Category : Construction & Design

Bleeker Street subway restored by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects
Construction & Design

Bleeker Street subway restored by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects

REW Staff
by REW Staff856
The MTA’s $94.5 million rehabilitation of the Bleecker Street Station complex, designed by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects (LHPA) in a joint venture with Weidlinger Associates, structural engineers, introduces an uptown link between two major subway lines while returning one of the city’s oldest stations to its original glory.
Construction & Design

Somerset to redevelop former Bell Labs site

REW Staff
by REW Staff868
Real estate developer Somerset Development announced that the Township of Holmdel has designated the company as the redeveloper of the former Bell Laboratories property in Holmdel, NJ. The site is an approximately two-million-square-foot former Bell Labs building and 473-acres surrounding the facility. The designation paves the way for Somerset to enter into an official Redevelopers Agreement with the Township pursuant to a 2012 resolution designating the property in need of redevelopment.
Construction & Design

NYBC gives mayor gold star for $35B Capital Plan

REW Staff
by REW Staff768
The Mayor’s Preliminary Financial Plan proposes spending $35 billion between 2014-2017 on capital programs, an increase of $2.6 billion from last year’s Plan. The Mayor’s $51 billion ten year, 2014-2023 Capital Strategy also increases spending from the last Ten Year Strategy, though it remains well below pre-recession highs.
Construction & Design

Construction and design new hires

REW Staff
by REW Staff
Michael McDonagh has been named a supervising structural engineer in the Lawrenceville, NJ, office of Parsons Brinckerhoff. McDonagh, an experienced bridge engineer and project manager, … Continued
Construction & Design

Judge dismisses first NYU suit

Sarah Trefethen
by Sarah Trefethen784
New York University is claiming victory in the first of two lawsuits filed against NYU’s Core expansion project. In a suit filed by the WSV Green Neighbors Inc. and tenants of Washington Square Village, New York Supreme Court Justice Ellen M. Coin dismissed the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, on the grounds that the residents should take their complaints to the Division of Housing & Community Renewal.
Construction & Design

Mayor proposes bump in capital spending

REW Staff
by REW Staff730
The New York City Building Congress is praising the increase in capital spending included in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Preliminary Financial Plan. The Mayor proposes spending $35 billion between 2014-2017 on capital programs, an increase of $2.6 billion from last year's Plan, reversing a downward trend that began during the financial crisis. The Mayor's $51 billion Ten Year, 2014-2023 Capital Strategy also increases spending from the last Ten Year Strategy, though it remains well below pre-recession highs.
Construction & Design

8th Annual Contractors For Kids Reception Raises $300,000 for Long Island Children

REW Staff
by REW Staff1100
Nearly 1,000 supporters attended the Eighth Annual Contractors For Kids Dinner Dance Reception, the main annual fundraiser for the largest regional charity supported by the construction, design and real estate industries. This year’s “Country Cares – Howdy Partners” reception was cowboy and Wild West themed in recognition of the traditional...
Construction & DesignGreen Building

Riverdale Electrical, Omni New York among Con Ed’s energy extroverts

REW Staff
by REW Staff1059
Con Edison today honored building owners, property managers and contractors who led the way in 2012 in making energy- and money-saving efficiency upgrades in multifamily buildings. Con Edison’s multifamily program provides owners of residential buildings with five to 75 units free energy-efficiency surveys and incentives for heating and lighting upgrades...
Citigroup pumps $250M into affordable housing
Construction & DesignGreen Building

Citigroup pumps $250M into affordable housing

REW
by REW1420
By Orlando Lee Rodriguez The Community Preservation Corporation has secured $250 million in financing from Citigroup, the New York based financial services company for low and moderate income housing. One Citigroup’s largest one-time affordable housing investments, the cash infusion will create 6,000 units of affordable housing. Half of the units...
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Facing uncertain future, Pier boss wants to move goalposts

REW
by REW1056
By Holly Dutton Hudson River Park officials are calling for a change in the law to help revive the beleaguered Pier 40. “We are spending more on the pier to keep it open than we are getting in revenue,” said Hudson River Park Trust CEO Madelyn Wils. “It’s the complete antithesis of what the [Hudson River Park] Act was made for.” Established in 1998, the Act was created to allow parking, retail and entertainment as the Pier’s primary uses. It prohibits residential use and leases of more than 30 years. Despite the regulations, Community Board 2 recently considered two visions for the future of the waterfront site that could include apartments and expanded sports facilities.