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Aufgang promoted to partner at Hugo S. Subotovsky AIA Arch.

Hugo S. Subotovsky AIA Architects LLC, a full service architecture and planning firm with offices in NYC and Suffern, has promoted Ariel Aufgang, AIA, NCARB to the position of partner. Since 2006 Aufgang has served as an associate with the company coordinating workload and resource management. He has also been integral in the firm's ability to find added-value for their clients through creative planning, zoning and land-use modification such as re-zonings and height authorizations. "I have a passion for contributing to the creative and efficient development of our cities to enhance the quality of life of the people who live in and around our buildings. We are dedicated to the continual improvement of both our built and non-built environments" Aufgang said. Aufgang has more than 10 years of experience in architecture, design and planning. He has been involved in the development of well over 10,000 units of affordable housing in the New York metro area as well as a number of mixed-use, commercial and market rate housing projects.
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