May 21, 2025

6611 Manlius Center Rd Lease

LifePlan Signs Major Lease at 6611 Manlius Center Road, Cementing Its Presence in Central New York East Syracuse, NY — May 21, 2025 — In a significant real estate transaction,…

February 12, 2025

250 Harrison Redevelopment

High Tide Capital, a historic development group from Bangor, ME has acquired 250 Harrison in downtown Syracuse, formerly the Clinton Hotel, with plans to transform the existing office building into…

December 3, 2024

Jacobs Finds a Permanent Home in Downtown Syracuse’s Atrium Building

In a move emblematic of downtown Syracuse’s ongoing “flight to quality” trend, Jacobs Civil Consultants has signed a lease for a new office in the Atrium Building. This marks a…

September 21, 2024

Major Potential Apartment Development

Our lot on the corner of Fayette and Almond Street is under contract with a developer proposing to build a 7 story, 291 unit apartment building. The total cost for…

June 30, 2024

Tech Garden Expansion Continues

Construction has begun on the Tech Garden at 235 Harrison across the street from our building at 224 Harrison Street. This 32 million project will add two floors, 46,000 square…

March 29, 2024

A Peruvian-fusion restaurant, with a menu built by a celebrity chef, coming to downtown Syracuse

It will be mostly Peruvian, and a bit Japanese, with maybe some Mexican thrown in, too. The new restaurant, called Inka’s, will take over a prominent space in downtown Syracuse…

February 15, 2024

Building Sold in Widewaters Parkway

Pinnacle Employee services has completed the purchase of 5428 Widewaters Parkway for $1.5 million. This move follows Pinnacles’ earlier lease commitment for over 16,000 square feet down the road at…

December 6, 2023

All Things Downtown

The Downtown Committee is a private, not-for-profit, professional Downtown management organization that represents all property owners and tenants within the central business district. They put together the following great reports…

October 26, 2023

Tech Garden Expansion Underway

The Tech Garden expansion is underway! The planned $32 Million project will add 46,000 square feet to the facility, including 2 more floors. The revitalization of downtown is a top…

July 23, 2023

88 apartments proposed for first new building in Syracuse’s Armory Square in a decade

JF Real Estate, PPI, and Larew Doyle & Associates recently announced plans to develop an 88 unit apartment building in downtown Syracuse. Highlights from the syracuse.com article are below!  …

June 13, 2023

JF Real Estate lists Syracuse Landmark

5404 South Bay Road is now listed for sale by JF Real Estate for $4.95 million. Before being purchased by William G. Pomeroy in 1996, the building was home to…

February 15, 2023

Understanding Existing Office Space Conditions

For business owners seeking office space to lease, understanding to what degree a block or floor of space has been constructed is important for meeting budgets and timetables. The existing…

December 14, 2022

‘Medtail:’ A Remedy for Retail Real Estate Vacancies, an Rx for Better Branding and a Cure for Inconvenience

So, you have a sore knee and you’re already dreading the anticipated drive to Megalithic Medical Maze Hospital for a potential operation later this year. Imagine instead that you could…

September 13, 2022

7 Reasons to Own a Home

Tax benefits. The U.S. Tax Code lets you deduct the interest you pay on your mortgage, your property taxes, and some of the costs involved in buying a home. Appreciation. Historically, real…

August 8, 2022

Electric Car Charging Installation

JF Real Estate completed an installation of 14 electric car charging stations in 2021. Two of them are located at the apartment complex at One Franklin Square, located at 460…

April 5, 2022

Reinventing the office space post COVID-19

COVID-19 created a paradigm shift in the way many organizations view office space usage. Across the globe, companies have adopted hybrid-workplace models, while some have closed their physical offices altogether.…

October 12, 2021

City Center Renovation

As seen on syracuse.com, the former Sibley’s building is getting closer to the facade renovation we have been getting excited for! Two our agents, Len Brown and Martin McDermott, are…

February 11, 2021

DGX in Downtown Syracuse

It’s official!  DGX is Dollar General’s exciting new store concept, coming to downtown Syracuse. Their search for a 6,000 SF space in a densely populated city center landed them at…