Tuesday, July 21, 2009

In Manhattan, an Increase in Vacant Stores, With More to Come - NYTimes.com

 

Some of the more desirable shopping districts are littered with empty storefronts. For example, Fifth Avenue between 42nd Street and 49th Street, the stretch just south of Saks Fifth Avenue, has a vacancy rate of 15.3 percent

vacancy rates in Brooklyn and Queens, currently at 7 to 10 percent, will rise to 12 to 15 percent by year’s end. He said some neighborhoods have been ravaged by vacancy rates of 25 to 40 percent.

In Manhattan, an Increase in Vacant Stores, With More to Come - NYTimes.com

Small Boone foundation aims for big philanthropy - - BusinessRockford.com

“Over the next several decades, there will be a tremendous transfer of wealth. We’re establishing a vehicle (by) which people can accomplish philanthropic goals.”said Rob Funderburg

Other founders include longtime Belvidere auto dealer Jack Wolf, attorneys Kurt Tobin and Richard Van Evera, and former Alpine Bank executives Jim Cox and John Crone.

Small Boone foundation aims for big philanthropy - - BusinessRockford.com