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New York, NY L&L Holding Co. chairman and CEO David Levinson and president and CIO Robert Lapidus were joined by architect Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, Masaoki Kanematsu of Tokyu Land Corp., and Sonny Kalsi of GreenOak Real Estate, to celebrate the topping out of 425 Park Ave., one of the first full-block office towers

Manhattan, NY JCJ Architecture will design a new project for Barrier Free Living (BFL), a leading NYC community non-profit that provides services and support for survivors of domestic violence with disabilities. The $30 million project is anticipated to break ground in fall of 2019 with completion planned for January 2021.

NEW YORK, NY In celebration of Chanukah, Kent Swig, president of Swig Equities, LLC, joined Rabbi Shmuel Butman in lighting the world’s largest menorah on December 6, marking the fifth night of Chanukah. "I am honored and thrilled to have been invited once again by Rabbi Shmuel Butman to light the world's largest Chanukah Menorah,” said Kent Swig. “In these challenging times, it was very meaningful to me to participate in the expression of the Menorah’s universal message of light over darkness, freedom over oppression and liberty over tyranny,” Swig continued. Located at Fifth Ave. in front of The Plaza Hotel, the giant menorah is a 32-foot high, gold-colored, 4,000-pound steel structure that features genuine oil lamp and glass chimneys to protect the light from strong winds. 

There is an under the radar Benchmarking requirement that may come as a surprise to many buildings. This involves buildings that have low Benchmarking scores that have been buried and unnoticed in data bases for years. These buried scores will soon be “prominently” posted at the front entrance of each and every building for all to see.

As buildings age they become more inefficient, which can mean unnecessary, out of pocket expenditures every month; whether it is paying higher utility bills or constantly paying to repair outdated and failing equipment such as boilers and chillers.