Teresa Carleo is the president of Plant Fantasies Inc., a full-service landscape and green roof contractor and a certified woman-owned business enterprise (WBE) founded in 1987. Serving the most challenging of markets, Manhattan real estate development, Plant Fantasies has installed such diverse green roof projects as Millennium Tower Residences in Battery Park City, 6 W. 48 St., Mount Hope Community Center, and 250 Hudson St. Says Carleo, "A beautifully landscaped green roof adds significant value to any property and is extremely desirable."
Adaptive reuse has become one of the most important conversations in commercial real estate today. Long Island has a large inventory of aging retail, office and industrial
Walk down any New York block this year and you can feel it. The sidewalks are crowded, the storefronts are lit, and the energy that defines this city is back at full volume.
Merritt Environmental Consulting Corp. (MECC) was established in June of 2009 after being part of a larger engineering firm for almost 20 years. The focus of the company is to assist lending institutions, attorneys, real estate investors, and property owners with environmental concerns. Today, MECC has offices in New York, Florida, and Vermont and has grown into a regional consulting firm serving clients along the East Coast.
The Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR) Commercial Network continues to play a key role in advancing opportunities and strengthening the commercial real estate landscape across Queens. Through targeted programming and global outreach