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By Brian Redlein Metropolis recently secured New Building approvals for New York’s first supertall building outside of Manhattan. Located in downtown Brooklyn at 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension and connecting to the landmarked Dime Savings Bank at 9 DeKalb Avenue, the ...
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By Brian Redlein Nearly four years have passed since the Hilton Hotel group announced its sale of the Waldorf Astoria to China’s Angbang Insurance Group. Despite some excitement in the new owner’s leadership ranks, the conversion of the landmark hotel ...
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By Brian Redlein In case you missed the construction update in New York YIMBY, the supertall skyscraper at 111 West 57th Street is continuing its climb to 1,428 feet. In March, the building passed its first of 12 setbacks, which ...
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By Maria Esslinger Big changes are coming to the property at 22 Cortlandt Street, the home of Metropolis Group. Following nearly two years of planning, Metropolis Group has secured the approvals for the multimillion-dollar project, which is scheduled for completion ...
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By Frank Fortino It’s an exciting time here at Metropolis. Not only are we working with more clients beyond the five boroughs than ever, but we’re also continuing to make an impact here in New York. On July 13, 2017, ...
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By Kristina Cartwright The New York Real Estate Journal featured the Life Hotel renovation as its Property of the Month in the June 20 – July 3, 2017, issue. Montroy DeMarco Architecture brought in the NYC expediting services of Metropolis ...
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By Robert Proffitt, R.A. A partnership with Kean University and Grimshaw has brought Metropolis Group out of the concrete jungle and into the bucolic woods of northern New Jersey. While many Metropolis projects involve challenges due to the population density ...
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By Robert Proffitt, R.A. Last year, energy management experts at Bright Power and architects at Thread Collective approached Metropolis Group for assistance with a pilot program in Brooklyn: creating a solar-powered electrical grid in an urban environment. Our experience with ...
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By Frank Fortino It amazes me every year how quickly the holiday season rolls around. We look up, and there’s a few weeks left, a final push to finish off the slate of work for 2016. For some people and ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani With the 15th anniversary of September 11, 2001 drawing near, it’s startling to realize how quickly time passes. For me, that day remains as vivid as ever. I was just 2 block north on Church Street ...
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By Frank Fortino I am deeply saddened to share with you all the loss of a great individual – Mr. Robert Kaufman, who has passed at 89 years of age. I have known Mr. Kaufman for nearly thirty years, a ...
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By Frank Fortino A recent article in the NY Post highlighted a little known fact – last year the DOB approved 99% of applications for after-hours construction. The statistic came to light as the reporters – Isabel Vincent and Melissa ...
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