Andria Cheng is a veteran journalist and storyteller at heart. Based in New York, she writes about the city’s fast-changing commercial real estate landscape and the impact of evolving cultural, economic, technology and business trends.Cheng has writt...
Andria Cheng is a veteran journalist and storyteller at heart. Based in New York, she writes about the city’s fast-changing commercial real estate landscape and the impact of evolving cultural, economic, technology and business trends.
Cheng has written for publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, Bloomberg News, MarketWatch and USA Today. An innate curiosity about what sets one brand apart from another drives her coverage, described once as a “distinct voice in a sea of noise.” She has been ranked as a top retail-industry influencer since 2013.
Cheng originally came to the United States from Taiwan as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and received her master’s in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has dual undergraduate degrees in finance and foreign languages and literature from National Taiwan University.
The trend of deep‑pocketed office tenants paying ever‑higher rents in New York shows no sign of easing, as two recent deals have broken the threshold of $320 per square foot.
A historic office building steps from the tourist-and-entertainment hub of Times Square has secured $203 million in financing, clearing the way for its conversion into a residential property.
Extell Development Co., the developer credited with helping reshape New York’s skyline through a wave of residential supertall buildings, has named a real estate industry veteran associated with a ...
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Agentio, an AI-native platform that pairs brands with content creators, is moving from Brooklyn to the overhauled historic Textile Building in Manhattan’s Midtown South area.
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Luxury Swiss watchmaker Rolex is set to open its New York office and retail flagship tower this fall, marking a rare move by a luxury brand into the role of office landlord.
Hydrogen Fitness, an upscale gym operator positioned as a lower‑cost alternative to luxury chains such as Equinox, is making its first move into Manhattan from its suburban roots.
Global developer Thor Equities bought a historic property in New York's trendy NoMad neighborhood, marking what CoStar data shows as its first office purchase in about a decade.
Mary Cannon and Erica Desai, friends who founded CityPickle in 2021, have turned their idea into a racket-sport powerhouse that recently opened what’s billed as New York’s largest pickleball club in ...
While geopolitical and economic risks loom large for real estate executives, artificial intelligence has become the industry’s most powerful driver of change, reshaping how firms operate and compete.
Ride-hailing giant Uber has expanded its Manhattan footprint in the World Trade Center complex as it’s more than doubled its New York employee count since before the pandemic.
1 Wythe Ave. is billed as one of Brooklyn’s most ambitious and consequential new commercial developments in recent years. Conceived as a modern industrial‑commercial property rather than a ...
RXR characterized its 2025 acquisition of 590 Madison Ave. in partnership with Elliott Investment Management as “one of the most strategic and consequential office transactions in recent history.”
Terminal Warehouse, one of the largest adaptive reuse projects in New York’s recent history, offers a rare case study in how a historic, landmarked former freight facility can be redeveloped into a ...
770 Broadway, a landmarked Manhattan mixed-use office building constructed in the early 1900s as the flagship Wanamaker department store, is a case study in how a historically significant commercial ...