By David Temidara When the prestigious Brearley School built a new facility one block away from the primary campus on 610 East 83rd Street, the institution engaged Metropolis Group to help manage the complex construction process. Metropolis team members worked with architects, engineers, and owners’ representatives to secure the construction permits,… View more
By Frank Fortino On September 21, 2023, representatives of the New York City Department of Buildings met with members of the New York Coalition of Code Consultants (NYCCC) at the Penn Club of New York. We came together with the common goal of making the construction industry more efficient and more… View more
By Gregory Fortino Here at Metropolis Group, the nature of our business provides an accurate snapshot of economic activity, especially here in the New York City metropolitan area. In recent years, the life science area has become a high-growth sector. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we started seeing more projects that… View more
By Frank Fortino As reported in the Commercial Observer and Real Estate Weekly, Metropolis Group is preparing to relocate our headquarters from 22 Cortlandt Street to the historic Equitable Building at 120 Broadway, just around the block. We are also setting up a satellite office at 100 Town Square Place in… View more
By Frank Fortino On March 9, the Pratt Institute hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Research Yard of Pratt Institute, City Tech, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I had the privilege of attending the event as a member of the Board of Trustees for the IDC Foundation,… View more
By Sami Sallaway On December 2, 2022, Metropolis President Frank Fortino announced the winners of the company’s top awards at the annual holiday celebration, which took place at Battery Park Gardens. Expeditor Usha Tejiram received the 2022 Employee of the Year award, and Director of Operations Penny Laughlin was honored as… View more
By Frank Fortino As many of you already know, Metropolis Group recently promoted Gregory Fortino to Chief Operating Officer. This development holds tremendous opportunity not only for our organization, but also for our clients and our industry as Greg combines hands-on experience with a 21st-century perspective. The firm started 34 years… View more
