JLL selected to sell 261 Grand Concourse
This 10,242-square-foot development site is located at 261 Grand Concourse in Mott Haven,
Photo courtesy of JLL Capital Markets
JLL Capital Markets was selected by
undisclosed clients to sell 261 Grand Concourse.
The 10,242-square-foot development
site is located in Mott Haven, and the
sellers are asking for $12.5 million.
Karl Brumback, managing director;
and Brian Streilein and Eric Tiefen, associates,
make up the JLL group handling
this project.
The property at 261 Grand Concourse
offers between 61,657 square feet and
73,742 square feet of development rights
with potential for residential, hospitality
and commercial uses. The current tenants
are all on short-term leases, which
are set to expire in June 2021. The site is
located in a Qualifi ed Opportunity Zone at
the busy corner of Walton Avenue, Grand
Concourse and East 138th Street in the
borough’s Mott Haven neighborhood,
which is the Bronx’ most active development
zone. Approximately 6,500 new residential
units are coming to the area and
several large scale development projects
are underway nearby.
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National tech training nonprofi t Per
Scholas announced the appointment of
Abe Mendez, current deputy managing director
for Newark & New York, as managing
director of New York. The leadership
change comes as longtime managing director
Kelly Richardson concludes her
time at Per Scholas, following a successful
six-year tenure that included the launches
of the Per Scholas Brooklyn and Newark
training centers, as well as the launch of
new cybersecurity, cloud, and web development
training tracks.
In Kelly’s six years at Per Scholas, she
oversaw a team enrolling nearly 3,000 individuals
across Per Scholas’s New York
area training program and built new support
services for students while fostering
strong community and corporate partnerships,
such as serving as co-chair of
NYC’s Employment and Training Coalition.
As managing director overseeing Per
Scholas’s campuses in Brooklyn and the
Bronx, Abe will focus on driving additional
site expansion efforts, meeting ambitious
programmatic and fundraising goals
within the New York region, while building
existing and new corporate partnerships
to support Per Scholas graduates.
Prior to joining Per Scholas, Abe
served as an assistant vice president at
Barclays in New York and London where
he helped manage the bank’s citizenship
partnerships and efforts to engage
colleagues in skills-based volunteering
programs and campaigns. During
his time at Barclays, Abe was a driving
force in the company’s partnership with
Per Scholas to support the launch of Per
Scholas Brooklyn and was a partner in
its development of a new cybersecurity
training track. He also worked at JPMorgan
Chase & Co. in a variety of operations
and program management roles.
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Healthfi rst, New York’s largest notfor
profi t health insurance company with
nearly 1.4 million members, launched a
brand campaign today with a look and
feel that is a signifi cant departure from
the past. The new creative approach uses
crisp and clever copy against bold color
blocks in print and out of home while the
TV spots take on an easy conversational
tone. These executions make the campaign
memorable in a marketplace heavy
with health insurance messages.
The campaign will appear throughout
the New York metropolitan area,
Westchester and Long Island using a variety
of channels including: TV, OOH, print,
social and digital to best reach the communities
Healthfi rst serves. Portions of
the campaign will appear English, Spanish
and Chinese.
Healthfi rst has entered into a new
sponsorship to become the “Proud Wellness
Partner of the New York Mets,” for
the 2019-2021 seasons. This sponsorship
allows Healthfi rst to reach our audience
in channels it has not used in the
past such as in-stadium, on radio and in
promotions.
Now in its second year as the “Offi cial
Wellness Partner of Citi Bike,” Healthfi rst
will update the branding on docking stations
to incorporate the new campaign -
particularly those near NYCHA housing
where Reduced Fare Bike Share membership
for $5/month is offered to residents
as well as SNAP recipients.
The development of the creative for the
campaign was supported by o2kl; media
buying and planning was handled by Butler/
Make-A-Wish®
Metro New York
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NYC Health + Hospitals’ Offi ce of
Behavioral Health, in partnership with
OneCity Health, announced the launch
of Pathway Home, an innovative care transition
program created by Coordinated
Behavioral Care (CBC), to help individuals
with mental health needs transition
from short-term health services to ongoing
community-based care. The Pathway
Home program will provide multidisciplinary
care transition services to patients
18 and older transitioning from psychiatric
inpatient units who have had four or more
mental health inpatient visits in the past 12
months. Pathway Home teams will actively
participate in aftercare planning and perform
a transition needs assessment, accompany
patients home and arranging for
any immediate needs, such as food and
fi lling prescriptions, accompanying them
to primary care visits, and meeting with
them regularly for six to nine months postdischarge.
In addition to reducing avoidable
readmissions, Pathway Home aims
to strengthen community-based care and
improve connections to outpatient services
post-discharge, shortening length of
stay and increasing participation in treatment.
OneCity Health is investing over $4
million in the Pathway Home program and
providing technical assistance as part of
its effort to implement new models of care
that will reduce avoidable hospital utilization
under New York State’s Delivery System
Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP)
program. The investment will help fund
the new services for NYC Health + Hospitals’
mental health patients through a contract
with Coordinated Behavioral Care
and additional partnerships with community
based organizations (CBOs). Pathway
Home will launch at four NYC Health
+ Hospitals acute care facilities. Each site
will work with one Pathway Home team
and will enroll up to 150 patients over a
15-month period. The four sites are: NYC
Health + Hospitals/Coney Island; NYC
Health + Hospitals/Harlem; NYC Health +
Hospitals/Lincoln; and NYC Health + Hospitals/
Metropolitan.
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n an effort to support a local movement
to raise awareness for hunger in
Westchester County, Empire City Casino
by MGM Resorts is once again joining
forces with Feeding Westchester for
their annual campaign for Hunger Action
Month this September. With September
12 designated as Hunger Action Day, a
day set aside during Hunger Action Month
to inspire communities to take action and
help those who may not know where their
next meal will come from, Empire City Casino
will light its iconic porte-cochère entrance
and exterior building lights orange
to raise awareness of the nearly 50-million
Americans impacted by the issue of
food insecurity. As one of the largest entertainment
destinations in the Northeast,
Empire City Casino is honored to join the
nationwide network of organizations in the
fi ght against hunger.
In addition, Empire City Casino will join
more than 30 Westchester restaurants
and gourmet shops to introduce and promote
orange-themed menu items throughout
September as part of IntoxiKate’s Kate
Schlientz and Feeding Westchester’s
third annual Eating for Orange campaign.
In support of the initiative, for one week
starting September 12, casino guests may
enjoy various orange themed foods including:
Sweet potato mash pureed with maple
syrup, sugar and cinnamon, available at
The Pub; orange sponge cake with Grand
Marnier glaze, available at Nonno’s Trattoria;
Tres Leches with Grand Marnier
glaze, available at Lil Cocina; honey orange
shrimp with mixed vegetable, available
at the International Food Court’s
Asian station; orange sorbet, available at
the International Food Court’s FroYo Station;
and orange blossom cocktail made
with house gin and orange juice, garnished
with an orange slice, available at
all casino bars.
For more information on Empire City
Casino by MGM Resorts, visit empirecitycasino.
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Do you need help getting to and from
your medical appointments? Transportation
services are available to seniors Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in
community districts 9, 10, 11 and 12. The
program provides door-to-door service for
all medical appointments. Their drivers
are courteous and professional; and their
vehicles are clean and handicap accessible,
including wheelchair lifts.
For further information, call Mildred
Cardona at (718) 882-8513.
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Stop by picturesque City Island and
enjoy the exciting programs offered at
the PSS City Island Center, which is located
at 116 City Island Avenue, Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experience
the exercise classes from gentle
Yoga Stretch, Balance Class, Arthritis
Workshop and Tai Chi as well as the vigorous
Fit For Life and Cardio Fit. They also
offer acrylic painting, calligraphy, health
presentations, blood pressure monitoring,
gardening exchange, singing group and
parties. Lunch is served from noon to 1
p.m. suggested donation is $2. The center
participants go on shopping trips every
day; i.e. Shop Rite, Dollar Tree, Target,
Kmart, as well as theatre excursions, special
trips, special luncheons and more. It’s
free to become a member, but you must
be 60 years of age or above.
Upcoming Special Events: Monday,
September 23 at 10:15 a.m.; Balance Exercises
and at 1:15 p.m.; Singing Group
resumes with Napat! On Wednesday, October
2, Health Fair, fl u shots (sign-up),
mammography van and more.
For more information contact Patty at
(718) 885-0727 or email pattis@pssusa.
org for their monthly calendar.
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