纽约市场概述

曼哈顿办公室

租赁量从2.1百万平方英尺下降到1.16百万平方英尺。市场抛售后的商业地产活动调整可能需要数月。
疫情可能对经济产生持久影响，进而影响对商业地产的需求，令人担忧。许多客户已将交易搁置或彻底放弃。

曼哈顿零售业：

大约5万家零售店因新冠疫情而关闭。全纽约市的零售商都在关闭。在不确定性和裁员之中，房东现在面临着放弃租户、减免租金，还是依赖政府和保险的选择，以期未来偿还。纽约市的餐馆和酒吧现在只能提供外卖，而健身房、电影院和赌场已全部被要求关闭。

餐馆和其他零售商由于新冠疫情的停业，业务骤停，并警告房东他们很快可能会停止支付租金。

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