Category: Construction Design & Engineering

Johnson City, NY The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM)has completed the programming, planning, and design for the new $60 million, 105,000-s/f School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), located on the 11-acre Health Science Campus being developed less than three miles from the main campus. In addition to full architectural services, SLAM provided interior design, structural engineering and landscape architecture services.

Syosset, NY Total Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has opened the group’s new $3 million facility.   Medical appointments and a walk-in clinic that provides orthopedic-specific urgent care, Total Ortho Express,  are among the services available at the 115 Eileen Way location, a 20,000 s/f, detached one-story building. Victor Famulari Architect, P.C. was the architect for the interior of the facility.  The Capo Group (owner) is a full-service real estate development firm.  They were the prime contractor on the project.

Manhattan, NY Pace University has opened the newly transformed spaces in its downtown campus structure, One Pace Plaza, and the adjacent historic building, 41 Park Row, the original home of the New York Times, in a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 28th. This ribbon cutting signifies the completion of $45 million phase 1 of the $190 million project. FXFOWLE was the project architect.

Manhattan, NY MBI Group, a NYC-based construction firm specializing in interior and healthcare fit-outs, was retained as part of a competitive bid process to construct and renovate patient care spaces at The Mount Sinai Hospital’s Guggenheim Pavilion, located at 1190 Fifth Ave. on the Upper East Side.

Manhattan, NY Hoffmann Architects has welcomed a new team member to the marketing and business development department. Lisa Deneau joins Hoffmann Architects as business development manager for the N.Y. region. With 20 years’ experience marketing professional services in the A/E/C industry, she has led business development efforts in establishing and maintaining client relationships. She applies her knowledge of the N.Y. design and construction industry to devising team strategies and forging alliances that deliver clients the best possible outcomes, tailored to individual project parameters.

New York, NY According to Mancini, Jessica Sheridan, AIA, and Michael Kipfer have been elevated to the principal level of leadership. Their promotion comes on the heels of a groundbreaking year of new initiatives and a proven track record of engaging clients with dynamic services. 

Buffalo, NY SWBR was recognized at the 2018 NAIOP Upstate New York Chapter Awards of Excellence ceremony for two projects — Evergreen Center in Buffalo, and the new American Packaging manufacturing facility in Chili.

New York, NY According to Colliers International, 35-year construction and project management veteran Joe Bolano has joined the firm’s healthcare project management team as regional director, healthcare and life sciences. Bolano will oversee the design and construction of healthcare projects from conception to closeout and will be instrumental in growing Colliers’ portfolio and building a specialized healthcare team.

Bay Shore, NY Members of The Racanelli Family, who head up Racanelli Construction Co., were honored at the 15th Annual Boulton Center Gala held on November 2nd at the Boulton Center.

Manhattan, NY EmpireCore has completed the comprehensive amenities renovation of 63-67 Wall St., owned by the Brooksville Company and managed by Pinnacle City Living. This project required extensive work due to the limited and aged amenities previously existing, and after 12 months of continuous construction, EmpireCore completed the $20 million renovation.

New York, NY Brian Dolan has joined Mass Contracting Corp. as a project manager. He will oversee construction projects and serve as the main point of contact for subcontractors. He will also collaborate with team members to maintain effective client relations. 

We’ve written what’s hot and what’s not in our annual real estate predictions of green trends and have also written in depth about those trends - roof gardens, urban farms, beekeeping, biophilic design, solar and many more.  But come gather ‘round people, because the times they are a’changin. Certainly, we’re seeing changes in the real estate landscape. As The Urban Land Institute’s “Emerging Trends in Real Estate US and Canada” opines: “New Era Demands New Thinking.” ULI considers the 2019 outlook to be complex with uncertainty, a scenario where the subtle interplay of overlap among real estate market sectors will “make for innovation and creativity. “