OCTOBER 2019 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 99
SCENE & SEEN
RXR HOLDS TOPPING OUT CEREMONY
AT VILLAGE SQUARE IN GLEN COVE
RXR Realty, one of the largest real estate owners, managers, and
developers in New York State, held a topping-out ceremony to celebrate
the construction milestone at Village Square in Glen Cove.
The ceremony was attended by RXR Realty leadership including
Chief Construction and Development Officer Todd Rechler, Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Construction
and Development Joanne Minieri, and Executive Vice President of
Residential Development and Construction Joe Graziose. Also in
attendance were representatives of Hunter Roberts Construction
Group, including William DeCamp 111, Senior Vice President, as
well as the Glen Cove city mayor, city officials, members of the
Chamber of Commerce, and Glen Cove Business Improvement
District.
Scheduled to open by March 2020, Village Square, a project viewed
by many as key to the revitalization of downtown Glen Cove, will
feature a 16,500-square-foot public plaza, 15,600-square-feet of retail
space and 146 studio, one-and two-bedroom rental apartments,
10 percent of which would be workforce housing. It is being built
on a 2.8-acre site on Brewster Street.
RXR has been committed to using a strong complement of local
talents and services for the construction of the project, with a total
of 89 percent of the construction completed by local contractors.
Construction works
on the site of Village
Square in Glen
Cove.
A rendering of the completed project.
Photos by Ralph De Pas. For more photos, visit longislandpress.com/categories/seen-scene
Construction on the
project is slated to
be completed next
year.
L. to R.: Joanne Minieri, EVP Chief
Operating Officer of RDS & RCS for RXR
Realty Todd Rechler, Chief Construction
and Development Officer for RXR Realty
Joe Graziose, EVP of Residential
Development and Construction Mayor Tim
Tenke, Mayor City of Glen Cove Maureen
Basdavanos, Deputy Mayor City of Glen
Cove.
Joe Graziose.
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