After a challenging year in 2019, 2020 started off in positive fashion with the first quarter showing promising returns in both dollar volume and transactions. The market finally began to show signs of life following the rent regulation changes in June 2019 as dollar volume and transactions appeared to be trending back towards long-term averages.
2019 was a tumultuous year for the New York City investment sales market. There was Amazon’s derailed plan for its HQ2 in Long Island City, along with sweeping rent reform legislation from the state government.
Even with external factors potentially wreaking havoc, the investment sales market finished 2019 with a total dollar consideration of just under $34B — a decline of 7% from 2018 but a slight increase (+2%) from two years ago.
Last year was a tumultuous one for the investment sales market in New York City. New rent regulation put a damper investors’ appetites after the state’s legislation passed in June. Even amid a roaring economy, 2H19 was a sluggish one.
As we head into 2020, there’s cautious optimism around the B6 offices. We surveyed our investment sales and capital advisory teams to gauge opinions on where the market is headed. Here’s what we found.
As the new reality of stricter rent regulations becomes clear, the investment sales market in New York City continues to underperform its historical trend. That’s pushed the trajectory of industrial and retail in very different directions.
The investment sales market in New York City continued its sluggish performance through the second quarter of 2019. But even in this environment, opportunity still exists in certain pockets of the city. So B6 tapped three of its brokers to find out where they see potential upside in their neighborhoods.
The investment sales market in 2019 got off to a slow start amid uncertainty in the broader economy and speculation about major rent reforms this summer. But even amid a market slowdown, development is continuing thrive.
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