Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Canadian toy company doubles up at The Factory

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A partnership between Atlas Capital Group, Partners Group (on behalf of its clients) and Invesco has signed a 25,744 s/f, six-year lease for the relocation and expansion of Canada-based Spin Master Corporation’s New York City headquarters at The Factory in Long Island City. The transaction brings Spin Master’s total lease...
Construction & Design

DEP starts work on $300M wastewater greening plan

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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that work is underway on a $300 million project to install new, cleaner-burning co-generation engines North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in west Harlem.
Worker shortage continues to cloud sector as contractors predict another busy year
Construction & Design

Worker shortage continues to cloud sector as contractors predict another busy year

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Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019 but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to survey results released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate. The findings are detailed...
Construction & Design

Crew implodes smokestack to make way for logistic center

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Lincoln Equities Group (LEG) completed the final stages of demolition at the new Lincoln Logistics Center, imploding a 175-foot smokestack and 150-foot steel water tower. The 152.9-acre waterfront site is being redeveloped to house 1.6 million square feet of industrial warehouse space and is expected to create 2,700 jobs. “The...
Bronx church land to become new community
Construction & Design

Bronx church land to become new community

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Work has gotten underway on 1755 Watson, a new affordable housing development that will bring 326 new affordable apartments to the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) joined officials from Azimuth...
Construction & Design

Navillus leads resiliency efforts to restore NYCHA properties

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Navillus Contracting, the New York City-based union construction company, has announced “significant progress” in resiliency work at multiple sites across New York. Navillus has been a leading contractor for resiliency and Sandy recovery projects for private and public sector clients. Active and recently completed services at New York City Housing...