Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Junior architects, engineers are the s-cool kids

REW Staff
by REW Staff
ROBERT LIMANDRI  Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri today announced the launch of the fifth semester of Junior Architects and Engineers, the Department’s educational program that teaches … Continued
Construction & Design

Berman Group introduces mobile property app

REW
by REW855
By Orlando Lee Rodriguez The Berman Group has introduced a mobile application for property owners to showcase properties to agents via their mobile devices. Agents in turn will be able to utilize the application to market properties to clients, potentially speeding up the pace of transactions. A sample application can...
Construction & Design

City breaks ground on historic affordable development

REW Staff
by REW Staff878
Ground was broken on the first two residential buildings of the Hunter’s Point South development on the Queens waterfront this week. When complete, the multi-phase Hunter’s Point South project being developed by Related Cos and built by Monadnock Construction, will be largest new affordable housing complex to be built in...
Construction & Design

Two Trees cubed plan for sugar refinery site

REW
by REW896
Two Trees management this week unveiled ambitious new plans for the former Domino Sugar site in Williamsburg that include cube-shaped and “porous” buildings that the architects say will allow light and air to pour through the 24/7 community. The overhauled design for the waterfront property would be greener and include more than half a million square feet of office space, 2284 apartments, retail and 228,000 s/f of open space.
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Sandy rips big hole in infrastructure purse

Sarah Trefethen
by Sarah Trefethen1475
The question is not only how New York City will improve its infrastructure in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, but how will it pay for it? Funding to maintain and improve transportation infrastructure was in short supply even before the storm, according to panelists at a conference yesterday hosted by Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business Administration. The region’s rail transport, highways and airports are all in need of investment both to keep them in good repair and to expand their capacity to accomodate New York’s growing population, according to Elliot “Lee” Sander, former MTA chairman, who is working with the Regional Planning Association to develop the a 20-year plan for infrastructure improvements.
It’s not them and us, says development experts
Construction & Design

It’s not them and us, says development experts

REW
by REW975
President Obama highlighted public private partnerships as a way of getting things done during his State of the Union address earlier this month. More locally, mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn has outlined the role government can play in creating affordable housing and the Bloomberg administration has used its governmental position to help spur development through rezoning and Tax Increment Financing. AT the REW Women's Forum today, NYU Schack Dean Rosemary Scanlon said government is a necessary component to development and will be here for the long term.
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Apartment market enjoying bonafide building boom

REW Staff
by REW Staff1054
Sparked by a sharp increase in new residential projects, New York City construction starts reached $16.1 billion in 2012, a five percent increase from 2011, according to a New York Building Congress analysis of McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge construction data. Residential construction starts reached $5.1 billion in value in 2012, a 54 percent increase from 2011, when construction starts reached $3.3 billion, and more than double the total ($2.3 billion) for 2010.