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2019 Women in Building Services: Jessica Wade, SWBR
February 19, 2019
Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of?
Community service has always been a huge passion of mine and something that I am extremely proud of. I volunteered for six years as part of the ACE Mentorship Program of Rochester which guides high school students in their career choice of architecture, construction or engineering. I currently volunteer at…
2019 Women in Building Services: Maryanne Wachter, LERA Consulting Engineers
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
I was on the design team for the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art currently under construction in Los Angeles. This is one of the largest and complex projects that our company currently has under construction, and I was able to…
2019 Women in Building Services: Claudia Castro, Shawmut Design and Construction
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Shifting from commercial to residential building and onto the largest project of my career—a renovation of a 1920’s mansion—as the lead project manager. I learned to adapt my methods and approach my client relations differently to provide…
2019 Women in Building Services: Emily Webster, ESI Design
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
ESI’s design for the new Statue of Liberty Museum is opening this May. The Museum is a project five years in the making, and will be a major NYC landmark. The museum will give the 4.4 million annual visitors to Liberty Island the opportunity to learn…
2019 Women in Building Services: Allison Shannon, SWBR
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
John Walton Spencer School 16, a $32 million elementary school gut rehabilitation that includes a gymnasium, kitchen and classroom addition.
2019 Women in Building Services: Nina Rivas, FXCollaborative
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
The beginning of 2018 marked the start of construction of 555 E St. in Washington D.C. of which I have the honor of being the project manager. This new mixed-use building is a neighborhood transformative project in…
2019 Women in Building Services: Sonya Verny, IA Interior Architects
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Joining IA Interior Architects as director of client services for the New York office is my greatest professional achievement in the last 12 months. I moved to New York over eight years ago with little knowledge of the real estate industry…
2019 Women in Building Services: Jamie Walegir Potucek, KOW Building Consultants
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Our company reviews and approves construction projects for lending institutions. In 2018 alone, KOW reviewed over 200 projects, of which I had reviewed 50 of them. The most notable projects that cross my desk are ones that have a positive social impact…
2019 Women in Building Services: Joelle Kirchick Nelson, Thornton Tomasetti
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
With a background in forensic engineering, I led several investigations into the structural collapse of cranes. Oftentimes, these crane failures could have been prevented, and recognizing that, I decided to make crane safety the focus of my career…
2019 Women in Building Services: Serda Urganciyan, CNY Group
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
In my career I’ve been fortunate enough to be part of some historically significant projects, such as the 9-11 Memorial & Museum and the jaw-dropping condo conversions to the Woolworth Building. However, nothing has struck such a chord of purpose as my current project in Queens…
2019 Women in Building Services: Sherry Yin, Thornton Tomasetti
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
My team and I provided structural design services for a new laboratory facility at Rockefeller University, in Manhattan. The three-story, 180,000 s/f building includes two levels of laboratory space and encompasses almost 3.5 city blocks…
Weiss of Ingram Yuzek selected to serve as a member of the advisory council for the Housing Part of ...
February 19, 2019
New York, NY One of Ingram Yuzek’s Landlord & Tenant partners, Cory Weiss, Esq., was recently chosen to serve as a member of the advisory council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the city of New York.
2019 Women in Building Services: Rachel Belsky, Langan
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Rather than one great professional achievement, I’d say I’ve had a succession of smaller achievements, all leading to where I am today. At NYCEDC, I was lucky enough to manage many environmental impact statements for projects that shaped the city…
2019 Women in Building Services: Alyson Blewett, CBRE
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
The successful relocation of 1,500 Port Authority employees to 4 WTC from various locations across New York and New Jersey. It was the first company to move back into the World Trade Center complex after the 9/11 attacks.
Aquino of JAACRES to market retail/residential property in Southampton
February 19, 2019
Southampton, NY The Secret Broker Society Team founder Joseph Aquino, president of JAACRES, a New York City, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage company was hired to sell or rent a retail and residential property. The two-story property is located at 52 Jobs Ln. This 1,850 s/f ground level retail and 1,000 s/f second floor apartment is situated near expertly curated deco stores, and luxury boutiques.
REBNY Index: Real estate broker confidence rises in 4Q18; Increase in overall broker confidence foll...
February 19, 2019
New York, NY The Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) Real Estate Broker Confidence Index for fourth quarter of 2018 was 5.86 out of 10, an increase of 1.11 since brokers were surveyed about the third quarter of 2018.
2019 Women in Building Services: AnaTracey Hawkins, CNY Group
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Joining one of the New York’s leading construction management firms as vice president of strategic growth where my focus is strengthening and growing CNY’s position in the industry. My role includes identifying and implementing new business strategies in…
Clean Market to open 2,748 s/f at Brookfield Place
February 19, 2019
Manhattan, NY Brookfield Place has signed a 10-year, 2,748 s/f lease with Clean Market, a modern wellness hub. Set to open in the fall at Brookfield Places’ 230 Vesey St. Shops, this will be Clean Market’s second NYC location. The broker on the lease was Jack Terzi of JTRE.
2019 Women in Building Services: Pamela Lucas Rew, KSS Architects
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
As a steward of campus architecture, I view each project as a continuum, leading a rich process of conversation and imagining, using drawing, observing and a shared descriptive vocabulary to build the common language necessary to work with a variety of users…
Mays and Pray of Durst and Baker and Hochhauser of Winick lease 2,500 s/f to Club Pilates; Hertling ...
February 19, 2019
Manhattan, NY According to The Durst Org., Club Pilates signed a 10-and-a-half-year lease for 2,500 s/f on the ground floor of HELENA 57 WEST, located at 601 West 57th St. Club Pilates, founded in San Diego in 2007, has 450 active locations in the U.S. and Canada. The HELENA location is their third studio in the borough and eighth in the New York metro area.