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2019 Women in Building Services: Merilee Meacock, KSS Architects
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
My most notable professional achievement is creating an exceptional environment extending learning, life, and play into the community for Bancroft Neurohealth. Bancroft’s 80-acre campus was designed around sensory experience and connection to nature easing transitions and…
2019 Women in Building Services: Kiwesa King, SureTech Engineering, PC
February 19, 2019
Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of?
I believe that we all have something valuable to share. If you know how to read, teach someone who does not. I am proud to serve on the Advisory Council for Fordham Real Estate Institute. The Fordham program is unique in that the participants are…
2019 Women in Building Services: Susan Sassoon, Rosenbaum Design Group
February 19, 2019
Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of?
I love my work with Canstruction Long Island. Over the past 10 years, I’ve participated as a team captain for RDG, an event committee member, and as the director of sponsorship for the Executive Board. Each year, teams of architects, engineers, designers and contractors build…
2019 Women in Building Services: Yun Luo, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
I am working on a new resilient acute care hospital tower for Coney Island Hospital. It serves an urgent community need and is designed against future severe weather events. We are adopting many innovative elements in…
Howe of NCB structures $50.25 million first mortgage and $5 million line of credit for Castle Villag...
February 19, 2019
Manhattan, NY National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading lender to cooperative housing throughout the tri-state area, has closed a $50.25 million first mortgage and a $5 million line of credit for Castle Village Owners Corp.
2019 Women in Building Services: Mary Serafy, BRP Companies
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
The Crossing at Jamaica Station, a 30-story, mixed-use building consisting of 669 affordable units has been the most complex project I’ve worked on to-date. It has also been the most rewarding, as it will be iconic for Jamaica, Queens when it’s completed later this year.
2019 Women in Building Services: Sarah Kloze, EverGreene Architectural Arts
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
Leading the EverGreene’s team on Enoch Pratt Free Library’s restoration, coined as the ‘Jewel of the City of Baltimore,’ working with Binder Beyer Belle Architects and Gilbane. Over the last three years, this multi-phased construction consists of complicated coordination…
Fletcher, Rogozinski and Klauer of Greystone closes $75 million Fannie Mae loan; Posey and Englund o...
February 19, 2019
Manhattan, NY Greystone has closed a $75 million Fannie Mae loan made to an affiliate of Edison Properties, LLC for The Ludlow, a 23-story, 241-unit mixed-income multifamily rental apartment building located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
2019 Women in Building Services: Shohreh Waxman, SterlingRisk Insurance
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
My most notable project was to secure insurance coverage for Twenty Broad, the 29-story luxury rental tower next to the New York Stock Exchange. When a project is near, or in this case adjacent to, a high-visibility site in New York City, it is not uncommon for insurance carriers to…
2019 Women in Building Services: Lisa Mulligan, Town of Brookhaven and Town of Brookhaven IDA & LDC
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
In the past 12 months, I have been very proud to work on a series of manufacturing and distribution projects. In 2018, the Brookhaven IDA closed on support for H.A.E. Air, Inc., Creative Biolabs, Inc., United Meat Products, Inc., and United Rentals, Inc. These core manufacturing and distribution type projects are the backbone of our…
2019 Women in Building Services: Lauren Tully, C3S CoRE Consulting, Inc.
February 19, 2019
What trend(s) do you predict to dominate your industry in 2019?
I believe we will see more commercial and industrial developments in 2019 with the revitalization of existing commercial warehouse properties as well as the development of new warehousing properties. This growth is necessary to support the
Savanna and Hornig lease 40,841 s/f space to Great Performances
February 19, 2019
Bronx, NY According to Savanna and Hornig Capital Partners, owners of the Bruckner Building at 2417 Third Ave. in the Mott Haven neighborhood, catering company Great Performances has secured a 40,841 s/f, 20-year lease in the newly renovated property. Great Performances is moving to the Bruckner Building from their current location at 304 Hudson St. in Hudson Sq., and will occupy the first and third floors after moving into the space this summer.
2019 Women in Building Services: Nancy Colella, NYS Sustainable Corp.
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
The NYSSC firm has now implemented case studies worthy of depicting the corporation’s specialization on Green-Tech strategic investment related models. As a business owner with great respect and admiration for the commercial real estate sector. NYS Sustainable Corporation’s positioning is critical to the sharing of renewable investment projects that…
2019 Women in Building Services: Denise Rueda, Briscoe Protective
February 19, 2019
What does it mean to you to be a team player?
I believe in taking the term team player to a higher level. Briscoe deals with life safety issues involving fire and security services and we all take this very seriously. We are team players for the customer and make sure they realize that they are part of this team too.
Camhi and Silverman of RFR arrange two leases totaling 83,348 s/f; JLL’s Chudnoff, konsker, Turkew...
February 19, 2019
Manhattan, NY According to RFR Realty LLC, London-based AlphaSights, Inc. has renewed and extended its lease by an additional 17,690 s/f for a total of 63,832 s/f at 350 Madison Ave., a 25-story, 400,000 s/f office tower in Midtown’s Grand Central district at the corner of Madison Ave. and 45th St. Additionally, Burford Capital LLC, a leading global finance firm focused on law, signed a new 10-year, 19,516 s/f lease at the office tower. The leases total 83,348 s/f.
2019 Women in Building Services: Allison Robin, Levien & Company, Inc.
February 19, 2019
What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months?
2018 was a very exciting year for me, being promoted to a principal at my firm and also being chosen as president-elect for CREW NY. The next few years are sure to be very busy for me with these new leadership roles. I also just wrapped up the construction of a
2019 Women in Building Services: Maria Wilpon, DLR Group|Westlake Reed Leskosky
February 19, 2019
What does it mean to you to be a team player?
To me, being a team player means striving for continuous human interaction with others in the industry. My hope is that through these interactions, we can learn from one another, and design a world that’s ultimately more accessible for mankind.
2019 Women in Building Services: Katherine DeMercurio, EverGreene Architectural Arts
February 19, 2019
Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of?
I have been so fortunate to have participated with so many amazing organizations giving back to those in need in the NYC community. Highlights include raising funds for the St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter through Cycle for Hunger, participating in Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA’s) events to provide
Eisenberg launches Digital Guard Force
February 19, 2019
New York, NY Michael Eisenberg has helped companies increase profit margins, and sell out to larger ventures. He has launched Digital Guard Force (DGF), the culmination of a career spent navigating and closing the gap between humans and technology.
Stacom, Shanahan and Spector of CBRE complete $130.5 million sale
February 19, 2019
Manhattan, NY CBRE has completed the sale of Zero Bond St., also known as 670-674 Broadway, a five-story, mixed-use NoHo property. A private European investor purchased the 70,000 s/f building, which sits on the corner of Broadway and Bond St., for $130.5 million.