Category: Owners Developers & Managers

Manhattan, NY On Wednesday, October 18, PWC New York held its annual member meeting at Brickworks Design Studio. Incoming president, Schillivia Baptiste, presented her vision for the upcoming year. We also welcomed four new board members: Raquel Diaz, Gia Mainiero, Laurie Stanziale and Marilisa Stigliano.

New Paltz, NY IREM NYC’s Fifth Annual Clay Shoot was held on Friday, October 6^th at Mid-Hudson Sporting Clays. The charity event benefitted two organizations: SHAREing & CAREing, and GiGi’s Playhouse NYC. Over one hundred members and guests enjoyed breakfast, a full round of clay shooting with some competitive games, and a barbecue luncheon, followed by raffled and prizes.

New York, NY IREM NYC is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. Bruni Electric has awarded IREM NYC a grant to enable IREM members and guests to take and complete the IREM Building DEI Skills Badge. This self-paced, on-line, on-demand course will open eyes to both the complexities and significance of DEI.

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