Design / Build

Savanna tops out The Six, a 26-story, 90,000 s/f office building; Architect is Perkins Eastman; to be completed in 2020

Manhattan, NY Savanna has celebrated the topping out of The Six, a 26-story, 90,000 s/f office building that Savanna is developing at 106 West 56th St. in partnership with Atom Assets, a Hong Kong-based real estate investment platform. Located on 56th St.

Gene Kaufman-designed dual brand Marriott hotel in Chelsea tops out

Manhattan, NY The 531-room, 46-story dual brand Marriott hotel on 140 W. 28th St. has topped out.  Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect (GKA), the Springhill Suites and Towne Place Suites make up one of the tallest hotels in the city. The 419-ft. tall structure, which replaces....

Tempco Glass now to offer complete shower enclosure packages

Queens, NY Tempco Glass Fabrication has made a full line of hardware to complement its existing frameless shower glass offerings available to glaziers, glass installers, and contractors. For a basic residential frameless shower doors or screens for a multifamily or hotel building

J.T. Magen to build out 1 Manhattan West interiors

Manhattan, NY General contractor J.T. Magen & Co. Inc. is contracted to build out half of the interior space in the new supertower 1 Manhattan West in the Hudson Yards district. J.T. Magen will complete 1.1 million s/f of interior space...

Society of American Registered Architects NY Council (SARANY) honors three MAP projects

New York, NY MAP received honors for three projects at the Society of American Registered Architects NY Council (SARANY) Awards dinner. This event highlighted some of the most well-known and important new architecture in New York. MAP's three winning....

MKDA celebrates its 60th anniversary with the release of memoir Milo Kleinberg and MKDA: Six Decades in Design

New York, NY MKDA, a national design firm with interior design studios in New York and Stamford and an innovative Miami architecture studio, has launched its year-long 60th anniversary celebration with the release of a historical memoir titled Milo Kleinberg and MKDA: Six Decades in Design.

Question of the Month: What are property managers & bldg. owners doing to attract & retain tenants? by Vail & Gilman

The modern office space no longer consists of the traditional cubicles and conference rooms. Tenants are now demanding amenities to create a sense of community and wellness in the workplace. The demand and its response are changing the way we view the standard office and pushing boundaries

Executive of the Month: O’Donnell, fire safety supervisor for Total Safety Consulting Fire Division (TSCFD)

New York, NY “Can do!” Whenever Chris O’Donnell, fire safety supervisor for Total Safety Consulting Fire Division (TSCFD), is faced with a challenge, he remembers the proud motto of the U.S. Naval Construction Battalions or “Seabees.” 

RDC Development holds ribbon cutting for $560 million redevelopment; For Ocean Bay Apartments, a 24-building, 1,395-unit public housing complex

Queens, NY New York State Homes and Community Renewal, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, NYC Housing Authority, RDC Development (a joint venture between MDG Design + Construction and Wavecrest Management) and partners held a ribbon cutting

Douglaston Development, HPD and HDC celebrate completion of $160 million Crossroads Plaza project

Bronx, NY The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and NYC Housing Development Corp. (HDC) joined Douglaston Development and project partners to celebrate the completion of Crossroad Plaza. Built on the site of an abandoned gas station