Category: Owners Developers & Managers

New York, NY BOMA New York leadership sat down with the BOMA New York co-chair of the Life Safety Preparedness Committee Russell Touhey, retired captain of the FDNY and director of Fire Life Safety for Brookfield Properties; together with Joe Razza, Z.S. Engineering, D.P.C. Collectively, they chair the Fire and Life Safety Director’s Association.

Bronx, NY RXR, a real estate owner, operator and developer in the New York Tri-State area, has launched leasing at Maven, a new ground-up, 27-story residential tower located at 2413 Third Ave. Maven is RXR’s first development in the Mott Haven neighborhood and features 200 units, 60 of which are rent-stabilized apartments for middle-income households

Manhattan, NY The New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ) spoke with John McBride, PE, principal and director of electrical engineering at Goldman Copeland Associates, the New York City-based consulting engineering firm that has been upgrading and optimizing

New York, NY On Wednesday, October 4, PWC’s Professional Development Advisory Council (PDAC) committee hosted their Imposter Syndrome event at JRM Construction. Guest speaker, Carolyn Herfurth advised the audience on how to think differently by providing an alternative way of thinking about ourselves and our competence to develop new and healthy responses. 

Beginning January 1, 2024, New York City building owners must undertake a yearly inspection of parapet walls, then remedy any hazardous conditions. Here’s what property managers, owners, design professionals, and real estate investors need to know.

Brooklyn, NY MNS Real Estate (MNS) has sold 70% of the residences. Closings and move-ins have commenced at the Umbrella Factory, the luxury condominium building developed by SL Development and designed by Rawlings Architects PC located at 710 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg. Umbrella Factory consists of 69 studios, one-, two-, and three-bedrooms homes with prices ranging from $685,000 to $2.5 million for the remaining units. 91% of the remaining residences feature private outdoor space, and a variety of studio, one-, two- and two-bedroom duplex layouts remain.

Brooklyn, NY Two Trees Management opened The Refinery at Domino, an 11-acre Domino Sugar Factory site. The class A building on the waterfront has been transformed into a 15-story, 460,000 s/f class A office space. As the second commercial building at Domino, behind the fully leased Ten Grand St.

Manhattan, NY H.J. Kalikow & Co., LLC’s 101 Park Ave., a trophy commercial office building located at the corner of Park Ave. and 40^th St., has achieved LEED Gold Certification. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most widely used building rating system in the world that ranks properties for their achievements in green, building health and other environmental factors.

Manhattan, NY Greystone has hired Debby Jenkins as an executive managing director. In this new role, she will focus on growing Greystone’s mission-driven strategies, including its social impact and affordable housing platforms. Jenkins will collaborate across teams to develop and execute strategies that promote the creation, financing, and preservation of safe and affordable housing

Bronx, NY Services for the UnderServed (S:US) held a topping off ceremony for Starhill phase I, one of the largest affordable housing development projects in the organization’s history. This occasion, celebrated in partnership with developer Bronx Pro Group

Manhattan, NY BGO, a leading global real estate investment management advisor and a globally-recognized provider of real estate services, today announced the launch of MIRO (Move-in Ready Offices) by BGO to provide small and medium sized business tenants with immediate access to adaptable workspaces that inspire a healthy and productive workforce.

New York, NY CP Capital, a U.S. real estate manager specializing in multifamily investments, has increased activity across its portfolio, including upcoming construction and leasing milestones at 13 multifamily developments. This pipeline reinforces the positive underlying fundamentals of the multifamily market