Educational
Joffrey Ballet School serves a broad group of students from professional dancers to young children. Their new facility in Queens was developed in part to address the summer programs that bring aspiring young dancers from around the world to experience the highest level of dance instruction.
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, UPC partnered with Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools and several leading design firms in NYC to solve some of the space and environmental challenges schools would face as students and staff returned. Together, the assembled team devised a comprehensive ‘Back-to-School Facilities Tool Kit’ which included a range of different solutions to address health, safety and spatial concerns.
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.
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.
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 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.
Since its founding in 1901, The Cathedral School of St. John of the Divine has been committed to the pursuit of excellence of their students and in making them responsible citizens of New York City and the world.
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) is an open enrollment public charter school located in downtown Brooklyn.
Commercial
Harmony Health Medical Clinic and Family Resource Center is dedicated to fostering a healthy community where all individuals reach their highest potential for health, happiness and well-being. As a Federally Qualified Health Center with 5 clinics, a birth center and a mobile clinic serving rural communities, Harmony Health serves as a community-centered provider health services to individuals and families.
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.
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.
Hot Bread Kitchen is a workforce development program that provides job placement and economic mobility for women, immigrants, and people of color in New York City through careers in food. Since its creation in 2008, Hot Bread Kitchen has successfully placed hundreds of women in jobs, incubated over 250 businesses, and has had over $100M in regional economic impact.
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.
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.
Community
Harmony Health Medical Clinic and Family Resource Center is dedicated to fostering a healthy community where all individuals reach their highest potential for health, happiness and well-being. As a Federally Qualified Health Center with 5 clinics, a birth center and a mobile clinic serving rural communities, Harmony Health serves as a community-centered provider health services to individuals and families.
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.
The New York Quarterly Meeting Society of Friends (NYQM) owns and manages several historic buildings surrounded by hardscape and landscape in New York City. They also own and manage two cemeteries. The Society of Friends has had a historic commitment to social justice, and Friends have been active in the abolition of slavery, the advancement of equal rights for women, fairness in immigration, and ending war.
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.
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.
Queens Community House (QCH) is undertaking a complete renovation of the Forest Hills Community Center, its largest program site and administrative headquarters. Approximately 5,000 community members attend programs at the center each year which are supported by a commercial kitchen and large multipurpose room in addition to multiple classrooms and meeting spaces.
The State’s first-ever “Women’s Building” was planned as a conversion of the former Bayview Correctional Facility, a 100,000 SF women’s prison located in Chelsea that operated from 1974 to 2013. The program included dedicated working space for community service organizations, an auditorium, gal- leries, a cafe, wellness facilities and a theater.
Korean Community Services (KCS) is a non-profit organization that has been serving New York’s Korean and broader Asian Community since 1973. KCS’s mission is to be a bridge for Korean immigrants and the wider Asian community to fully integrate into society and overcome economic, health and social barriers. KCS services include programs in the areas of Aging, Education, Immigration, Workforce Development, Public Health, and Mental Health.
Hot Bread Kitchen is a workforce development program that provides job placement and economic mobility for women, immigrants, and people of color in New York City through careers in food. Since its creation in 2008, Hot Bread Kitchen has successfully placed hundreds of women in jobs, incubated over 250 businesses, and has had over $100M in regional economic impact.
Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) is one of the oldest and largest social services providers in Brooklyn, providing support and opportunities to children, adults and families with mental illness and developmental disabilities.
Facilities
The New York Quarterly Meeting Society of Friends (NYQM) owns and manages several historic buildings surrounded by hardscape and landscape in New York City. They also own and manage two cemeteries. The Society of Friends has had a historic commitment to social justice, and Friends have been active in the abolition of slavery, the advancement of equal rights for women, fairness in immigration, and ending war.
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 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.
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.
Campus
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.
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 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.
Health / Science
Harmony Health Medical Clinic and Family Resource Center is dedicated to fostering a healthy community where all individuals reach their highest potential for health, happiness and well-being. As a Federally Qualified Health Center with 5 clinics, a birth center and a mobile clinic serving rural communities, Harmony Health serves as a community-centered provider health services to individuals and families.
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, UPC partnered with Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools and several leading design firms in NYC to solve some of the space and environmental challenges schools would face as students and staff returned. Together, the assembled team devised a comprehensive ‘Back-to-School Facilities Tool Kit’ which included a range of different solutions to address health, safety and spatial concerns.
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.
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.
Cultural
Founded in 1882 as the Portland Society of Art, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is the largest art institution in the State of Maine. The Museum is comprised of two historic homes and the Payson Building which was designed by Henry Cobb of Pei Cobb Fried & Partners.
Joffrey Ballet School serves a broad group of students from professional dancers to young children. Their new facility in Queens was developed in part to address the summer programs that bring aspiring young dancers from around the world to experience the highest level of dance instruction.
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.