Category : Property Managers

Converting tar beach into an environmentally friendly place
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Converting tar beach into an environmentally friendly place

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by REW Staff1041
By Dennis J. Sherry, regional director of Management Services, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank With 44 million square feet of office space under management in New York City, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank oversees the replacement of one or more roofs in the metro area every year. Looking at several initiatives to...
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Landlords plan rent campaign

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By Konrad Putzier With a possible rent freeze looming, the city’s largest landlord organization has started a massive ad campaign to convince New Yorkers that … Continued
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SUNY gets an energy boost

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by REW Staff681
utiliVisor, an energy monitoring and submetering firm, has formed a partnership with SUNY Maritime College that will facilitate the implementation of energy efficiency measures at SUNY facilities while creating training for Maritime cadets. As part of the partnership, Maritime will install a utiliVisor operations center at the school. Faculty and...
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Robert Scaglion joins FirstService Residential

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by REW Staff1085
New York real estate veteran Robert Scaglion has joined the ranks for property management firm, FirstService Residential. Scaglion has joined the company as executive managing director after a long career with Rose Associates. Scaglion  over 25 years of experience during which he earned the reputation as a noted authority on real estate...
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ISO 55000 Conference in NYC

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by REW Staff631
NEW YORK, NY- May 2, 2014 – The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College is presenting “The Inaugural ISO 55000 Conference for the United States: Applying the New International Series of Standards for Asset Management in Real Estate and Infrastructure” on May...
Property Managers

Outstanding results for Tishman, Paramount, SL Green

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BOMA/NY started off this month on a victorious note by going three-for-three at the TOBY (The Outstanding Building of the Year) Awards competition, held April 1 at the BOMA Middle Atlantic Conference Regional Conference in Boston. All three BOMA/NY contenders that had won at the Pinnacle Award level in 2012-2103 and moved forward to compete regionally — The Hearst Tower (Earth Award), 110 East 42nd Street (Operating Office Building 100,000-249,999 sf) and 1633 Broadway (Operating Office Building over 1 million sf)—won in their respective categories.
Property Managers

Property manager rebrands

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Milio Realty Corp., a full service property management headquartered in Yonkers, , has been renamed Trion Real Estate Management. The name change is part of Trion’s overall company expansion and rebranding effort, and coincides with the company’s 35th anniversary. “The timing for our expansion and rebranding is perfect – this...
Property Managers

RAB strikes pay deal with city’s 30,000 service workers

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The Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RAB) announced that it has reached a tentative labor agreement with SEIU Local 32BJ, the union representing residential building service workers in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The contract was reached an unprecedented nine days before it was set to expire on April 20. The deal covers more than 30,000 residential building service employees, including doormen, porters, handymen and building superintendents, who work in more than 3,000 residential rentals, co-ops and condos.
Property Managers

Advisory board offers preparation tips in event of a strike

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by REW Staff841
Negotiations are now underway between the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RAB) and Local 32BJ for a new contract for residential building service employees in New York City’s more than 3,000 rental buildings, co-ops and condos. The current contract will expire at midnight on April 20, and impacts 30,000 residential building workers....
As workers ratify strike measures, RAB offers words of advice
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As workers ratify strike measures, RAB offers words of advice

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by REW Staff805
Negotiations between the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations and 32BJ SEIU are currently underway in advance of the April 20 expiration of the 30,000 workers current contract. “We are confident we will win a strong contract because our membership is united, we are well organized and we are ready to strike,” said Hector J. Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU. “There has been a lot of progress and a general sense of goodwill on both sides in the current negotiation,” said Howard Rothschild, President of the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, in a statement. “Still, it is important that everyone begins preparing for the possibility of a strike just in case things don’t go as expected.