A longtime operator in New York City commercial real estate has found his next frontier: Greenport, a village near the Eastern tip of Long Island’s North Fork.  Though the North Fork’s residential market shot to record levels since New Yorkers fled the city in 2020, growth in the commercial scene has been less steady, leaving some retail properties vacant or financially troubled.  To remedy that, Kent Swig, through his commercial firm Helmsley Spear, is working for the village’s Business Improvement District on an economic development plan rooted in the tourist spot’s underutilized real estate.   Swig said he’s focusing on marketing […]

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