Posted on 02/09/2023 7:42:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
New Yorkers will continue to migrate to Florida because of the “ease of living” in the Sunshine State compared to the high-tax, crime-ridden Big Apple, according to a billionaire real estate developer.
Stephen Ross, the 82-year-old founder of Related Cos., the company that built the Hudson Yards project on Manhattan’s West Side, told Bloomberg News on Wednesday that he plans to develop even more commercial real estate in Florida outside of the traditional markets of West Palm Beach and Miami.
“People are looking from the Northeast and relocating for jobs — not retirement — and companies are looking” for offices, Ross said.
“It’s tax issues, and there’s the security issues.”
Ross added: “There’s just the ease of living.”
Ross, whose portfolio includes the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the Equinox chain of gyms, said his push into Florida is aimed at keeping up with soaring demand for office space in the state, which has seen an influx of residents from New York in the last 24 months or so.
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Florida is becoming the last bastion of constitutional government.
Had dinner with neighbors this week. A sister of one of them is vacationing all winter from NY.
She was wide eyed and silent when asked what I’ve done and (do)....Iraq, Afghanistan, GSSF, IDPA, IPSC, etc.
She’s another liberal that needs to go home. At least some of them leave after experiencing their first Florida summer.
I witnessed one at the Orlando gun show attempting to purchase a handgun with his NY driver’s license. The lecture this clown received from the dealer was priceless.
We need a border wall.
Build the wall!
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