The Board of the New York City Industrial Development Agency will assist new industrial and manufacturing company, Best Mounting, acquire and renovate a 55,000-sq-ft facility located on 130-11 Atlantic Avenue in Jamaica, Queens by approving a sales, real estate, and mortgage recording tax incentive package. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be Built on Staten Island Expressway NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on

Terrence O’Neal Architect LLC of New York City is performing a group of multi-family rehabilitations in Brooklyn and Queens as part of the Neighborhood Homes program of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The work will include the full-scale renovations of nine apartment buildings in Bedford Stuyvesant and two single-family homes in Hollis, Queens. Photo: Terrence O’Neal Architect LLC The multi-family rehabilitations performed by TONA will include the full-scale renovations of nine apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Queens as part of the Neighborhood Homes program of the New York City Department of Housing and Preservation and

Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber and New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky recently announced $100 million in funding for fourteen capital projects across the borough of Queens that will create approximately 400 new jobs. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be Built on Staten Island Expressway NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on West 45th Street Skanska

The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation has issued a Request for Proposals to develop a six-acre site, known as Admiral’s Row, and turn it into a neighborhood retail center attached to a supermarket on the western edge of the yard. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be Built on Staten Island Expressway NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on West 45th Street Skanska to

New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber announced $76.4 million in new infrastructure improvements to transform Long Island City into a center for commercial, residential and retail development. Renovations for Queens Plaza began recently on the site of a former commuter parking lot at Queens Plaza North. The lot will become a portion of a 1.5-acre landscaped signature open space complete with artist-designed benches and pavers, and a continuous protected bikeway and pedestrian walkway complementing the nearby Jackson Avenue Streetscape Project which began in fall 2008 and will be completed in fall 2010. Rendering: NYCEDC The

Skanska has been selected as the construction manager for the construction of a new Advanced Science Research Center in upper Manhattan and awarded an approximate $59 million contract to complete the second phase. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be Built on Staten Island Expressway NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on West 45th Street NJDOT Announces Start of Route 295 Rehabilitation Proposals Sought

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently announced the start of a resurfacing and pavement reconstruction project on Interstate 295 from Exit 24 to Exit 32 in Camden and Gloucester Counties. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be Built on Staten Island Expressway NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on West 45th Street Skanska to Build Research Facility in New York Proposals Sought to

The New York State Department of Transportation is finally responding to year of complaints regarding “parking lot” conditions on the Staten Island Expressway with plans to build a 1.2 mile auxiliary lane between Clove Road and Bradley Avenue. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on West 45th Street Skanska to Build Research Facility in New York NJDOT Announces Start of Route

Despite having $1.57 billion in federal stimulus money approved for New York City capital transportation – with $1 billion more likely to be approved – an analysis of project data provided by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council reveals that the majority of the approved funding has yet to be spent. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Tops Out Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be Built on Staten Island Expressway NYCEDC Seeks Industrial Development for Bronx Site CassaNY Rises on West 45th Street

The tallest building in Downtown Brooklyn recently made its official debut. Developer, The Clarett Group of New York City topped out construction on The Brooklyner located at 111 Lawrence Street. Rendering: Great Ink Communications The 51-story tower soars over 500 ft in Downtown Brooklyn and is constructed of cast-in-place concrete consisting of a combination window wall and metal panels on the eastern and western facades. Related Links: One World Trade Center Reaches Milestone 10 Indicted in Carpenter’s Union Corruption Investigation NYC Snags $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Transportation Buildings Dept. Announces New Development Challenge Process Auxiliary Lane to be