Category : Construction & Design

Physical security the silent sentinel of New York’s iconic properties

REW Staff April 11, 2014 April 11, 2014

by REW StaffApril 11, 2014April 11, 20141049

By Robert Smilowitz, PhD, P.E., principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc. As the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, One World Trade Center is both a landmark and a challenge to risk-takers. It was to be expected that someone would eventually evade security guards and climb to the top of the tower....

Construction & Design

Barclays Center to get a green roof

REW Staff April 11, 2014 April 11, 2014

by REW StaffApril 11, 2014April 11, 20141254

Forest City Ratner Companies and Shanghai-based Greenland Group Co. announced that they will install a green roof on Barclays Center in Brooklyn In December, FCRC and Greenland completed a definitive agreement for a joint venture to develop Atlantic Yards, a 22-acre residential and commercial real estate project in Brooklyn. The...

Construction & Design Deals & Dealmakers

Best of Brooklyn building to be announced at annual real estate summit

REW Staff April 9, 2014 April 9, 2014

by REW StaffApril 9, 2014April 9, 2014870

TerraCRG, a Brooklyn-based commercial real estate brokerage, will be announcing the Brooklyn Building Award winners at the annual Only Brooklyn Real Estate Summit on May 6. The Building Brooklyn Awards, organized by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and now in its 14th year, is Brooklyn’s premier architectural award competition recognizing...

Construction & Design Deals & Dealmakers Residential

New LIC condo planned

REW Staff April 9, 2014 April 9, 2014

by REW StaffApril 9, 2014April 9, 2014928

Axelrod Development Group and Lions Group are planning a 76-unit condo in Long Island City. The partners purchased a development site featuring 78,000 buildable square feet at 14-01, 14-07, and 14-19 Broadway on the border of Long Island City and Astoria for $10,225,000. Ariel Property Advisors sales team of Shimon...

Construction & Design Deals & Dealmakers Debt & Equity

Hudson dives into deal with hurricane rebuilding fund

REW Staff April 9, 2014 April 9, 2014

by REW StaffApril 9, 2014April 9, 2014814

MNS Investment Sales and Advisory, a division of MNS Real Estate, has arranged the sale of two properties in Sheepshead Bay totaling $39.5 million. The properties, located at 1125 Banner Avenue and 2750 East 12th Street, include 102 newly constructed rental units and 70 parking spaces. The Hudson Companies, Inc.,...

Construction & Design Residential

HAVE YOU HEARD? Corcoran listing Philip Seymour Hoffman apartment; Karim Rashid, the HAP-py designer

REW Staff April 4, 2014 April 4, 2014

by REW StaffApril 4, 2014April 4, 2014996

CORCORAN has listed the two-bedroom West Village apartment where the late Philip Seymour Hoffman died. Arlyne Blitz has the listing for rent at $10,500. The apartment at 35 Bethune Street has wood-beamed ceilings, strip oak floors, and a wood-burning fireplace. *** Award-winning real estate agent Renée Fishman will lead a...

Construction & Design Featured Residential

Architects rethink designs in wake of hurricane

REW Staff April 4, 2014 April 4, 2014

by REW StaffApril 4, 2014April 4, 20141097

In a post-Sandy world, designers of waterfront communities had to get creative and be smart about the way they would build along bodies of water. Three companies building projects along very different parts of the waterfront shared details on the design process at a recent panel on housing after Hurricane Sandy hosted by the American Institute of Architects. One of the most highly-publicized and hotly-anticipated waterfront projects is Two Trees’ $1.5 billion re-development of the former Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg into a mixed-use community.

Construction & Design Deals & Dealmakers Debt & Equity Headline

Builders crunching numbers to land best deals

REW Staff April 4, 2014 April 4, 2014

by REW StaffApril 4, 2014April 4, 20141296

James Nelson of Massey Knakal sat down with David Von Spreckelsen of Toll Brothers, Ken Horn of Alchemy Properties and Michael Stern of JDS Development to discuss their current projects and the real estate landscape in New York City. All three said today's skyrocketing land prices have given them pause - but agree apartment prices are blowing their minds!

Construction & Design

New ’cane demo permit

REW Staff April 2, 2014 April 2, 2014

by REW StaffApril 2, 2014April 2, 2014636

A new, streamlined permitting process will expedite the demolition and removal of homes and structures that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced a General Permit in support of the State’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program for homes...

Construction & Design

PWC honors Goethals Bridge project

REW Staff April 2, 2014 April 2, 2014

by REW StaffApril 2, 2014April 2, 2014924

Professional Women in Construction (PWC) celebrated the $1.5B Goethals Bridge Replacement project (GBR). The public private partnership (P3) arrangement “will provide a wealth of jobs and contract opportunities for the M/W/DBE community,” said PWC president Lenore Janis. The project is expected to result in approximately 2030 direct job-years and in...