It isn't just shady guys in one-room offices that are doing this, either.
The typical square cubicle is basically used in corporate offices that are more structured, Mr. Sorrenti said.
That money is managed by MSD, among the more prominent so-called family offices that are set up to handle the personal investments of the wealthy.
MonkeyBrains.net is a small Internet service provider in the Mission district with funky offices that are a cramped imaginarium of spare parts and artwork.
Its three major national parties are still confined to cramped Manhattan offices that are plastered with gaudy posters and honeycombed with pamphlets for distribution and envelopes for stuffing.
"The trend has been to maintain the post offices that are operational while saving money at the same time," said Sue Brennan, a spokeswoman for the service.
One in Coney Island, in Brooklyn, is scheduled to open this month, and will be staffed by recruiters from three nearby offices that are closing.
Similarly, security officials determined that the three-person consulate in Adana and the American offices that are outside the embassy compound in Ankara are not secure.
There is also talk of including a day care center in the new offices that are being prepared for occupancy in August at the Starrett-Lehigh Building downtown.
Visitors today find a small grandstand with rusty, broken-down fencing, chickens pecking at the weed-strewn, bumpy pitch and offices that are empty and apparently unused, with computer terminals still wrapped in plastic.
What is the breakdown between sales and rentals? A. We're almost like two companies, in that we have three sales offices and three rental offices that are all managed separately.
