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Landlords, contractors get city storm warning

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by REW1119
The City of New York has issued an advisory warning to all landlords and contractors, as the National Weather Service has forecast a coming storm that is expected to dump 6 to 10 inches of snow on the New York area.
Con Ed plan to head off storm disruption
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Con Ed plan to head off storm disruption

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by REW Staff1030
Con Edison has submitted plans for major investments to protect critical equipment and customers from devastating storms like Superstorm Sandy. The company provided the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) with details on long-term projects — including putting flood-proof equipment in low-lying areas, building higher flood walls around facilities, reinforcing overhead equipment and/or putting some overhead lines underground to limit outages during storms. The plans call for $1 billion in investments through 2016, some of which could be recovered through federal fundin
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Getting creative at Griffin Court

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by REW1108
By Orlando Lee Rodriguez In an era of massive residential towers, with almost too many amenities, it is a breath of fresh air sometimes to encounter a property where minimalism equals simplistic and artistic luxury. With rooftop cabanas, heated floors and maybe one the largest master bathrooms in New York,...
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New school opens on Upper West Side

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by REW Staff1021
Gruzen Samton · IBI Group announced the opening of a new 145,000 s/f facility for The Abraham Joshua Heschel School on West End Avenue and 61st Street in Manhattan. Classes began in September 2012 and the Opening Celebration took place on December 9, 2012. Gruzen Samton · IBI Group  designed a...
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Related shows a little bit of art

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by REW Staff903
Related Companies has unveiled four commissioned works by painter Derek Reist at 1214 Fifth Avenue, a 53-story rental tower located along Museum Mile in Upper Carnegie Hill. Reist’s work will be permanently displayed in the building’s recently completed lobby. Known for his unique handling of light and shadow, his work...
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Lobby upgrade a showstopper

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by REW Staff1270
The Durst Organization announced the completion of a lobby upgrade and the installation of Leo Villareal’s “Volume (Durst), 2013” at 1133 Avenue of the Americas. The eight-month multi-million dollar lobby renovations, overseen by the architecture firm Gensler, includes new elevator cabs with destination dispatch, LED energy efficient lighting, new lobby...
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City says ‘Yes, squeeze’ to mini-apartment design

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by REW Staff1129
The city has picked a winner in the competition to design Manhattan's smallest apartments. A development team composed of Monadnock Development LLC, Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation, and nARCHITECTS will get to create 55 new apartments measuring as little as 250 s/f and to be known as micro-units. Forty per cent of the units — to be built at a city owned site at 335 East 27th Street in Manhattan — are to be affordable beyond the competitive market rents. Called ‘My Micro NY,’ it could be the first multi-unit building in Manhattan developed using modular construction, with the modules pre-fabricated locally by Capsys at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Property Group to build new tower
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Property Group to build new tower

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by REW Staff820
Property Group Partners has entered into a joint venture with Romanoff Equities to develop 860 Washington Street in the Meatpacking District. The new 120,000 s/f mixed-use office and retail development will rise on a site adjacent to the elevated High Line Park and between the architecturally prominent Standard Hotel and High Line Building. Development will start immediately and the buildign is expected to be delivered by 2015, according to Property Group Partners, an owner and developer formerly known as Louis Dreyfus Property Group.
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HLW has eye on future

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by REW Staff
SUSAN BOYLE Global architecture, engineering and interior design firm, HLW International, has announced a leadership succession plan aimed at sustaining the longevity of the firm … Continued