New York CR brethren, How are things out East?
I am an analyst/sales person on the West Coast (Greater Los Angeles / San Francisco Market) looking to possibly move out to New York with in the next year or two, Just wanted to get a grasp on the market and see whats going on. Thanks in advance for your input, and a strong loud gutteral "UGH" to all those who may downvote. 
[{"id": "ccl2gxf", "text": "Not an agent but everything is picking up. SFRs, commercial, everything. Residential in hot markets is going crazy right now. I wouldn't say commercial is going crazy but we're back to pre-slump numbers. For the last year we've been mainly doing distressed, all cash deals but more traditional stuff is now going off. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cclhjee", "text": "Bloomberg had a number of initiatives to bring in technology companies to the city. More companies need more space. It's not a bad uptick.", "replies": [{"id": "cclw5r5", "text": "i work mostly with tech people.. this sounds very promising. would you mind providing more detail about the initiatives..", "replies": [{"id": "ccm1m0s", "text": "I honestly don't know about them specifically, unfortunately. You'd have to look them up, but it shouldn't be too hard to find.", "replies": [{"id": "ccm88qp", "text": "you're right i was just being lazy. thanks for the lead. ", "replies": [{"id": "ccn5hw8", "text": "Hey if I had known, it would have been more efficient. I just don't know what they offer for things. I also get confused because there's some bit if you go Downtown, or Brooklyn, or whatever.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cclih1i", "text": "What do you know about offices? We are about to rezone something like 80 blocks of offices to allow greater density and height limits around Grand Central Terminal.\n\nShould keep alot of brokers busy for the next two decades or so.", "replies": [{"id": "cclipnk", "text": "MT re-zoning won't take effect for a while. I'd bank more on the Hudson Yards and WTC expansions for the near future.", "replies": [{"id": "ccllde3", "text": "I feel like all of the Hudson Yards opportunities have already traded.", "replies": [{"id": "cclne9o", "text": "For the main buildings, maybe. But the area around the Yards (esp. with the 7 train extending out there) will be picking up.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "cclw5dj", "text": "I work specifically in office space with mostly with tech. Do you have more details on this? ", "replies": [{"id": "ccm4txb", "text": "http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/east_midtown/index.shtml", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cd3vi09", "text": "Focusing on secondary markets, keeping away from the froth.  MF, student housing, medical office &amp; grocery anchored retail.  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]