| "...Their (owners and managers) desire to squeeze maximum space out of buildings is hardly unique, although their fervor may be. Hundreds of real estate investors keep an eye out for buildings that previous landlords failed to fully exploit." ''New York City is a city of square feet,'' said Bernard H. Mendik, president of the Mendik Company, which has bought and improved office buildings with more than 15 million square feet of space. ''Every square foot is valuable...'' "...it makes sense to find space rather than buy it. " "Schroder Real Estate found an extra 19,000 square feet in its Arlington acquisition, known as the Century Building, when a local architect remeasured it." |