Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Simone and Montefiore to build Bronx hospital

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by REW Staff815
Montefiore Medical Center has announced an agreement with Simone Development to lease an 11-story, 280,000 s/f building at Hutchinson Metro Center. The new construction project, scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2014, will include an ambulatory surgery center, featuring 12 operating rooms and four procedure rooms; an advanced imaging center; onsite laboratory services and pharmacy; as well as new primary and specialty care practices. The initial lease agreement is for 16 years with the option to extend the lease or purchase the tower.
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SJP starts work on massive Fort Lee development

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by REW Staff1013
The redevelopment of a site at the entrance to the George Washington Bridge began with a groundbreaking for luxury apartment tower The Modern last week. Two 47-story glass towers will rise in the center of the Fort Lee, N.J. site being developed by SJP Residential Properties in partnership with Prudential...
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Architects rise to the occasion for Cake Boss, Buddy

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by REW Staff863
TLC's hit television program "Cake Boss" has elevated Buddy Valastro and his family's Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken to cultural and culinary icons. Valastro is now expanding his baking empire, commissioning TPG Architecture to design a new bakery and café in Ridgewood, NJ. The 3,300 s/f project includes: retail area, café, "cake bar" where guests can watch decorators at work, full kitchen, dedicated client consultation areas and children's party room. Currently under construction, the bakery will open in late 2012.
Construction & Design

Thornton Tomasetti launches Chinese language website

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by REW Staff713
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering design, investigation and analysis firm, has launched a Chinese language version of its public website, www.ThorntonTomasetti.com. The site, http://cn.thorntontomasetti.com/, can be accessed through the Chinese characters in the upper left of the English-language site. It focuses on project types of most interest to teams working in China....
Construction & Design

Hudson, Related, CAMBA power up giant Brooklyn solar project

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by REW Staff1715
The Hudson Companies Inc., Related and CAMBA have started work on the biggest solar power project of its type in the state. The development partners are building a 214,000 watt solar electric photovoltaic (PV) system at Gateway Elton Phase I, their 197-unit mixed-use affordable housing development in the Spring Creek...
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Bronx to get its first luxury hotel

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by REW Staff753
In a milestone for the Bronx, Simone Development Companies yesterday (Tuesday) announced that Marriott has signed an agreement to operate a luxury hotel as the centerpiece of Simone Development’s new Metro Center Atrium mixed-use project. Metro Center Atrium is a 370,000 s/f office/retail/hotel complex that Simone Development is constructing as the latest addition to its 42-acre, multi-building Hutchinson Metro Center campus. The new Marriott at Metro Center Atrium, operating under the Residence Inn brand, will be the first luxury hotel to open in the Bronx. The 125-room extended stay hotel is scheduled to open in 2014. “We’re thrilled that Marriott, one of the world’s premier hospitality companies, has chosen this location,ˮ said Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development.
Construction & Design

Moed De Armas & Shannon designing Vornado lobby

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by REW Staff972
Construction has begun for the lobby and entryway renovation at 1290 Ave. of the Americas, designed by Moed de Armas & Shannon. The project, being undertaken on behalf of Vornado Realty Trust, is part of a major capital improvement initiative designed to enhance the existing prominence of the building while...
Construction & Design

On the bench – and making money

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by REW Staff
By Scott Spector AIA, Principal, Spector Group SCOTT SPECTOR What interior architecture trend can save a firm or owner 30 to 50 percent in furniture … Continued
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City reaches agreement for Sloan-Kettering and CUNY medical facilities

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by REW Staff823
By Al Barbarino The city reached an agreement with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the City University of New York today for the construction of two new state-of-the-art science and medical facilities on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The city will sell a 66,000 s/f site at 525 East 73rd Street for $215 million. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center will construct an up to 750,000 s/f cancer care facility and CUNY Hunter College will build an up to 336,000 s/f Science and Health Professions building to upgrade its science and nursing facilities.