When Brookfield Office Properties unveiled plans to develop a long dormant site on Manhattan's West Side last year, it would have been fair to question whether the global firm would complete the $4.6-billion project.
Opinions may differ on where the heart of New York is, but two developers have set out to make a 26-acre site on Manhattan's West Side a serious contender for the title.
At its core, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is like any other energy services company that aims to meet or exceed shareholder value and keep power flowing through sweltering summers and record-breaking storms.
When an army of construction associations closed ranks last year to sue New York state transportation officials over halted payments to contractors, it was fair to expect some bad blood.
ENR New York magazine has named the New York State Department of Transportation its 2010 Owner of the Year. The editors of Engineering News-Record, with input from industry leaders, made the selection based on the department’s ability to successfully weather one of its most challenging years in recent memory.
