Design / Build

The Arker Companies break ground on two projects totaling 182 units - $53.9 million

The Arker Companies, a developer of affordable housing in the New York City metropolitan area, broke ground September 7 on new construction ...

Villafane joins The Switzer Group

The Switzer Group, an award winning interior design firm, has named Louis Villafane as its managing principal. In his role as managing princ...

Tallerico promoted to vice president of construction sales at Donnelly Mechanical

Toni Tallerico has been promoted to vice president of construction sales at Donnelly Mechanical Corp. Most recently, she was the firm's dire...

DelShah Capital completes student housing conversion in Brooklyn

According to Michael Shah, principal and chief executive officer of DelShah Capital, LLC (DelShah), the rebranding and repositioning of 902-...

New law creates major change in design industry

Effective January 1, 2012, there will be a new type of entity in the architectural and engineering field in the State of New York known as a...

Executive of the Month: John Caiazzo of The DeMatteis Organizations has been designing and developing buildings all his life

"I have been working on and designing and developing buildings my entire life," says John Caiazzo, vice president of real estate development...

Being a good neighbor - Adjacent properties during construction

As the industry returns to normalcy and stalled sites become "unstalled," backhoes start "hoeing" again and cranes start "craning," no other...

Blakeley-Glover, DiRosa and Cossetti join VVA

VVA has hired three new employees in their New York headquarter office. Lex Blakeley-Glover is an associate project manager with the firm an...

Chasing the true value of a property: Third party real estate due diligence

Although growth in the overall economy remains sluggish, today's real estate market still provides the opportunity for attractive returns wh...

Preparation prevents devastation during the heating season: Equipment that needs to be checked

August 27, 2011, President Barack Obama declares federal emergency for New York State and most of the East Cost. The local news headlines ad...