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Last week, KBE-NY hosted a celebration to honor women in the construction, real estate, and design fields. The event was held at the Dacor Luxury Showroom in the Architectural & Design building, and featured accomplished women in a range of A/E/C industry professions. We are proud to share that Zubatkin’s very own Kate Farewell, PE was recognized for her contribution to the industry and honored at the event. Congratulations, Kate!

Zubatkin’s Becky Ochsenhaut, Charlene Nieves, Vanessa Cardona, Victoria Inniss and Laura Cruz were also in attendance.

Hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM), the Building Museums Symposium brings together museum colleagues, design and construction professionals, and other consulting partners to discuss strategies and best practices for the successful planning and implementation of museum building projects.  Zubatkin is pleased to support this year’s Symposium as a Silver sponsor.

If you are attending the conference, please join us on Friday, March 6th at 10am for a lively panel discussion entitled “The Jackie Robinson Museum: When a Center for Free Thought Becomes a Museum”.  Our Senior Principal, Andy Bast, will be speaking alongside La’Tonya Johnson, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer with the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and Madeline Burke-Vigeland, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal with Gensler.

Our Director of Business Development, Laurie-Anne Haller, will also be at the Symposium.  Hope to see you there!

We are pleased to share that the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club will be receiving an AIA New York Merit Award for the design of its new facility. Rogers & Partners was the architect. Zubatkin was honored to have played a role in managing the planning and development of this project.

The project will be recognized in April at the AIA New York Honors and Awards Luncheon. For more details on the event or to register, please visit the AIA New York Chapter’s website. Congratulations to the team!

To complement our recent promotions announcement, we wanted to share additional, exciting news about our organization’s leadership.  Glen Wolland has joined Zubatkin as a Principal, and has quickly proven himself a valuable member of our team.  Glen brings over 25 years of management experience in the planning and construction of projects for educational, healthcare, private club, and other institutional owners.  Read more about his background on our Leadership Page.

We’re pleased to announce the promotions of Kasey Pace and Matthew Rooney to Senior Project Manager; Krista Kennedy and Molly Wawrzyniak to Project Manager; Courtney Scarborough, Liz Shumate, and Sarah Spaker to Assistant Project Manager; and Laura Cruz to Project Coordinator! These team members are being recognized for their dedication and valuable contributions to our clients. We look forward to their continued success in these new roles!

It is our pleasure to announce our new Principals, Jason Zubatkin and Matthew Doherty. Jason and Matt are being recognized for their significant contributions to the firm and their proven leadership in the successful implementation of our projects. Please join us in congratulating them on their well-deserved promotions!

All of us at Zubatkin mourn the loss of our friend, colleague, and champion, Erica Lindenbaum Tishman.  Erica was a pure force, not only in our office, but in all aspects of her life.  Her kindness, tenacity, and perseverance touched thousands of people in New York City, including most notably through her years of Board service and leadership with the Educational Alliance, Central Synagogue, and Riverdale Country School.  We will all miss her.

Thank you Erica for sharing your time, experience and energy with us.  Our love and support go out to her beloved family during this difficult time.

We’re excited to share that the Albright-Knox broke ground on its historic AK360 campus development and expansion project last week!  This ambitious undertaking will more than double the number of works the museum can display at any given time, including adding state-of-the-art space for presenting special exhibitions. Designed by OMA/Shohei Shigematsu, the project will also radically enhance the visitor experience at the museum, creating more space for education, dining, and social activities, while better integrating the campus with the landscape of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Delaware Park.  The museum will maintain operations at Albright-Knox Northland during construction.  It will reopen in 2022 with a new name: the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

Zubatkin has been working with the Albright-Knox on the development of the project implementation strategy and management of the design and approvals. For more details, view the Museum’s website.

Image credit: Joe Casio

As part of preparation for the sale of its former Grace House facility on the Upper West Side, the Archdiocese of New York (ADNY) sought to carefully preserve and relocate a three-story mural within the property by notable artist Keith Haring.  One of the artist’s best hidden treasures, the Grace House mural was preserved in 13 separate sections.  Zubatkin oversaw the development of the project, including coordination with EverGreene Architectural Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, and other specialty consultants.  We received this very unique assignment through our work with ADNY, where we are responsible for managing the major capital projects for their real estate portfolio.

Read more about this story in the NYTimes.

Over the past few years, one of our senior project managers, M. Mark Malekshahi, PE, has been an instructor/guest lecturer for Rice University School of Architecture’s Totalization design studio.  The graduate course offers a unique opportunity for architecture students to encourage collaborative and holistic, interdisciplinary approaches to complicated building design challenges.  The program for this year included a behind-the-scenes tour of the infrastructure components, including the geothermal systems, of the St. Patrick’s Cathedral restoration – one of Zubatkin’s project.  The studio’s work is also culminated in the publication of a book that includes several contributions from Mark.

We are currently looking for motivated and talented professionals to join our organization. If you are interested in learning more, please visit our careers page to read about the current opportunities available with Zubatkin.

Creating opportunities for professional development and technical skills training is an important part of our culture at Zubatkin.  This week, our team did a site walk through of the Spence Athletic and Ecology Center, where we are managing the construction of a new, out of the ground building on the Upper East Side.  This unique project features a regulation-size gymnasium, squash courts, student center, a multipurpose room for performing arts, an ecology center with a teaching lab and kitchen, and a greenhouse and outdoor space.