Downtown Manhattan posts banner year after 9/11, pandemic

admin February 17, 2026 0 Comments

A quarter century after 9/11, five years after the worst of the pandemic, Lower Manhattan is back on its feet and read to brawl. The Downtown Alliance reports the district enjoyed a banner 2025, with more office leasing than in any year since 2019; the population breaking 70,000 for the first time; and apartment conversions […]

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NYC hasn’t recovered construction jobs lost from pandemic — some still haven’t come back: report

admin July 10, 2025 0 Comments

New York State hasn’t recovered all of the construction lobs it lost during the pandemic shutdown – partly because of less demand for office space, a new report released Thursday said. There is 16,300 fewer construction jobs in the Empire State, 4% lower than before the COVID-19 shutdown — the second lowest recovery among all […]

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