Recent NYT Biz Section Articles

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REAL ESTATE | March 29, 2006
Square Feet: Pressing a Claim for Dutch History
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
On Friday, the Corbin Building and the land where it sits will be taken by eminent domain for the new Fulton Street Transit Center.

BUSINESS | March 12, 2006
Square Feet: Going Off the Beaten Path for New Design Ideas
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
A design firm has invented the unfocus group to find out not just what people really think, but also how they really live.

REAL ESTATE / COMMERCIAL | March 1, 2006
Square Feet: A New Newark Moves Closer to Reality
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
Decades after redevelopment began on industrialized waterfronts in other cities, Newark is just now seeing the start of a transformation.

REAL ESTATE / COMMERCIAL | February 8, 2006
Square Feet: A Florida City Awaits the Payoff From Its Bet on Condos
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
Some people in Fort Myers are concerned that wealthy condo dwellers might not save the city after all.

BUSINESS | February 1, 2006
A Retailing Czar, Looking Out for Mom and Pop
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
Michelle Mooney will assist neighborhood organizations in efforts to attract and retain a diversity of businesses that serve local residents.

REAL ESTATE / COMMERCIAL | January 25, 2006
Square Feet: Luring Business Developers Into Low-Income Areas
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
Tax credits for commercial real estate in low-income areas are helping to create jobs and revitalize streets.

REAL ESTATE | December 28, 2005
Square Feet: Trying to Build the Grand Central of the West
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
Plans to redevelop San Francisco's Transbay Terminal, which has deteriorated into an underused bus station, are finally moving forward.

The Trade-Offs in Zoning Trade-Offs

November 23, 2005, Wednesday

By LISA CHAMBERLAIN (NYT); Business/Financial Desk
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1079 WORDS -It has become common in New York City for real estate developers to offer public amenities in exchange for the right to put up buildings that are taller than the zoning ordinarily would allow or to garner public support for projects that might stir controversy. But those amenities --...

Filling in a Blank on the New York Skyline

November 9, 2005, Wednesday

By LISA CHAMBERLAIN (NYT); Business/Financial Desk
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1139 WORDS -In 1967, the musical ''Hair'' opened at the Public Theater in Manhattan; the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed 500,000 antiwar protesters at United Nations Plaza; and the New Yorker Hotel sign, installed in 1941, went dark. The 20-foot-high letters still face west toward the Hudson River and...

Towers Grow in Downtown Brooklyn

October 19, 2005, Wednesday

By LISA CHAMBERLAIN (NYT); Business/Financial Desk
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1115 WORDS -The resurgence of Brooklyn neighborhoods like Park Slope and Williamsburg is well d79ocumented. But what is not as widely known is how well the downtown business district is doing, despite a still somewhat dog-eared appearance. What is more, the area is on the verge of a major transformation.

Wanting the Old Main Street Back

October 12, 2005, Wednesday

By LISA CHAMBERLAIN (NYT); Business/Financial Desk
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1423 WORDS -This city is often cited as one of the most livable in America, and with a warm, dry southern New Mexico climate, it is rapidly becoming a popular destination for retirees. Even though the population has been growing, from 74,000 in 2000 to 80,000 in the most recent census, the central business district has been all but a ghost town...

The Un-Mall on Bleecker Street

October 5, 2005, Wednesday

By LISA CHAMBERLAIN (NYT); Business/Financial Desk

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1047 WORDS -Do not call it a bazaar or a flea market. Nor is it really a mall or a department store. The best description might be ''collection of mini-boutiques.'' The creator of the retailing concept behind Emerge NYC, a newly opened shopping space on Bleecker Street in NoHo, calls it...

REAL ESTATE | September 28, 2005
Cleveland Pulls Back From the Edge
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
The long, slow decline of Cleveland has galvanized both the public and private sectors to address the downtown commercial district's plight.

BUSINESS/FINANCIAL DESK | August 24, 2005
SQUARE FEET; For Boutique Financiers, Office Space to Match
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
To a degree not seen in years, financial firms dominated commercial office leasing activity in Manhattan for the first half of 2005. In two years, financial firms jumped to 36 percent of the market for new leases from just 12 percent, according to figures compiled by Cushman Wakefield....

BUSINESS/FINANCIAL DESK | August 10, 2005
SQUARE FEET; A Roof Garden? It's Much More Than That
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
As temperatures soared over 90 degrees and New York City broke records for electricity use at the end of July, landscapers were installing a ''green'' roof at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, where parts of the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' are filmed. Above Tony Soprano's head will...