JW Mays Inc

City-funded organization

J.W. Mays, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate company (Nasdaq: MAYS), based in Brooklyn, New York, that owns and leases commercial property; it converted from a discount department store chain into a real estate operator in 1989. Its two active New York City contracts, together worth $38.6 million, are city-agency office leases titled "FY'25 Rent for 9 Bond St, Brooklyn-6th Floor" (Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings) and "FY26 Expense Encumbrance NYPD Lease 25 Elm Pl BK" (Department of Citywide Administrative Services), both negotiated real-property agreements. Across its five registered city contracts since 1987 ($85 million awarded, $55 million paid to date), 100% of contract value was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$38,577,985 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$84,730,959 · 5 since 1987, incl. expired
Paid to date
$55,199,788
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $84,730,959 · 5 contracts

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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