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Queens Chamber honors top construction projects at annual gala
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Th e Queens Chamber of Commerce
honored 17 outstanding construction
projects at its 2019 Annual Building
Awards Gala on Oct. 3 at the recently
opened TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy
International Airport.
More than 400 business, government
and community leaders were in attendance
at the annual event, which recognizes
excellence in the construction and
design of building projects in Queens.
“Th ank you all for continuing to
make this borough grow,” said guest of
honor Melanie LaRocca, New York City
Department of Buildings Commissioner.
“Queens is booming, and your good
business is our good business.”
Special guests included Borough
President Melinda Katz, Councilmen
Donovan Richards, Paul Vallone and
Eric Ulrich, New York State Assembly
members David Weprin and Alicia
Hyndman, and Commissioner of NYC
Department of Small Businesses Gregg
Bishop.
Th e TWA Hotel, which opened in May
of this year, is the culmination of years
of work to restore the landmark TWA
Flight Center, designed by renowned
architect Eero Saarinen, which was honored
by the Queens Chamber at their
Annual Building Awards Gala in 1962.
Tyler Morse, CEO and managing partner
of MCR and MORSE Development,
owner and developer of the TWA Hotel,
delivered the keynote address on the
vision behind the TWA Hotel.
“Eero Saarinen would have been
proud that the Queens Chamber’s 2019
Annual Building Awards were held in
his cathedral to aviation — and that the
community has infused its new restaurants,
shops and event spaces with such
energy,” said Morse.
Th omas Grech, president and CEO of
the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said
the TWA Hotel is an architectural marvel,
and the perfect sit for the Building
Awards gala.
“In celebrating and encouraging excellence
in building design, which is so evidently
on display here tonight, we at the
Queens Chamber hope also to encourage
the economic and cultural growth
that makes our borough such a vibrant
place to live, raise a family and do business,”
Grech said.
The 2019 Building Award
winners are as follows:
(Construction Award Winners)
(Commercial)
• LaGuardia Gateway Partners for Eastern
Concourse, Terminal B, LaGuardia
Airport
(Hotels & Motels)
• TWA Hotel
• Owner – MCR and MORSE
Development
• Architects – Beyer Blinder Belle
Architects & Planners LLP and
LUBRANO CIAVARRA Architects
• Builder – Turner Construction
Company
(From l. to r.) Hersh Parekh (Port Authority of New York/New Jersey), CEO of MCR Development Tyler Morse, Queens Chamber of Commerce President and
CEO, Thomas Grech, at the Queens Chamber 2019 Building Awards Gala.
(Mixed Use – Residential/Commercial/
Industrial)
• Alvista Towers Owner – 94th Avenue,
Jamaica LLC Architect – GF55 Partners
Builder – Artimus Construction
• (Single & Two Family Residences)
• Yu Residence
• Owner – Xin Jian Yu / Min Qiu
• Architect – Paul W Athineos
• Builder – Yan Chun Lin
(Health Care Related Facilities)
• Northwell Health Laboratories – Little
Neck Parkway
• Owner – Betty Sarmiento
• Architect – Flad Architects
• Builder – Antonio Cabrera of Hunter
Roberts Construction Group
(Interior Design Award Winners)
(Commercial)
• Bohack Square
• Owner – Alex Ligas
• Architect – Sotir Associates
• Builder and Interior Designer – Elli NY
Design Corp.
(Mixed Use – Residential/Commercial/
Industrial)
• Th e Delson
• Owner – TSINY 163rd Street Housing
Development Fund Corporation
• Architect – Amie Gross Architects
• Builder – Racanelli Construction Co,
Inc.
• (Single & Two Family Residences)
• O’Byrne Residence
• Owner – Daniel and Mary O’Byrne
• Architect – Kevin Wolfe Architect, PC
• Builder – Heirloom Woodworking
(Rehabilitation, Readaptive Use
Alteration, Or Addition Award
Winners)
(Commercial)
• TWA Hotel
• Owner – MCR and MORSE
Development
• Architects – Beyer Blinder Belle
Architects & Planners LLP and
LUBRANO CIAVARRA Architects
• Builder – Turner Construction
Company
(Health Care Related)
• St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
• Owner – Episcopal Health Services
• Architect – Samir Rejeili
• Builder – Michael Fennessy of Th e
Shannon Group
(Mixed Use – Residential/Commercial/
Industrial)
• Sussman-Automatic Corporation
• Owner – 34th Street L.I.C. Realty Co.,
LLC
• Architect – Tom Kundig
• Builder – Patrick Muecke of Muecke,
Inc.
(Offi ce Building)
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056
• Owner – Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 1056
• Architect – Joshua Zinder, AIA
• Builder – Augustino D. D’Alonzo Jr.
(Schools & Colleges)
Courtesy of Queens Chamber of Commerce
• Electrical Industry Training Center
(EITC)
• Owner – Educational and Cultural Trust
Fund of the Electrical Industry
• Architect – Gensler
• Builder – JIBEI
(Single & Two Family Residences)
• Build it Back Housing
• Owner – Samnarain Sooperpersaid
• Architect – Angelo Costa
• Builder – Michael Dubb
(Industrial)
• Alphapointe
• Owner – Alphapointe
• Architect – Joel Miele, Jr., P.E., /
Benjamin Leonardi, R.A.
• Builder – Stephen Paolino of JPC
Contracting Inc.
(Landscape Design, Courtyards, Plazas)
• O’Byrne Residence
• Owner – Daniel and Mary O’Byrne
• Architect – Kevin Wolfe Architect, PC
• Builder – New Creations Landscapes,
Inc.
(OPEN OR ENCLOSED PUBLIC
SPACE WINNERS)
(Commercial)
• TWA Hotel
• Owner – MCR and MORSE
Development
• Architects – Beyer Blinder Belle
Architects & Planners LLP and
LUBRANO CIAVARRA Architects
• Builder – Turner Construction
Company
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