A $75,000 grant was recently issued for renovations to a group home for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities located at 999 Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Funding was facili ...

Exterior work is progressing on Spring + Thompson, a seven-story mixed-use building at 83 Thompson Street in Soho, Manhattan. Designed by Selldorf Architects and developed by Madison Realty Capital an ...

Mayor Eric Adams recently unveiled “How NYC Moves,” a plan with 21 actionable recommendations to streamline the delivery and completion of major transportation infrastructure projects in New York City ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to redevelop a surface parking lot adjacent to the Beacon Metro-North Station into a mixed-use residential deve ...

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off is a major expansion on Governors Island. The $140 million project will double the school’s campus size, adding new ...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners has approved $55 million in funding to begin planning the replacement of Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). ...

City, Gansevoort Meat Market Mutually Agree to End Meat Market’s Lease Early, Opening Up 66,000 Square Feet of Opportunity New Plan Includes Mixed-Income Housing—Without Public Subsidy—New Public Open ...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been awarded $347 million in federal funding from the Biden-Harris administration to enhance zero-emission equipment and infrastructure while deepenin ...

New York State is making strides with the $1.2 billion Station Yards project in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County, aimed at revitalizing Long Island through a vibrant mix of housing, office, and retail space ...

A New York state judge granted a temporary restraining order on Oct. 9 to pause work on a $1-billion project to cap a portion of the Kensington Expressway in Buffalo, N.Y. The action In New York Supre ...

A plan to transform about 66,000 sq. ft. in the heart of New York City’s Meatpacking District into a community and cultural hub was released this week. Known as Gansevoort Square, the vision includes ...

Earthwork is underway at 1128 Madison Avenue, the site of an 18-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Legion Investment Group, th ...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners has approved additional funding to begin the planning process for the redevelopment of Terminal B at Newark Liberty International A ...

The New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection selected Frontier-Kemper Constructors for a $1.1-billion contract for its Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project, the contractor’s parent compan ...

As work progresses on existing contracts of the $16.1-billion Hudson Tunnel Project between New York City and northern New Jersey, outgoing Gateway Development Commission CEO Kris Kolluri said during ...

In recent discussions on digital twins (DT) in construction and infrastructure, a multitude of terms and concepts have emerged, such as digital models, digital shadows, twin systems, and digital threa ...

New renderings have been revealed for Related Companies and Wynn Resorts’ $12 billion mixed-use gaming complex proposal for the second phase of Hudson Yards. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, th ...

Local officials joined senior executives from the Cappelli Organization, RXR, and Korman Communities to celebrate the topping out of AVE Hamilton Green at 200 Hamilton Avenue in White Plains. The $650 ...

YIMBY spotted a new batch of exterior renderings for 315 Mulberry Street, a proposed set of residential skyscrapers planned to rise in the downtown section of Newark, New Jersey. Designed by INOA Arch ...

Construction wraps up on The Walt Disney Company’s 22-story New York headquarters at 7 Hudson Square in Hudson Square, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by Silverstein Pr ...

JLL Capital Markets has arranged $52 million in construction financing for 133 East 55th Street, a new apartment building in Midtown East, Manhattan. The financing was secured on behalf of a joint ven ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced plans to bring a + POOL, a filtered floating pool, to a section of the East River near Manhattan’s Lower East Side. ...

Façade installation is about to begin on THE 74, a 32-story residential tower at 201 East 74th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners with SLCE Architects as the ar ...

Over the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic rise in sustainable building in the United States with the country now recognised as a leader in green construction, writes Amanda Williams, head of e ...

Foundation work is almost finished at 100 West 37th Street, the site of a 68-story mixed-use skyscraper in the Garment District of Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by C3D Architecture and developed by Sio ...

Vertical construction and façade installation are progressing on 520 Fifth Avenue, an 88-story residential supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Ra ...

Are you ready for the most highly anticipated construction and design show of the year?    New York Build (Feb 13-14) returns to the Javits Center and is bigger and better than ever with a 33% bigger ...

New York Build is returning to the Javits Center bigger than ever before! Join us for an unmissable two days of incredible content, entertainment and networking.   Hear from a diverse and wide range o ...

The LEED Platinum project shows that sustainability and affordability can go hand in hand. In 2023, New York ranked first in the Top 10 States for LEED by gross square footage per capita. Among the ma ...

International architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed the final supertall skyscraper of a development in Midtown Manhattan, marking the project's finalization. Master planned by S ...

Are you ready for New York’s largest construction and design show of the year?    New York Build is back at the Javits Center on Feb 13-14, bigger than ever before! Join us for an unmissable two days ...

Excavation is moving along at 100 West 37th Street, the site of a 68-story mixed-use skyscraper in the Garment District of Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by C3D Architecture and developed by Sioni Group ...

Construction is progressing on 224 West 47th Street, a 25-story hotel tower at the northern end of Times Square, Manhattan. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect and developed by McSam Hotel Group, the p ...

Foundations are underway at 300 East 50th Street, the site of a 23-story residential building in the Turtle Bay section of Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by MAG Par ...

More than two dozen countries, including the United States, joined the Buildings Breakthrough partnership launched Wednesday at COP 28, committing to the vision that resilient buildings with near zero ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled Seneca, the selected proposal to redevelop the former Lincoln Correctional Facility in Manhattan. This proposed project would invest over $90 million in Harlem, br ...

The Westchester County Industrial Development Agency has given its final approval for financial incentives to support the construction of a $44.5 million affordable housing project designed exclusivel ...

With its Beaux-Arts design that includes a pioneering H-shaped plan that maximizes natural light, the landmark Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank building was ideal for being transformed into a 40,000-s ...

Construction is nearing completion on Atlas, a 24-story residential building at 270 Johnston Avenue in Jersey City’s Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood. Designed by MHS Architecture and developed by Alpine ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of construction on Mosaic Apartments, a two-building development that will create 60 apartments in Schenectady’s Mont Pleasant neighborhood. The all-ele ...

Money talks—and today, when it comes to the building industry, that money conversation frequently involves the worlds of green finance and ESG. What is green finance? How does it work? Why is it becom ...

Continuing our Turkey Week rundown of on-hold projects in New York City is Three Hudson Boulevard, a planned 56-story office skyscraper in the Hudson Yards district. Designed by FXCollaborative and de ...

Interior renovation of this more than century-old building included redesign of the retail space, the Blue Box Café and double-height video screen walls behind the existing windows. The team also comp ...

The Biden-Harris administration has announced new actions to spur commercial-to-residential conversions across the country and increase the supply of affordable, zero-emissions housing. Conversion pro ...

The towering office high-rise that occupies a full city block in midtown Manhattan includes distinctive terraces that twist up the building from Level 7 to the roof. The spiraling terraces resulted in ...

Demolition work is underway at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of a 15-story jail complex in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by HOK and developed by the NYC Department of Design and Construction, the 33 ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced completion of The Green at Garvies Point, a newly-constructed workforce housing development offering 55 affordable apartments in Glen Cove on Long Island’s North ...

According to recent research, more than two-thirds of U.S. residents do not trust their building’s water and air quality, and many have experienced sick building syndrome (SBS), a situation in which o ...

Construction is wrapping up on 8 Court Square, a 20-story residential building at 27-10 44th Drive in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by 25-34 Jackson Avenue P ...

On Oct. 25, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) released a report describing opportunities for investment in green construction. Titled "Building Green: Sustainable Construction in Emerging Ma ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of a 65-unit affordable housing development in East Buffalo. The long-vacant School 75 has been repurposed to offer 47 apartments, including 33 wit ...

A feasibility study has been commissioned for Flatbush Tower, a 12-story residential building which would potentially be located at 399-401 Flatbush Avenue near Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights. O ...

The Gateway Development Commission shortlisted all five teams that submitted qualifications for the first tunneling portion of the long-awaited $16.1-billion Hudson Tunnel Project to create another pa ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion Northside Village, an extensive public housing revitalization in Schenectady that now offers 300 modern, affordable, and energy-efficient homes, in ...

Construction has topped out on 38-38 32nd Street, a nine-story residential building in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by NY Building Associates and developed and built by Yitzchok Katz of Developi ...

Governor Hochul today signed legislation to build and preserve more affordable, energy-efficient housing in New York City. Legislation S. 4709A/A. 7758 authorizes New York City to adopt a new affordab ...

Feeling the effects of climate change and its devastating impacts on the environment, economies and societies, the world has recognized the urgent need to address the carbon emissions responsible for ...

Construction is steadily progressing on 31-28 Northern Boulevard, a new 12-story Public Storage facility in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Tao Architecture + Design, the ground-up development w ...

Architect Beverly Willis, who embraced 21st-century approaches to design of buildings, cities and everything in between since the late 1950s, and launched an impressive second career with her New York ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of rehabilitation of Silver Lake Meadows, a 52-unit affordable housing development in the Wyoming County village of Perry. The project ensures the ...

Construction is rapidly moving along at 43-30 24th Street, a large 66-story residential skyscraper in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Carmel Partners, the 7 ...

Amtrak has embarked on an ambitious two-year plan to triple its annual investment in infrastructure—growing it from $2 billion in fiscal 2023 to more than $6 billion by fiscal 2025. The increased spen ...

Fouerti Realty has revealed new architectural renderings of 341 13th Street, a four-story residential building in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Designed by Zproekt, the 50-foot-tall development will yield fou ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced renovations are complete on Parkedge Townhomes in Utica, a 184-unit Mitchell Lama development for families. Each unit at the 50-year-old complex received major up ...

While designing and installing a pair of massive steel trusses on the Honorable Frank J. Guarini Justice Complex in Jersey City, N.J. to sustain the building’s upper floors in the event of a terrorist ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Herkimer Gardens in Bedford Stuyvesant which offers 121 apartments, including 60 with supportive services for New Yorkers aged 62 and older who ...

The iconic Domino Sugar Factory has reopened as a 15-story, 460,000-square-foot Class A office space on the Brooklyn waterfront. Developed by Two Trees Management, the Refinery at Domino is the second ...

Governor Kathy Hochul, alongside United States Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk, Premier of Quebec Francois Legault, Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà ...

USGBC has published an anthology of existing research reports, industry insights, news articles, and state and local policies surrounding the topic of commercial-to-residential conversions. Conversion ...

Construction and steelwork has begun on the fourth tier of JPMorgan Chase‘s 1,388-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners wi ...

Construction is moving along on the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCR), an integrated coastal flood risk management system at the southern tip of Battery Park City. Led by architect an ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of construction on Mt. Olive Senior Manor which will create 65 affordable apartments for adults aged 55 and older, including 20 apartments with supporti ...

The Hudson Tunnel Project, which adds a $16.1-billion rail crossing between New Jersey and New York City, is advancing toward a start of early construction this year. The Gateway Development Commissio ...

New renderings have been revealed for 9 Chapel, a 14-story residential building under construction at 9 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Kane Architecture and Urban Design (Kane AUD) wi ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of a $51 million, all-electric affordable housing development that will bring 82 affordable apartments to downtown Peekskill in Westchester County. ...

The Construction industry may find itself already halfway through the third quarter of the year, but data flowing out of the second quarter may hold the key to a successful second half of the year. Tw ...

In urban areas, the absence of greenery and the prevalence of heat-absorbing materials such as asphalt and concrete creates heat islands, areas where temperatures can reach up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today launched the Pro-Housing Communities Program, a statewide initiative to give priority consideration for up to $650 million in state discretionary funds to localities commit ...

TF Cornerstone will soon welcome Chip City Cookies, an expanding New York City-based bakery, as a retail tenant at 278 Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative, the 14-story r ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation (S.4887/A.5608) into law, enacting the Roadway Quality Assurance Act, strengthening New York’s construction workforce by ensuring they are paid the preva ...

USGBC supports BPS policies in its advocacy work. As the impetus for economy-wide decarbonization increases, a growing number of state and local governments are exploring the adoption of building perf ...

Construction is closing in on the final floors of 300 East 83rd Street, a 22-story residential building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by SLCE Architects and develop ...

Consigli Construction, the general contractor for the sustainable-materials upgrade of the below-grade “bathtub” surrounding the 501,000-sq-ft Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan, ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced construction is underway to create 53 new homes across Rochester’s Beechwood neighborhood. The $27 million scattered site development involves the demolition of o ...

Excavation is unfolding for Hendrix House, a 12-story residential building at 429 Second Avenue in Kips Bay, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio and developed by New Empire Corp., the 150-foot-tall stru ...

Controversy continues to swirl around the $2.25-billion Interstate 81 Viaduct Project in Syracuse, N.Y., which state and federal officials have touted as a way to reconnect communities once severed by ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that construction has officially kicked off for the transformational expansion of CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse. The project will include a t ...

Permits have been filed to expand a four-story structure into a 13-story mixed-use building at 77 Mott Street in Chinatown, Manhattan. Located between Canal Street and Bayard Street, the lot is near t ...

Globally, buildings may account for roughly 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, the largest share of any sector. Of that total, 27% stem from emissions generated by building operations. This i ...

The first phase of a renovation and expansion project at the historic 92nd Street Y on the Upper East Side of Manhattan is now complete. Located at 1395 Lexington Avenue, the project was led by archit ...

Governor Kathy Hochul, leaders from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and officials from AvalonBay Communities today announced the completion of Avalon Harrison, a transit-oriented developmen ...

Construction is complete on FÖRENA, a 12-story residential building at 540 Sixth Avenue in Chelsea. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by Landsea Homes and DNA Development, the 80,000-s ...

One of the most frequent comments we get about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is that the new law—as exciting as it is—still doesn’t feel quite real. Many of the IRA grant programs are still in dev ...

Just as design for 555 Greenwich St. in lower Manhattan was getting underway in April 2019, New York City enacted Local Law 97, an ambitious sustainability regulation for new buildings of more than 25 ...

Construction is climbing higher on JPMorgan Chase‘s 1,388-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners with Adamsom Associates as ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of a new entrance ramp from eastbound Pelham Parkway to northbound Bruckner Expressway I-95, marking a milestone for the New York State Department ...

Drilling rigs are punching the last of 320 boreholes this summer on a full city block along the East River, where Lendlease is building a 789,000-sq-ft mixed-use complex of five buildings in Brooklyn’ ...

The $414 million renovation of Penn Station‘s Long Island Rail Road concourse is now complete in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, AECOM, and Skanska, the project centered on ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of a $6.2 million project to improve the resiliency of the historic Carpenter’s Flats Bridge, which carries State Route 9 over the Ausable River in Clin ...

For John Crocco, building the labyrinthine Perelman Performing Arts Center at Manhattan’s World Trade Center is challenging but also cathartic, because of his history at the WTC site. On Sept. 11, 200 ...