Innovo's Big Bet On Queens Warehouse And Studio Space Waiting For The Payoff

Barchart · 05/09 00:54
Opening a new 1M SF industrial and film studio space could have come at a better time for Innovo Property Group. When the Manhattan-based developer broke ground on The Borden Complex in Long Island City in 2022, warehouses were the hottest property type in real estate and the streaming wars were driving up demand for soundstages. Today, the markets for industrial and studio space have done a 180, with tariffs and oversupply hampering warehouse demand and labor cost spikes following protracted strikes pushing productions overseas. Nonetheless, Innovo principal Graham Stephens isn’t backing down from the company’s bet, despite the building’s lack of any signed leases to date.