TRD survey: More than 17 million SF of downtown office space shuttered in Sandy’s wake

Commercial buildings housing at least 17.3 million square feet of office space in Lower Manhattan had their basements flooded by Hurricane Sandy — and remain shuttered, a survey by The Real Deal found. The survey conducted on foot and by phone found that at least 15 buildings (see chart on the jump) on the east side of Lower Manhattan were closed and had flooding in the basements, and in many cases the sub-basements. [more]