BriarPatch Food Co-op
BriarPatch Food Co-op was founded in 1976 in Grass Valley, CA, and since then, has grown to include over 15,000 members with sales nearing $40M per year. Since its founding, BriarPatch has promoted a resilient and sustainable local economy by supporting businesses, organizations and brands that are committed to a healthy and equitable world.
Neuroscience Center
A private university with locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn has several projects underway. UPC works with the university’s facilities department to manage renovations throughout their various buildings. Almost all of the projects are in existing buildings, often Landmarked, originally designed for other uses and requiring modernization and adaptation for new program requirements.
Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts
Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts hosts over 70 classes for over 1,500 students every summer at its 140 acre campus. Students have access to 70 studios and theaters, including a 1,000-seat award-winning amphitheater, a drama center, and discovery center; four modern tennis courts; three large outdoor swimming pools; two yoga platforms; an archery range; a Quidditch field; and a recreation area for basketball and other games.
Higher Education Institution
A private university with locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn has several projects underway. UPC works with the university’s facilities department to manage renovations throughout their various buildings. Almost all of the projects are in existing buildings, often Landmarked, originally designed for other uses and requiring modernization and adaptation for new program requirements.
Holmes Camp & Retreat Center
Holmes Camp & Retreat Center has added Agape II, a new conference center with overnight guest accommodations nestled within its 550 acre wooded camp and conference center in the lower Hudson River Valley. Holmes’ Agape II conference center provides ten overnight guest accommodations within a new bi-level meeting facility.
Congregation Beth Elohim
Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) is a Reform Jewish congregation in Brooklyn and a spiritual, cultural, and intellectual center for Jewish revitalization. CBE occupies two facilities at the intersection of Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue in the Park Slope Landmark District.
Uncommon Schools – NorthStar Academy Campuses
Uncommon Schools cultivate a love of learning in every child. Uncommon builds community based on values like respect, hard work and kindness. Students learn to think deeply, to debate passionately, and to engage thoughtfully with new people, places and ideas.
State of Being
NoVo Foundation is dedicated to catalyzing a transformation in global society, moving from a culture of domination to one of equality and partnership by imagining new ways of being in community.
Ryan Health
For over 50 years, Ryan Health has been a designated Article 28 family medicine clinic and federally qualified health center providing high-quality, affordable services to medically underserved communities across Manhattan.
Turnstyle
Turnstyle is a retail center at Columbus Circle with more than 30 shops and creative start-ups. Turnstyle is the first privately financed retail marketplace within the NYC subway system and is a model for public/ private partnerships and transit retail. The project involved integrating amenities and tenant spaces, and coordinating between multiple public and private partners.
Park Avenue Investment Firm
This Park Avenue investment firm creates long term value by maximizing the synergy between talent and capital. The firm’s ongoing success and growth warranted a new office space with more amenities and meeting rooms. Some of the project’s features included an employee lounge, private offices, multiple gathering spaces including a library and high-end finishes throughout the space.
Saint Ann’s School
Saint Ann’s School serves Pre-K to 12th grade students in an environment shaped by a philosophy of nurturing the individual pursuit of knowledge. As part of a strategic master plan to upgrade all its facilities, the main 100,000 SF historic building was renovated and two nearby townhouses were converted into one classroom building.
Riverdale Country School
Riverdale Country School is a Pre-k through 12th grade independent school located in the Bronx. Their philosophy stems from a belief that the future belongs to those who adapt to new situations, ask good questions, try new ideas and work well with others.
34–40 Steinway
Absolute Development acquired several mid-block retail and warehouse properties in the main business district of Astoria Queens with a goal of repositioning this property for more intensive and upscale uses.
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) is an open enrollment public charter school located in downtown Brooklyn.