Category : Construction & Design

Meatpacking District office tower 860 Washington now complete

REW June 10, 2016 June 10, 2016

by REWJune 10, 2016June 10, 20162721

Property Group Partners and Romanoff Equities, co-developers of 860 Washington, along with designer James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA), announced the completion of the largest ground-up commercial building adjacent to the High Line in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Additionally, 860 Washington recently announced the signing of its first lease with wellness real...

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WATCH: Time-lapse video of the WTC Oculus construction over 5 years

REW May 25, 2016 May 25, 2016

by REWMay 25, 2016May 25, 20162128

EarthCam just released a time lapse video of construction of The Oculus, NYC’s new transportation hub in Lower Manhattan. The video captures construction of the transit hub designed by famed architect Santiago Calatrava from July 2011 to May 2016, in honor of the ribbon cutting ceremony that will be held tomorrow, May...

Construction & Design Green Building

City issues RFP for 400-unit Passive House development in East Harlem

REW May 25, 2016 May 25, 2016

by REWMay 25, 2016May 25, 20161584

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design, construction, and management of a sustainable, mixed-income and mixed-use affordable housing development in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. The development will offer no less than 400 new affordable homes. By requiring...

Construction & Design REBNY Watch

When it comes to crane brains, New York cant go back to the old ways

REW May 25, 2016 May 25, 2016

by REWMay 25, 2016May 25, 20161493

Ensuring the safety of construction workers and members of the public needs to be of paramount importance, particularly as the pace and scale of development increases throughout New York City. This priority is probably most pronounced when it comes to the operation and maintenance of construction cranes. As the recent...

Construction & Design

Fair trade as pair swaps burger flipping for bright future

REW May 24, 2016 May 24, 2016

by REWMay 24, 2016May 24, 20161189

An apprenticeship program changed the lives of a fast food worker and a taxi driver. Byron Carchipulla, a former Burger King employee from Queens, is now a skilled sheet metal worker. And Marcin Chrostowski, a former waiter and cab driver from Brooklyn, is a plumber. Both hasve careers that provide...

Construction & Design Debt & Equity

Insurers call on government to open flood market to private carriers

REW May 23, 2016 May 23, 2016

by REWMay 23, 2016May 23, 20161157

Real estate owners in New York and around the country may be in line for much-needed relief in obtaining lender required flood insurance, according to Anthony Kammas, partner at New York-based Skyline Risk Management, a major construction insurance agency. Kammas, Secretary-Elect of the Professional Insurance Association (PIA) New York Chapter,...

Construction & Design

City names development team for massive Mott Haven Passive House property

REW May 11, 2016 May 11, 2016

by REWMay 11, 2016May 11, 20161266

The city has selected a development team for the former site of PS 31, at 425 Grand Concourse, in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. A joint venture between Trinity Financial and MBD Community Housing Corporation (MBD) will build a 100 percent affordable building on the site. The team’s...

Construction & Design

Advocates call for Lower Manhattan construction co-ordinator as complaints rise

REW May 11, 2016 May 11, 2016

by REWMay 11, 2016May 11, 20161290

Lower Manhattan advocates are calling on the city to keep a construction command center operating in the neighborhood. From 2004-2013, the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center (LMCCC) served a construction co-ordination role downtown. Following LMCCC’s disbanding, DOT took on the role through the Lower Manhattan Borough Commissioner’s Office. It was...

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Hardhats remember their dead at memorial mass

REW May 11, 2016 May 11, 2016

by REWMay 11, 2016May 11, 20163228

Thousands of construction workers, public officials, immigrant advocates, and clergy and community members joined together for a memorial mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor victims of construction accidents throughout New York City. The annual mass, which takes place on Workers Memorial Day, was also attended by families of construction...

Construction & Design

Rockefeller Group building state-of-art cancer center in New Jersey

REW May 9, 2016 May 9, 2016

by REWMay 9, 2016May 9, 20161322

The Rockefeller Group announced that it will develop a 130,000 s/f state-of-the-art cancer treatment facility at the Green at Florham Park, a 268-acre, master-planned development that is home to the New York Jets and BASF’s North American Headquarters. The Rockefeller Group expects to break ground this summer on the facility...