In November, Manhattan apartment units leased at a median rent of $3,502—just $19 short of the previous record high.

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Banks, debt funds and life insurance companies are willing to lend on retail projects, but the projects needs all the “bells and whistles.”

Retail industry insiders anticipate that investment sales in the sector will go up in 2020.