Vornado Hires Elisa Young From Brookfield to Lead Manhattan Retail Leasing
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. New York continues to bifurcate sharply: trophy office leasing at record rents, commodity Class B in conversion discussions or court-supervised processes. Rent-stabilized multifamily remains supply-constrained and tightly held. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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On the RET wire
- The 171st New York story tracked on the wire in October 2026. All New York coverage →
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $6.8B across 64 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
- 12 stories mentioning Vornado on the wire in the past 90 days. Vornado coverage →
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Vornado Realty Trust has hired a new head of retail leasing for its Manhattan portfolio, Commercial Observer has learned. Elisa Young started Monday in her new role as executive vice president of Vornado’s retail divi…
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