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An approved fire safety and emergency action plan can reap benefits far greater than its cost

Last year, the FDNY began enforcing RCNY 404-01 & 404-02, which calls for fire safety and evacuation plans to be combined with emergency act...

Commercial property owners: How to live with the new higher tax rates

This article summarizes the new tax rates that apply to high-income individuals and points out some tax planning techniques that are particu...

Property Group Partners enters joint venture to develop 860 Washington Street with Romanoff Equities; Facilitated by Eastdil Secured

Property Group Partners, a leading owner and developer of class A commercial real estate formerly known as Louis Dreyfus Property Group, has...

Gamco Corp. re-designs its corporate website

Gamco Corp. has completed a re-design of its corporate website, www.gamcocorp.com. The redesign effort was sparked by Gamco's recent additio...

Property of the Month: Gotham Org. unveils new contemporary redesign of Hell's Kitchen residential tower; Stephen Alton Architect, P.C. served as architect of New Gotham

Just in time for the building's 15th anniversary and on the heels of the launch of LivingGotham.com, the Gotham Org. debuted a completely re...

McHugh and Lorenz of AKF to serve on Building Resiliency Task Force

According to AKF, two of their partners, Chris McHugh, PE, and Frank Lorenz, PE, have been invited by Russell Unger, executive director of t...

GKA and GSKA-designed 99 Washington Street tops out; Developed by McSam Hotel Group and built by Cava Construction

One of the world's tallest Holiday Inns has topped out. The top floor of concrete was poured for the 50-story, 400-room full-service hotel a...

Executive of the Month: Glenn Foglio, president of Graciano Corp.: Increased company's sales and profitability year after year

When your career takes you from construction-site laborer to construction-company president, sometimes you look back and try to connect the ...

Tishman Construction hires Palmer as new executive to direct strategic alliances

Tishman Construction Corp., an AECOM company, has appointed William Palmer as executive vice president and director of strategic alliances f...

Weiner joins Thornton Tomasetti as vice president

According to Thornton Tomasetti, Harvey Weiner has joined the firm's N.Y. office as vice president. Weiner has 30 years of experience in ele...