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Downtown’s Home to 1,000+ Healthcare and Nonprofit Tenants

Although Lower Manhattan is home to the city’s Financial District, it could also be called the Health and Nonprofit District. The Alliance for Downtown New York says there are more than 1,000 nonprofit and healthcare organizations operating south of Chambers Street.

Healthcare tenants, in particular, have flocked to Lower Manhattan to meet the needs of an expanding set of residents and office workers in the neighborhood, the Downtown Alliance says in a new report.

Citing a report from CBRE, the alliance says Lower Manhattan has had a recent surge in nonprofit tenants, as those seeking value and quality space relocated downtown, especially as prices rose in Midtown South.

Healthcare and nonprofit users have similar real estate needs, the report says. They’re drawn to Lower Manhattan by requirements for affordable office space, a centralized location with robust transportation access, and buildings with opportunities for more specialized space layouts than traditional offices.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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