The Herald Statesman from Yonkers, New York • 68

18 Gannett Westchester NewspapersSunday, March 13,1988 Section COMMERCIAL REPORT Planned Expansion honored for Greenway ShopRJte Plaza Five national and international organizations agree: Greenway ShopRJte Plaza in Yonkers is an award-winning project Sinees its completion, the project has received a design award from ID Annual Design Review, an international design publication: a first place award from National MaM Monitor magazine's of Excellence" competition' an award of merit from the New York State Association of Architects, a chapterof the American Institute of Architects; a design award from the Society of American Registered ARcbitects, a national professional organization; and a planning achievement award from the Westchester -County Planning Federation, The plaza was designed by Planned. Expansion Group Inc. of White Plains. Bsfis paaslto WDders (Dooit lira $fr cdtefl Winter construction is occurring a great deal irnore. These projects have risen, season after season, since economic recovery I', started in Ihe Gannat! News Service ROCHESTER, N.Y.

With winds ai high as 15 mph and the temperature around 15 degrees, Construction workers slowly began work at Eastman pi r- in triple-layered clothing, ironworker Ronald Levy, Arthur D. Little Inc. Melvin Simon Associates, an Indianapolis- based real estate developer and partnership owner of the Jefferson Valley Mall in YorktowiC has been ranked as the nation's largest manager of shopping centers by National Mall Monitor, a leading industry publication. MSA has more than 66 million square feet of retail space in its management portfolio, including more than 182 shopping facilities Jn 39 states. In addition, Shopping Center World, another publication, ranked the company as the country's largest shopping center developer, with more than 54 million square feet of space developed.

Why build in venter? Construction increasingly goes on all winter for several reasons: Building costs are escalating and owners want buildings occupied sooner. a construction site must be closed down for the winter, a developer still must make interest payments on the construction loans," Levy said. 'To hold land Is expensive. The quicker the building is completed, the sooner revenues start flowing." There's a greater supply of construction workers during the winter because fewer developers are competing to get the best workers. New products are allowing developers to coyer a building with a protective coat and heat the space.

"A lot of the work taking place now would not be possible without the technological advances that have been made," said Levy. He noted that E.I. duPont de Nemours Co. introduced a reinforced, Tivek plastic covering that is impermeable to air. for gas heating beats closing the entire project for three months, McNeil said: "You dont make any money on a building during construction or a standstill" William Carleton, construction nunager at the site, explained that concrete, takes longer to harden if it is exposed to extreme cold.

Insulated blankets protect newly poured concrete from freezing temperatures. At Eastman Place, project manager Norman Brooks sajd, "The worst thing about working on site in these conditions is the wind. If the chill factor takes the temperature to zero, it's almost impossible to, work." Glancing out the window, he said, "It looks like the glaziers have decided that they're not going to work. They work a lot with their hands, often without gloves, and their hands are exposed fbr a long time to the cold." Brooks, Levy and McNeil agreed that productivity declines on winter construction projects, but some work is better than none. "There is a loss of -productivity, less daylight hours and more days the job is shut 'down because of weather," Levy said.

"But the advantages seem to outweigh the disadvantages." From the perspective of the construction workers, cold weather is a constant that slows them down and crimps their coordination. Most have developed ways to keep warm in bitter cold. 'As the wind on the fourth floor became unbearable fbr Stimson and Goodman, another quickly built-a shanty-like covering around them. "This is much better," Stimson said, although holes in the covering still let in drafts. On occasion, the workers went to theJUfth-floor heating and air conditioning system room, where they could warm their hands in front of a small red propane heater.

Stimson wore long johns, jeans and sweatshirt under his Carthart jumpsuit. Plumber Mike Roggo said he sometimes warms his -hands on a hot pipe that has just been welded. "Sometimes you've got to watch what you do because your skin will stick to the tools and pipes," he said. COMMERCIAL SALES Don Stimson and mason Clarence Goodman recently were stationed, on the fourth floor of the new music library and office building in downtown Rochester. They waited for a crane to lift a sheet ot limestone they mount on the building's exterior.

"It's about as worse as you can get up here," said Stimson, taking off his gloVes to attach bolts to the stone slab. "Jt's icy and slippery." For construction workers like Stimson and Goodman, winter work, is not ideal. But it's happening more often in their trade as higher costs push developers to continue projects in winter. In the past five years, the number of construction projects finished during winter months has increased in the Northeast, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

During the winter of 1988, 66,600 buildings were completed, up from 51,600 a year earlier. So far this winter, 24,400 projects have been completed. "Winter construction is occurring a great deal more," said Ronald Levy, vice president and market manager of construction industries fbr Arthur D. Little a management consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass. "These projects have risen, season after season, since economic recovery started in the United States in 1984." New products are allowing developers to cover a building with a protective coat and heat the space.

Levy noted that E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co. introduced a reinforced, Tivek plastic covering that is impermeable to air. The Pioneer Group put a polyurethane protective coat around its City Centre III construction project here." "The primary reason fbr the winter protection is to keep the space contained within the enclosure warm enough to pour concrete and lay brick," said Ed The City of Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency sold property at 1 Bradford Road, Mount Vernon, to Vapor Technologies Acquisition Corp. fbr a reported $3,993,626.66.

Anderson Street Realty Corp. sold one story, multi occupancy property (theater, stores) at 594-604 Main St. New Rochelle, to Jennifer Santomero of 78 North State Road, Briarcliff Manor, fbr a reported $725,000. New Rochelle Neighborhood RevitalizaUon Corp. sold property at 38 Lincoln New Rochelle, to David and Mattie Lee of 590 Fifth for a reported $111,750.

McNeil of the Pioneer Group, a Syracuse-based development firm. The wintei protection covers the. entire nine-story building. three big gas heaters keep the interior temperature around 50 degrees Fahrenheit during the day. Without the heaters, concrete or mortar might crack or freeze.

The Pioneer Group believes spending $800 a day Anthony and Lillian DeSandolo of 18 Reynolds. Lane, Katonaluold property at 310-312 5th Pelham to Paul Pallett of 521 Third fbr a reported $373,000. Commercial Sales and Housing Sales are compiled by Gwfen Hall. Courthouse, office building for lower Manhattan irrfOf I Vol Southern District of New York. "We've been overflowing our current Brieant said.

"The new building can only mean a bet-" ter system." He said approximately 25 to 30 new courtrooms will be added and much-needed 'space' will 'be available to expand judges' chambers and waiting areas for jurors. Golden said of the side benefits of the project is the devel-. The new courthouse, which will be connected to the existing Foley Square facility, will be located behind the state courthouse at 60 Centre between Baxter and Pearl streets. The office building, a 33-story structure, is to be built at 290 Broadway, at the intersection of Reade Street, and will be jointly occupied by city and federal agencies. Construction is expected to.

start within three years, with a. targeted completion date in five years. A host of dignitaries joined Mayor Edward I. Koch at a City Hall news conference to announce the plans. They included Sen.

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The new buildings will each have approximately 800,000 square feet of space and both will have underground parking areas for tenants and the public, officials said. The development agreement between the city and GSA calls for the city to turn over the sites to the federal government after private developers are selected through competitive bidding. The purchase price for the sites will be paid to the city in the form of reduced lease costs for city agencies -at the 290 Broadway building. City officials said they- will tenable to save millions of dollars! through the reduced leases be-: Cause they will be able to move city-agencies currently housed in ex-'. pensive office space when the cur- rent leases run out.

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