As New York City continues its scramble to find shelter for the relentless surge of asylum seekers, the city’s economic development officials are scouring real-estate listings and contacting brokers about the availability of space in a heightened desperate push to find room for theSources in the real estate community said they were stunned to hear from reps from the city Economic Development Corporation, who emailed and called them about the availability of vacant office space after checking...
What surprised real estate brokers is the city officials are not just looking for space in totally empty buildings, but also in Midtown facilities that are mostly or partially occupied where some vacant space could be subleased. New York City economic development officials are scouring real-estate listings and continuing to contact brokers about the availability of space in a heightened desperate push to find room for the never-ending stream of migrants.
The letter continued, “The City of New York will continue to do all that it can but it can’t do this alone and is asking for your help….The migrants deserve to be sheltered in a safe and decent space but if it [the city] can’t identify adequate locations for shelters then it will likely have to explore drastic alternative options.”