Spotlights

Ricciardi of Armao, Costa, & Ricciardi; Relationships, relationships

Name: Lisa M. Ricciardi, CPA, CCA Title: Partner Company/Firm: Armao, Costa, & Ricciardi, CPAs, P.C. Years with company/firm: 18 Years in fi...

Garvin of CDC LI; Achieving results is the measure of success

Name: Marianne Garvin Title: President & CEO Company/Firm: Community Development Corporation of Long Island Years with company/firm: 20 Year...

Cheng of Avant describes values of using social media

Name: Amy Cheng Title: Chief Underwriter Company/Firm: Avant Capital Partners Years with company/firm: 6 Years in field: 11 Years in real es...

Going...Going...Growing! Retail in New York City expanding

Retail in New York City is expanding. The Federal Reserve's most recent Beige Book Report confirmed the economy is moving at a steady, but m...

Building owners can offer their customers cloud connectivity as a premium amenity

Building owners now have the opportunity to create an additional amenity and potential profit center by offering tenants cloud computing ser...

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...

Community facility floor area bonus can add a financial bonus to a project

Did you ever wonder why the city is giving floor area incentives for community facilities? City planning decided to encourage medical facili...

A different twist on disaster recovery

When we look at post super storm Sandy issues such as floods and their aftermath, not only are we left with rotten materials and mold, but s...

Executive of the Month: Chin, SVP of healthcare, at Structure Tone brings a unique perspective to project approach; 30-year construction industry veteran, 20 years in healthcare

After 30 years in the construction industry, 20 of them in healthcare in N.Y.C., Joe Chin knows that collaboration is the fulcrum upon which...

Goodbye Islanders - Hello public private partnerships opportunity

Public private partnerships ("P3s") are gaining some steam in the construction marketplace today. A P3 is a contractual agreement between a ...