Design / Build

Preserving your Article 27 contract rights

Article 27 of the N.Y.C. Standard Construction Contract (city contract), provides a procedure for resolving most (not all) disputes regardin...

Professional Profile: Barbara Armand, 2014

Name: Barbara Armand Title: President Company: Armand Corporation Location: 1001 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1105, New York, N.Y. 10018 ...

Professional Profile: Don Pannone, 2014

Name: Don Pannone Title: Senior Project Manager Company: SWBR Architects Location: Rochester, N.Y. Birthplace: Rochester, N.Y. Education: ...

Professional Profile: Tim Rizzo, 2014

Name: Tim Rizzo Title: Sales Agent Company: Halstead Property Development Marketing Location: New York, N.Y. Birthplace: California Educat...

Professional Profile: Jay Ticer, 2014

Name: Jay Ticer Title: Senior Associate, Director of Medical Equipment Planning - NY Company: Shen Milsom & Wilke Location: New York, N.Y....

Brownstoner, BFC and Goldman Sach holds ribbon cutting for $30 million adaptive reuse project: 1000 Dean Street

Brownstoner Media, BFC Partners and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group have opened 1000 Dean St. After a two-year gut renovation desig...

Commercial energy management software meets building intelligence, energy solutions and the smart grid

Since the 1980s, waves of innovative energy efficient equipment have rolled through commercial real estate. The initial thrust focused on re...

The evolution of Midtown Manhattan: Area is changing into a bustling 24/7 neighborhood

Midtown is an area of infinite change, over the past decade the center of Manhattan has transformed into numerous micro-neighborhoods cateri...

Commercial real estate appraisers must keep pace with green initiatives in New York City

As a commercial real estate appraiser and the only one in New York City with a LEED-AP, I have long been both a proponent of green real esta...

Closing the deal with multicultural clients: Educating staff to communicate/negotiate effectively

Why do multicultural clients have the tendency to continue negotiations even after a contract or lease has been signed? It's a great questi...