New York City School Construction Authority – Commercial Observer

Mayor Bill de Blasio restarted work on $17 billion worth of public construction projects across the five boroughs after suspending most public design and construction work early in the pandemic.

Design + Construction · Construction

De Blasio Restarts $17B in Public Construction Projects in New York

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Lorraine Grillo.

Lorraine Grillo Tapped as NYC’s COVID ‘Recovery Czar’

By Nicholas Rizzi

Left to right, top to bottom: Yousef Salama of Turner & Townsend, Michael Garner of MTA, Lillian Valenti of the Port Authority, Timothy Pullen of Port Authority, Cali Williams of Karp Strategies.

Design + Construction · Construction

CO Panel: More City, State Contract Work Needed With Firms Owned By Minorities, Women

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Melanie La Rocca.

SCA Executive Melanie La Rocca Chosen to Head Department of Buildings

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Lorraine Grillo splits her time leading the New York City School Construction Authority and the Department of Design and Construction.

DDC Commissioner Lorraine Grillo on Trying to Turn Around the Delay-Plagued Agency

By Nicholas Rizzi

One Willoughby Street will house a school on the base floors. The School Construction Authority signed a lease of 87,000 square feet at the building last year.

Design + Construction · Construction

Why the School Construction Authority Is Getting Cozy With Developers

By Liam La Guerre

John Puglisi, Associate Vice President for Facilities Management at Fordham University, said Fordham seeks to use unions on most of its projects.

Design + Construction · Construction

CO Event: Higher Ed Loves Unions, Says Online Won’t Replace Live Classes

By Liam La Guerre

The Kent at 200 East 95th Street.

Leases · Office

City Strikes Pricey Deal for Pre-K at Extell’s UES Condo Tower

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

5500 Broadway.

Leases · Office

ABS Real Estate Inks 99-Year Lease for Two Bronx Commercial Properties

By Liam La Guerre

A rendering of 77 Greenwich Street.

Finance · Construction

Trinity Unwraps $190M Construction Loan for Resi Condo at 77 Greenwich

By Matt Grossman

An old rendering 420 Albee Square. Rendering: KPF

Leases · Sales

JEMB and City Seal Deal for School to Anchor DoBro’s One Willoughby Square

By Rebecca Baird-Remba and Liam La Guerre

Richard Kennedy.

C&W Senior Director and Downtown Alliance Co-Founder Richard Kennedy Dies

By Liam La Guerre

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (Photo: Nan Melville).

Ennead Hit With $3M Design Malpractice Suit at LIC H.S.

By Lauren Elkies Schram