Research

Research.

Published for the owners we work with. Sourced data, working analysis, no filler.

The franchises

Four standing columns.

Biweekly

The Conversion File

NYC office and hotel conversions — basis, program, 467-m math, hard-cost delta, and the exit underwrite. The franchise no NYC broker currently owns.

Monthly

NY→FL Capital Watch

The monthly ledger of New York private capital deploying into South Florida hospitality, condo sites, and branded-residence product. Names, volumes, 1031 structures, and the Live Local Act angles that are actually pencil-ready.

Monthly

The Boutique Hotel Ledger

Sub-$75M hospitality comps across New York and South Florida. Per-key pricing, buyer type, operator decisions, flag economics. The segment the major platforms do not staff at senior levels.

Biweekly

Site Lines: Brooklyn & LES

Permit-level pipeline, $/BSF comps, FAR and air-rights activity for Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, East Williamsburg, LES, and adjacent micro-markets.

Latest

Recent research.

The Conversion File · Manhattan · 8 min
The 9.5 Million Square Foot Year: Why 2026 Will Be the Largest Office-to-Residential Conversion Cycle in NYC's Modern History
Manhattan's office-to-residential pipeline more than doubles in 2026. We read the three forces driving it and the one catalyst about to expire.
9.5M SFThe Conversion File
Site Lines: Brooklyn & LES · Brooklyn · 7 min
Brooklyn 2025: $6.6 Billion in Trades and a Development-Site Surge That Signals the 2026 Shape
Brooklyn logged $6.6B in commercial deals in 2025. Dollar volume fell 16%, but development sites rose 24%. The signal is clearer than the headline.
$6.6BSite Lines
Site Lines: Brooklyn & LES · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 6 min
Bed-Stuy’s 2,035-Unit Mega-Project: Why L+M’s Fulton Park Redevelopment Is the Largest Brooklyn Development Story of the Cycle
One of Brooklyn's largest mixed-use developments in years. Twelve buildings. Nearly 2 million SF. The case for the Bed-Stuy of 2028.
2,035 unitsSite Lines
The Conversion File · Manhattan · 7 min
The 10.4 Million SF Quarter: Manhattan Office Leasing Is Not in Doom Loop — It’s in Recovery
Q1 2026 Manhattan office leasing came in 41% above the 2020–2024 average. Availability dropped 540 bps from the Q3 2024 peak. The doom loop narrative is over.
10.4M SFThe Conversion File
Site Lines: Brooklyn & LES · Lower East Side · 5 min
The Lower East Side Is Trading Again: What $3.9M for 341 Grand Street Tells Us About the Submarket in 2026
The LES redevelopment bid is back. A March 2026 retail-site trade priced out at $394 per buildable foot — and it’s one signal in a broader pattern.
$394/BSFSite Lines
NY→FL Capital Watch · Palm Beach County · 7 min
Palm Beach County Just Posted an 80% Q1 — What South Florida’s 2026 Dollar-Volume Surge Actually Means
Palm Beach commercial sales rose 80% year-over-year in Q1 2026. Multifamily +121%, industrial +83%, retail +84%. The capital is deploying — just not uniformly.
+80%NY→FL Capital Watch
NY→FL Capital Watch · Miami-Dade · 6 min
Miami Office Is the Outperformer No One Expected — And Brickell Rents Tell the Story
Miami’s Class A office rents have climbed more than 50% since Q1 2020 — to $73.28 per SF. Q1 2026 Miami-Dade office sales were up 93% year-over-year.
+50%NY→FL Capital Watch
The Boutique Hotel Ledger · Palm Beach County · 7 min
The Branded Residence Era Moves North: West Palm Beach in the Post-2025 Capital Cycle
Branded residences command 25–35% premiums over comparable non-branded product. West Palm is now where the next wave is being priced.
25–35%Boutique Hotel Ledger
NY→FL Capital Watch · Florida · 7 min
Live Local, Four Years In: How Florida’s Most Aggressive Housing Policy Is Now Reshaping Commercial Underwriting
The Live Local Act’s fourth iteration (HB 1389) expands entitlements to transit-adjacent parcels statewide. 55,000 units proposed. 6,316 units in construction. The pipeline is real.
55,000 unitsNY→FL Capital Watch
The Boutique Hotel Ledger · Miami Beach · 7 min
The 2026 Miami Beach Hospitality Opening Calendar: What Delano’s Return, Raleigh’s $1B Restoration, and the Grand Hyatt 800-Key Tell Us About the Cycle
The Raleigh’s $1B Peter Marino restoration. Delano’s reopening. The 800-key Grand Hyatt. 2026 is the year Miami Beach’s hospitality repricing resolves.
$1BBoutique Hotel Ledger
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