Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Bloomberg unveils storm protection plan

REW
by REW794
By Orlando Lee Rodriguez In somewhat of an about face, Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday (Tuesday) laid out his $20 billion plan to protect the city from flooding through a series of flood walls, levees and sand dunes. The Mayor, speaking at the Duggal Greenhouse at Brooklyn Navy Yard, unveiled the city’s plan to tackle rising sea levels and coastal flooding from more potent storm surges.
Construction & Design

AIA steps into public policy arena with new platform for the future of the city

REW Staff
by REW Staff621
With greater evidence on how the built environment impacts our lives, the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) has intensified its efforts to shape public policy. Long known for playing an advisory role to Mayoral administrations, agencies and the City Council, the organization is becoming more vocal.
Construction & Design

Builders group breaks ground on subdivision for Afghanistan, Iraq war veterans

REW Staff
by REW Staff929
Long Island Home Builders Care Development Corp. (LIHBCDC) broke ground today for the nation’s first-ever affordable housing subdivision developed exclusively for Long Island veterans who served during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  “There has never been anything like this to my knowledge,” said Tom Datre, president of LIHBCDC. “We...
Construction & Design

Carpenters, laborers see pension fund money create jobs, pharma HQ

REW Staff
by REW Staff1034
PLAINSBORO, NJ (May 29, 2013) – LCOR and Ivy Equities, in a joint partnership with Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, have announced the official opening of Novo Nordisk’s U.S. Headquarters, in Plainsboro, NJ. Employees have begun moving into the U.S. headquarters for the Danish pharmaceutical company this month.  The Novo Nordisk...
New Four Seasons will block Woolworth condo views
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New Four Seasons will block Woolworth condo views

REW
by REW1125
By Orlando Lee Rodriguez The unobstructed views to the west that the Woolworth Building has enjoyed since it was completed in 1913 as the world’s tallest building are about to disappear. The direct westward view will end once the 82-story Four Seasons Downtown Hotel goes up next door. That means that residents of some of the 40 luxury apartments planned on the top 35 floors of the Woolworth will not enjoy the same sunsets over New Jersey and the Hudson River that workers in those same spaces have enjoyed for the last century.
Building campaign corrals candidates for jobs fight
Construction & Design

Building campaign corrals candidates for jobs fight

REW Staff
by REW Staff651
A rally by union workers calling for new laws governing developers who pocket public subsidies attracted mayoral candidates and elected officials last week. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Comptroller John Liu, and council member Stephen Levin were among those who joined Build Up NYC members at the rally calling on the City Council to enact legislation requiring developers that benefit from public investment to provide good jobs and develop responsibly.