Construction costs in New York City and throughout the region have declined in response to the softening economy, according to a report recently released by the New York Building Congress. A Building Congress analysis of McGraw-Hill Construction’s F.W. Dodge data on new buildings, shows that hard construction costs which are defined as physical costs of construction such as materials and labor, for offices and banks have declined ten percent between 2008 and 2009, while apartment construction hard costs have declined nine percent over that period. The category of new buildings that includes schools and libraries has similarly dropped by eight
Despite delays and the cancellation of high-profile plans, the BAM Cultural District in downtown Brooklyn is slowly but surely moving forward. Envisioned as a hub of artistic activity clustered around the existing Brooklyn Academy of Music, four projects are scheduled to break ground later this year. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's Greenest Resid. Development Planned Hudson Scenic Studio Expansion Moves Forward NYCEDC Sells Property to Support Expansion Village Green Targets LEED Gold Certification Work to Begin on
The first phase of the Bushwick Inlet Park located on Kent Avenue between North 9th and North 10th Streets in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods of Brooklyn recently broke ground. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's Greenest Resid. Development Planned Hudson Scenic Studio Expansion Moves Forward NYCEDC Sells Property to Support Expansion Village Green Targets LEED Gold Certification Work to Begin on Long-Delayed Louis Kahn Park Brooklyn Arts District Plods Ahead Groundbreaking at Cornell Could Mark the End
A new 250,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art corporate headquarters and distribution center for Empire Merchants North, a New York based wine and spirits distributor is being designed by KSS Architects of Princeton, New Jersey and strives to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council upon completion. When completed, Empire Merchants North will have 35,000 sq ft of office space and 220,000 sq ft of warehouse space and will accommodate a potential 130,000 sq ft warehouse expansion. Rendering courtesy of KSS Architects. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling
The Albanese Organization of Garden City, New York has recently announced that its latest green residential development, The Visionaire, has received LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, marking it as the greenest residential condominium in the United States and the only LEED Platinum condominium on the east coast. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Hudson Scenic Studio Expansion Moves Forward NYCEDC Sells Property to Support Expansion Village Green Targets LEED Gold Certification Work to Begin on
For more than a decade, Cornell University has grappled with its plan to construct a new facility for its College of Architecture, Art and Planning. On June 8, however, a backhoe began digging up dirt at the building’s proposed site—the north edge of the Arts Quad—perhaps marking the end of an epic drama that has involved a large cast of characters, a global financial crisis, and the looming threat of academic decertification. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's
The Board of Yonkers Industrial Development Agency recently passed a resolution to move forward with a public hearing and to negotiate an economic development package for the renovation of Hudson Scenic Studio, an award-winning national production and scenic fabrication firm that has served Broadway and the professional entertainment industry for nearly three decades. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's Greenest Resid. Development Planned NYCEDC Sells Property to Support Expansion Village Green Targets LEED Gold Certification Work to Begin
After decades of false starts, one of architect Louis Kahn’s final works, a 4.5-acre park in New York City to honor President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is scheduled to break ground in mid-August on the synergistically named Roosevelt Island, in the East River. Photo courtesy of Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Public Relations The Four Freedoms Park was designed specifically for the Roosevelt Island site by architect Louis I. Kahn to honor President Roosevelt. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's Greenest
Mandell School on the Upper West Side is set to expand into a new state-of-the-art green facility at 795 Columbus Avenue, a 15-story apartment building that is part of Columbus Square, a retail and residential community currently under development between 97th and 100th Streets. Construction on Mandell School's 50,000-sq-ft build out and 10,000-sq-ft learning center is scheduled for March 2010. Rendering courtesy of Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Public Relations. Related Links: Construction Begins on NY-NJ Tunnel Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's Greenest Resid. Development Planned Hudson Scenic Studio Expansion Moves Forward NYCEDC Sells
Construction recently began on an $8.7 billion New York to New Jersey tunnel, the largest U.S. transportation project that is expected to double the number of rail commuters traveling between New Jersey and Manhattan. Related Links: Upper West Side Mandell School Expands, Goes Green Empire Merchants North HQ Seeks LEED Cert. Skanska Starts UN Headquarters Remodeling Nation's Greenest Resid. Development Planned Hudson Scenic Studio Expansion Moves Forward NYCEDC Sells Property to Support Expansion Village Green Targets LEED Gold Certification Work to Begin on Long-Delayed Louis Kahn Park Brooklyn Arts District Plods Ahead Groundbreaking at Cornell Could Mark the End of
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