Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Manny Enriquez goes it alone

REW Staff
by REW Staff730
N. Emmanuel Enriquez, AIA LEED AP, announced the launch of design 3, a new full service interior architecture firm located at 49 West 37th Street in Manhattan, New York. design 3 has hired Christina Voutsinas-Kafes as design director and Jennifer L. M. Mantle as marketing director. After three decades of...
Parking lot conversion underway in South Bronx
Construction & Design

Parking lot conversion underway in South Bronx

REW Staff
by REW Staff609
Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) celebrated the groundbreaking of Soundview Family Housing, the first phase of a multi-building development that will meet demand for affordable housing in the Soundview neighborhood of the South Bronx. The development is part of an initiative by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and...
Construction & Design

Cleaned-up site set to be affordable development

REW Staff
by REW Staff651
Work has gotten underway on transforming a former Bronx brownfield into a new affordable housing development. New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) and the New York City Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) joined Acacia Network, The Community...
Developers turning New York into Big Green Apple
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Developers turning New York into Big Green Apple

REW Staff
by REW Staff1152
By Jonathan Pappas For some, it might be difficult to believe that a city as densely populated as The Big Apple with nearly one million buildings crowding the landscape is in fact one of the greenest, most energy efficient cities in the U.S. But for political officials, New Yorkers and...
Developers hitting dead end in boroughs
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Developers hitting dead end in boroughs

REW
by REW1067
When Bill de Blasio called New York a “tale of two cities,” he had economic inequality in mind. But he could just as well have meant public transportation. Bus and subway in New York are great — if you’re travelling to or from Manhattan. In the four other boroughs, commuters often have little choice but to take their car. As developers are discovering Queens and tech jobs are moving to Brooklyn, this imbalance is starting to pose a problem — blocking the development of neighborhoods as alternatives to Manhattan. There are only five subway lines directly connecting Brooklyn and Queens, compared to 18 lines connecting the two boroughs to Manhattan. Buses are abundant, but they are notoriously slow and infrequent.
BTEA puts construction saftey at top of the agenda
Construction & Design

BTEA puts construction saftey at top of the agenda

REW Staff
by REW Staff679
Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri opened the Building Trades Employers’ Association (BTEA) 2013 Safety Conference and Tradeshow. Entitled, Moving Forward: Enhancing Construction Safety in New York City, the breakthrough conference took place at the Sheraton New York and explored innovative safety techniques and cutting-edge safety equipment being utilized by construction professionals in the New York metropolitan area.
Building Congress honors New York industry leaders
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Building Congress honors New York industry leaders

REW Staff
by REW Staff913
More than 1,000 members of the New York building community gathered to pay tribute to four industry legends and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey during the New York Building Congress 2013 Industry Recognition Dinner on November 12 at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan.