City Scoop: Albany Schenectady Troy
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Overall Starts Expected to Climb in 2015, Extending Year-Over-Year Gains of the Past Two Years.
Strength in the non-residential and non-building sectors will offset a slight decline in residential activity.
Firms in Focus | CSArch Architecture, 40 Beaver St., Albany, N.Y.
CEO: Randolph J. Collins
Employees: 60
Founded: 1991
What's new: The Capital region is experiencing an increase in partnerships between educational institutions and businesses, such as Mohonasen High School's Center for Advanced Technology.
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William L. Mack Executive Vice President
LeChase Construction Services"There is very strong activity in the greater Albany region in four key markets, with more than $100 million of work in the medical, higher education, high-tech and commercial sectors," Mack says. LeChase has been construction manager for upgrades of General Electric's 100-year-old Building 53 at its Schenectady plant and now is building a senior apartment complex in Bethlehem for The United Group. "We're looking at $1.4 billion in regional revenue this year, $1.7 billion in 2016 and $1.8 billion in 2018," he says.