Most markets the physical vacancy is 5-10%, good chance you can find it by googling and seeing what the average is.

You can also search Google and read reviews.

If your wondering the future of things, google the history, examples galore including recent history of such.

*Lake Anna, Reston Virginia*Originating in 1990, The Reston Town Center is a major employment and entertainment hub in the area, with companies such as Google, Leidos, Facebook, Microsoft, General Dynamics, and Fannie Mae, to name a few, more than 50 retailers, including an 11 screen LOOK Dine-In Cinema, CitySwing (Golf Simulator), a seasonal ice rink, many well-renowned restaurants and bars, and other highly attractive amenities such as a full service 243 bed hospital, a new metro, and the Dulles International Airport that is receiving $700 million renovations by 2026*Reston Town Center*Source: Rediscovering Reston-- the First Planned Community in the USSource: Washington Dulles International Airport to Expand Passenger and Cargo OperationsOne of the biggest points of discussion over the last few years has been around the office market, and how the rising office vacancies due to the shift towards a work-from-home and hybrid work schedule have pushed many companies to downsize or relocate out of previously major employment centers.

Your basement unit is irrelevant to this, and I would just delete that part of your post if I were you.I just googled “do I have to accept section 8” and sure enough, in NY you do. 

Make sense to use Google map view than blindly drive for $, I guess?

driving for dollars, Google PPC

You can simply google NACA and find their website and information to learn more about it.

LolThe two big companies I found on Google are ThinkUtilityService & GuardianWP.

There are multiple billion dollar companies dumping money into the city, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.