Vacant downtown Albany office buildings may soon be welcoming new tenants.
Some prime capital city real estate, including the KeyCorp bank tower, is getting help to fill empty offices. The Albany Business Review reports a deal has been struck between Omni, the largest private-sector landlord in the central business district, and NAI Platform, one of the region's largest brokers, to recruit tenants in a search that will extend to Manhattan and Boston. At nearly 24 per cent, the downtown vacancy rate is more than double that of a decade ago The hope is Albany will attract tech firms looking for cheaper space with access to a qualified workforce stream of graduating students from schools like RPI and SUNY Nanotech.
