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As Dianne Morales has picked up some steam from the left in her mayoral bid, one issue was potentially weighing her down: her former employer.
Phipps Neighborhoods, where Morales spent roughly the last 10 years as CEO, is the social services arm of Phipps Houses, one of the city’s largest affordable housing developers. The development side of the nonprofit makes regular appearances on
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG), a global asset management company, today announced the appointment of Félix V. Matos Rodríguez to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
As Chancellor of City University of New York, Dr. Matos Rodríguez leads the nation’s largest urban university, which has 25 campuses across New York City’s five boroughs and a student body of 275,000. Recognized as an innovative leader within academia and the public sector, Dr. Matos Rodríguez has served as a teacher, administrator, and former Cabinet secretary for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor, Dr. Matos Rodríguez was president of CUNY’s Queens College and of CUNY’s Eugenio María de Hostos Community College in the Bronx. He sits on the governing board of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and additionally serves on the boards of Phipps H
Marvel’s Jonathan Marvel and Dattner’s Kirsten Sibilia
In the early weeks of 2020, architect Jonathan Marvel saw a steady stream of multifamily and public works jobs come across his desk.
“And then everything came to a screeching halt,” he said.
Marvel’s eponymous firm wasn’t alone. Design work dried up during the height of the pandemic as many construction sites shut down and financing became scarce.
Still, once construction work was permitted to resume in New York, many firms saw business pick back up.
The Real Deal compiled a list of the most active architecture firms of 2020, based on the square footage of ground-up projects.
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From top: 355 Exterior Street in the Bronx, 55-15 Grand Avenue in Queens and 700 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn (Google Maps)
Planning a new development project in New York City is not for the faint of heart, but some builders remained undeterred in 2020 even in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as rising anti-development sentiment.
This year saw the defeat of the Industry City rezoning, which would have transformed Sunset Park, as well as the Olnick Organization’s Lenox Terrace expansion. There was a near-miss with the Special Flushing Waterfront District, which was ultimately approved, and in November, the highest court in the state rescued the Inwood rezoning from ruin.