Gunn and Peter Safran snared $22.5 million from preview showings. It’s the […]


How Netflix keeps luring directors away from traditional box office

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Film directors Rian Johnson (L), Greta Gerwig (C), and Guillermo Del Toro (R) Getty Images Netflix isn’t interested in bringing movies to theaters. The company’s leaders have said they see theatrical movie releases as an “outdated” model. Yet for more than a decade, the streamer has lured in some of Hollywood’s biggest directors to make content […]


More office space is being removed than added this year

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After several years of deep distress, the beleaguered U.S. office market has reached an inflection point. This year, office conversions and demolitions will exceed new construction for the first time in at least 25 years. Simply put, more office space is being removed than added, shrinking the overall office footprint, according to exclusive new data […]


Egg prices have plummeted since Trump took office — after hitting all-time high

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The price of eggs has dropped just over 61% since President Donald Trump took office in January, after spiking to an all-time high in March.  The most recent data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows white, large shell eggs are now $2.52 per dozen nationally. On Jan. 21, that same carton of eggs […]


Lilo and Stitch, Mission Impossible break box office records

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Still from Disney’s newest live-action remake “Lilo & Stitch.” Disney Shares of movie theater companies soared on Tuesday following a record-breaking Memorial Day Weekend at the domestic box office. AMC saw its stock jump more than 20%, while shares of Marcus Theatres’ parent company Marcus Corporation climbed 8% and Cinemark stock leaped 2.5%. The tandem […]