Yonkers, N.Y., is the birthplace of Bakelite plastic and home to the first golf course built in the United States. The city also is known for its strength in manufacturing. Many famous people and successful businesses have come out of Yonkers, and with a promise to take a “consistently proactive, innovative approach to project development,” there is no question that Yonkers Contracting Company (YCC) Inc. is a product of its environment.
The ever-changing concrete and steel canvas that is New York City is always home to ambitious construction projects. The ongoing project at 250 East 57th Street – one of the largest public-private initiatives to build public schools in the city’s history – is living proof. “We were intrigued by the potential of becoming the redeveloper of this 1.5-acre site for a number of reasons,” says David Lowenfeld, executive vice president at The World-Wide Group.
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For a leading clinical and medical research center such as Weill Cornell Medical College, there is no substitute for being on the cutting-edge. That’s why when it decided to invest in the creation of the Belfer Research Building in New York City, it made every effort to build a state-of-the-art facility, doubling the size of its research space and allowing the college to look forward to a future full of industry-leading research.
When the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in Connecticut was built in 1958, it had a design capacity of 90,000 vehicles per day. However, today more than 150,000 vehicles per day use the bridge on the Connecticut Turnpike along I-95. The 0.8-mile bridge was the source of bottlenecks and traffic jams for years, prompting the Connecticut Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to address the situation as part of a $3 billion megaproject to rebuild and widen 13 miles of the turnpike between West Haven and Branford, Conn.
A veteran Boston development company is teaming up with a major area healthcare provider on a new facility. Work started in July 2011 on a medical complex for the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. The complex, located at 800 Huntington Ave. in Boston, will join other healthcare and hospital facilities in the established Longwood Medical Area, explains Peter Spellios, senior vice president of The Beal Companies LLP, the building’s owner and developer. Completion is scheduled for 2012.
In the complex world of pharmaceuticals, companies need work environments with the right amount of space and resources to ensure that they are creating products that will positively impact patients’ health. And Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has created such an environment with its new corporate headquarters. Based in Tarrytown, N.Y., the biopharmaceutical company develops medicines for many medical conditions, including products for the treatment of gout, eye diseases and cancer.
John Beaver compares the coordination required to manage a $42 million renovation and addition project on a multi-building school campus to a “chess match.” “The biggest challenge we’ve encountered here was keeping three existing schools operating while we’ve built around them,” says Beaver, a project manager for North Branch Construction. North Branch is the construction manager for the Kingswood Regional School project in Wolfeboro, N.H., for client Governor Wentworth Regional School District.
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