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Professional Profile: Perry Vella 2012

Name: Perry Vella Title: Senior Associate Company: VVA, LLC Location: New York, N.Y. Place of birth and year: New York, N.Y., 1962 Family...

Virtual surveillance indispensable for security: Managed access control/video offers peace of mind

Closed-circuit video cameras have become expected commonplace in today's urban environment. Often when a crime or misdeed takes place, inves...

A single point of care: Architect-led residential design-build offers an alternative approach

When undertaking the renovation of a residential apartment in New York City there are numerous considerations that must be understood to gua...

A lawyer discusses buying a small building - commercial, residential or mixed-use

The current real estate market has created many interesting opportunities for investors to buy small buildings - commercial, residential and...

Ten steps to ensure your next roof restoration is a successful one

Time to fix your roof? Let's face it - re-roofing and roofing repairs are an inevitable part of a building's life cycle. As one of the most ...

Something old and something new: Making the construction industry blue

No issue is more important currently than DOB's determination of applicability of the 1968 or the 2008 code for projects that are the disapp...

SWBR Architects leads $3.6 million expansion and renovation project for McQuaid Jesuit High School

SWBR Architects (www.swbr.com) was selected as the architect for the renovation and expansion of McQuaid Jesuit High School. The estimated $...

Gruzen Samton * IBI Group wins honorable mention in Municipal Art Society's 2012 MASterworks Awards

Gruzen Samton * IBI Group received an honorable mention in the Municipal Art Society's 2012 MASterworks Award category for Best Neighborhoo...

BFC Partners to build $230 million, 470,000 s/f retail/hotel complex designed by SHoP Architects; Retained EWB Development and Casandra Properties to manage center

BFC Partners (www.bfcnyc.com), a New York real estate development company, unveiled plans to develop a new $230 million retail complex and h...

Cohen and Perfetto named to 2012 Super Lawyers List for sixth year

Marshall Cohen and Louis Perfetto, founding partners of real estate law firm Cohen & Perfetto LLP, have been named to the 2012 edition of Ne...