Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Industry puts safety front and center during national awareness effort

REW
New York City’s construction industry threw its might into Construction Safety Week earlier this month. Here’s a look at some of the events that took place: Department of Buildings staff visited construction sites to promote safety during our annual multi-lingual Experience is Not Enough campaign. “Our highest priority is to...
Stealth move will add 8,000 fiber miles to NYC
Construction & Design

Stealth move will add 8,000 fiber miles to NYC

REW
Stealth Communications, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), announced plans for increased infrastructure investment in 2019 with 8,000 fiber miles of fiber optic cable being added to its network throughout New York City in the next year. Since 2013, Stealth has deployed over 27,000 fiber miles, representing 76 route miles of...
Construction & Design

Architects on front line in city’s effort to improve life for homeless through shelter design program

REW
By Jackson Chen Marvel comics’ Avengers may be this season’s big screen blockbusters, but it’s members of the city’s Shelter Repair Squad who are turning out to be the real-life heroes of hundreds of New Yorkers. Instead of power punches and x-ray eyes, they have hammers, nails and good intentions...
New Governors Island Arts Center set to open
Construction & Design

New Governors Island Arts Center set to open

REW
The new Arts Center at Governors Island is set to open in September 2019. The Arts Center reimagines a historic warehouse building as a hub for performing arts and community events and further transforms the 172-acre former military base as a year-round destination. Developed by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council...
New technology hub rises from former Harlem bread factory
Construction & DesignDeals & Dealmakers

New technology hub rises from former Harlem bread factory

REW
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the groundbreaking of the Taystee Lab Building, an 11-story, 350,000 s/f LEED-Certified Class-A property in West Harlem that will serve as a state-of-the-art home for companies and organizations in the life sciences, technology, academia, non-profit and arts sectors in the Manhattanville Factory District. Developed by...
NYC construction industry bigger than ever
Construction & Design

NYC construction industry bigger than ever

REW
The construction industry in New York state has set employment records for four consecutive years with New York City accounting for half of the state’s construction job gains since 2010, according to a report released this week by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “While the nation has yet to recover...
ConEd reaches deal on gas delivery pipeline
Construction & Design

ConEd reaches deal on gas delivery pipeline

REW
Con Edison said that it has executed an agreement with an existing natural gas pipeline to develop and permit a rational solution that would provide needed incremental natural gas capacity to the Bronx and parts of Manhattan and Queens. Demand for natural gas in New York City has grown significantly...
Construction & Design

Camber, PRC open South Bronx affordable housing complex

REW
Property Resources Corporation (PRC) and Camber Property Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony for two new buildings in the South Bronx that deliver 200 units of affordable housing. The Hemlock, located at 1000 Fox Street, includes 120 units, while The Mulberry at 960 Simpson Street includes 80 units. Half of...
Construction & Design

Report sets out plan for biggest industrial park in the Northeast

REW
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency (Suffolk IDA), and Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island (HIA-LI) have released the Hauppauge Industrial Park Opportunity Analysis. The analysis identifies opportunities to anchor the Park to Long Island’s long-term economic revitalization. The more than 160 page report found...