David Levitt

David Levitt

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Commercial real estate reporter/editor (Bloomberg/Debtwire); CRE markets and deals.

Millionaires Splurge on $250 M Custom Home Aquariums
SocialMar 12, 2026

Millionaires Splurge on $250 M Custom Home Aquariums

Something's fishy in high-end #realestate. Folks w/pay 6 figures or more to decorate their lux homes w/#aquariums to die for. Eric ponied up $250G for custom tank in his #DelRayBeachFL abode w/displays 9 kinds of tropical fish. #mortgage https://t.co/nHLpINTVJ8 via...

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Compass Merger Triggers 110 Layoffs; Anywhere HQ Available
SocialMar 6, 2026

Compass Merger Triggers 110 Layoffs; Anywhere HQ Available

If you work for #Anywhere in #MadisonNJ, you might want to polish up your resume. Merger w/#Compass costs 110 jobs at combined #brokerage giant. 270KSF Anywhere HQ up for lease. #realestate #MandA #mortgage #NJ #layoffs #JLL #RobertReffkin https://t.co/4SsKTtsrg2

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Youth Group Targets Jonathan Chu over Chinatown Displacement
SocialMar 5, 2026

Youth Group Targets Jonathan Chu over Chinatown Displacement

Engquist: Landlord derangement syndrome in #Chinatown? #YouthAgainstDisplacement tries to make a villain out of #realestate figure #JonathanChu, w/#dimsum #restaurant in middle. #JingFong #NYC #CRE #MuesumofChineseinAmerica #NYC #realestate https://t.co/eECp9ouAPX

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Sergey Brin Joins Tech Elite with $51M Miami Purchase
SocialMar 5, 2026

Sergey Brin Joins Tech Elite with $51M Miami Purchase

Another boldface #tech name decamps to #SoFla. #Google cofounder #SergeyBrin pays $51M for waterfront home of #LVMH boss #MichaelBurke on #AlisonIsland, joining the #Zuckerbergs+fellow Google creator #LarryPage. #realestate #mortgage #Miami #CoconutGrove https://t.co/3BfAXAnLCz

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Mayor Mamdani's Optimism Cracks over Tax and Housing Plan
SocialMar 4, 2026

Mayor Mamdani's Optimism Cracks over Tax and Housing Plan

Engquist: Ding ding ding. Cracks appear in the resolutely optimistic #MayorMamdani's armor as qs rise over prop #taxes+#Sunnyside #affordablehousing. #realestate #CRE #multifamily #NYC #Queens https://t.co/SKMyuFhL5X

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Historic Ace Greenberg NYC Home Hits $30M Market
SocialMar 4, 2026

Historic Ace Greenberg NYC Home Hits $30M Market

If you <3 all the curlicues of a bygone era+you got $30M to kill, check out the 1-time #UES home of legendary #BearStearns boss #AceGreenberg at #845Fifth, listed for the 1st time in nearly 60 years. #realestate #mortgage #NYC https://t.co/yGfdf3s8TU

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Former Owner Might
SocialMar 3, 2026

Former Owner Might

#Auction on #5thAve. 80KSF #681Fifth, a McKim, Mead&White design, goes for just $100G to #WellsFargo. But #RobertSiegel, who lost it thru #foreclosure, may have some cards up his sleeve. Proceeding barely a min. #realestate #CRE #NYC https://t.co/eiDjaAGEuc via @CrainsNewYork

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Zuckerberg Spends $170M on Miami Island Bunker
SocialMar 3, 2026

Zuckerberg Spends $170M on Miami Island Bunker

#Zuckerbergs finally come clean abt '#billionaire bunker' they paid $170M for in #IndianCreek on exclusive island near #MiamiDade, w/neighbors #TomBrady+#CarlIcahn. Sellers are cosmetic surgeon #Rollins+his wife, a #realestate agent. https://t.co/XiDLXgs3lQ via @WSJ

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Sunnyside Yard Redevelopment Aims to House 12k Families
SocialMar 3, 2026

Sunnyside Yard Redevelopment Aims to House 12k Families

At 192 acres, #SunnysideYard w/the largest coach yard in the world w/it opened in 1910+w/#MayorMamdani wants to put 12K families. +He wants #Trump to ok #21B in fed $$ for it. 'In a city w/land is so precious, here lies...

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1540 Broadway Hits 50% Occupancy, Targets 80% by Q2
SocialMar 3, 2026

1540 Broadway Hits 50% Occupancy, Targets 80% by Q2

#1540Broadway, fka the #Bertelsmann bldg, reaches 50% as #Pandora 2xs its space+#Korean bank signs for 18.5KSF. 'We expect to be well on toward 80% by the end of Q2' #GFP #MSD #MichaelDell #realestate #CRE #WooriBank #Newmark https://t.co/jMCtLaQVv3

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Neumann's $445M Exit Sparks Outcry Over School Plan
SocialMar 2, 2026

Neumann's $445M Exit Sparks Outcry Over School Plan

Debris poured into #SoFla's #RaderMethodist as #Neumann, who got $445M to leave #WeWork, incites local ire. They proposed replacing town's most iconic bldg w/nature-focused K-12 #Jewish school. #ElPortal #Flow #realestate #CRE #MiamiDade #coworking https://t.co/65egJZS2xO

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Ivana Trump's Former NYC Townhouse Halves Price to $14M
SocialMar 2, 2026

Ivana Trump's Former NYC Townhouse Halves Price to $14M

The fancy-schmancy townhouse where the 1st Mrs. #Trump lived goes for a deeply discounted $14M. Original ask was $26.5M. Has no full-on kitchen. 'My mom absolutely loved that house' #Ivana #NYC #realestate #mortgage #UES https://t.co/49RjM6YgHM via @WSJ

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Data Center Outages Threaten Power Grid, Prompting Drastic Action
SocialMar 2, 2026

Data Center Outages Threaten Power Grid, Prompting Drastic Action

Dark side of the #datacenter craze: unplugging. Abt 40, using enough power for 1M homes, simultaneously went offline last year, forcing the #VA operator into drastic action. 2d such incident. #realestate #tech #AI #warehouses #industrial https://t.co/zdjJyMPnlt via @WSJ

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Condo Owners Fight Demolition of Miami’s 1964 Tower
SocialMar 2, 2026

Condo Owners Fight Demolition of Miami’s 1964 Tower

How a see-thru bldg came to be on some of America's hottest #realestate. 10 #condo owners sued the teardown of a 1964 tower on #Miami waterfront+neither side looks ready to budge. #multifamily #SoFla #litigation #TwoRoads #Marriott #Biscayne21 https://t.co/3FoaZTV7hq via @WSJ

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Mayor Pushes 12,000‑unit Sunnyside Yards Development Plan
SocialFeb 27, 2026

Mayor Pushes 12,000‑unit Sunnyside Yards Development Plan

2 guys from #Queens talk #realestate. #MayorMamdani touts plan to build 12,000 units on #SunnysideYards. Probly w/need fed $$. 'It's important we connect nabes' #CRE #multifamily #affordablehousing #MitchellLama #NYC https://t.co/6WMns2brrh

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Co
SocialFeb 25, 2026

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#RealEstate data giant #CoStar thinks of itself as a winner but thus far #WallSt treating it as a loser, as it fell below $45/share 1st X since 19. #Florance touts https://t.co/OfrVvw8tgH's new #AI platform, sees rivals as 'doomscrolls' #CRE ...

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Austin Rents Set to Rebound as Vacancy Dries
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Austin Rents Set to Rebound as Vacancy Dries

#Austin poised for another moment. Rents there w/probably rise in coming months after falling last 10 qtrs as trove of empty apts starts to run dry. #realestate #CRE #multifamily #tech #mortgage #investmentsales https://t.co/meHbZSFqVN via @WSJ https://t.co/T2gRvG2Sc2

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Amex Anchors 2WTC, Enabling Long‑delayed Spire Construction
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Amex Anchors 2WTC, Enabling Long‑delayed Spire Construction

Looks like #1WTC's "little" brother w/finally reach the sky, if a little late. #Amex agrees to be anchor tenant for #2WTC, clearing way for #Silverstein to erect long-stalled 55-story spire, almost 25 years after terror. #NYC #CRE #WTC https://t.co/5zFupdpk1N...

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Kali Chaudhuri Bets $470M to Revitalize LA Towers
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Kali Chaudhuri Bets $470M to Revitalize LA Towers

#KaliChaudhuri looked at #LA's graffiti-scarred towers+saw potential. Poised to pay $470M for #OceanwidePlaza, storied for its #Chinese failure,+its 2 brethren. 'I'll try my very best to turn it around+make it a jewel' #realestate #multifamily #KPC https://t.co/CANYdyTniX

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Yoda Targets Transamerica Pyramid Amid German Investor Pressure
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Yoda Targets Transamerica Pyramid Amid German Investor Pressure

#Yoda to buy #TransamericaPyramid, #SanFran icon. as seller #Shvo faces mounting tension w/#German investors. #BVK #DeutscheFinance #realestate #CRE #BayArea #mortgage #foreclosure #MandarinOriental #Egypt https://t.co/7oosJbQTvE

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Amazon Invests $12B in Shreveport Data Centers, Boosting LA Jobs
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Amazon Invests $12B in Shreveport Data Centers, Boosting LA Jobs

#Amazon in $12B love affair w/#LA as it plans series of #datacenters near #Shreveport. 'Puts LA at center of operations relied on acx country+connects our community to jobs' #ecommerce #infrastructure #realestate #CRE #AI #electricity #GovLandry https://t.co/27YgUCMaNa

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SCOTUS Decision Adds
SocialFeb 24, 2026

SCOTUS Decision Adds

For #CRE investors who crave stability, Fridays' #SCOTUS ruling w/a big 'huh?' W/#Trump moving for alternatives to impose #tariffs. 'This is a very convoluted system. The devil's always in the details.' #realestate #IEEPA #supplychains #warehouse https://t.co/aIdO8aeSdM

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NYC Real Estate Stumped by Roosevelt Hotel
SocialFeb 24, 2026

NYC Real Estate Stumped by Roosevelt Hotel

#NYC #realestate scratches its head over future of #RooseveltHotel as owner #Pakistan embraces redev under a #JV, an idea that's only been kicking around for 5 years. #DC baffled. #hotel #GrandCentral #CRE #Trump #GSA https://t.co/quNa74iZS1

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Affinius Deal Values Veris REIT at $3.4 B
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Affinius Deal Values Veris REIT at $3.4 B

Fuggetabout all that tsouris over investors claiming #Veris, fka #MackCali, w/undervaluing itself. #Affinius group in deal that values #REIT at $3.4B. #WallSt #multifamily #residential #VistaHill #realestate #CRE #Kushner https://t.co/W7mr3PhzY4

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Vanbarton Leads Office‑to‑Residential Conversion Surge
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Vanbarton Leads Office‑to‑Residential Conversion Surge

The office>resi #conversion frenzy+#Vanbarton's central place in it. Boss #RichardACColes discusses that+other issues. #NYC #realestate #CRE #multifamily #MayorMamdani #467M #NoMad #mortgage https://t.co/ceQM1ZXDsf

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AI Disrupts Real Estate, Questioning Need for Physical Space
SocialFeb 23, 2026

AI Disrupts Real Estate, Questioning Need for Physical Space

An entire industry's dilemma: Can #CRE convince investors you need humans who need 3D space for stores, warehouses, offices? #AI anxiety bites hard. 'The threat is the 28yo broker who can deliver in 2 hrs w/used to take 2 weeks'...

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