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Posted: March 20, 2018
2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Sarah Ann Ocampo, Montroy DeMarco Architecture, LLP
Name: Sarah Ann Ocampo, AIA, LEED AP
Title: Project Architect
Company Name: Montroy DeMarco Architecture, LLP
Years in your current field: 14
What was your most notable project 2017?
17 Jane St. in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village Historic District was my most notable and enjoyable project in 2017. I was the project architect for this six-story, 31,000 s/f luxury residential ground-up development by Edward Minskoff Equities. The design team of David Chipperfield and Montroy DeMarco Architecture led the project through the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s review process, leading to the groundbreaking scheduled for this spring.
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