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REBNY 2024: The Exit Interview and This Year’s Honorees

Douglas Durst gets real on his last stint as chairman of REBNY

Publication Commercial Observer
Date 2024-01-16
Author Mark Hallum

Montroy DeMarco Architecture-designed U.S. Headquarters Office of SOCOTEC in Manhattan Receives LEED CI v4 Platinum Certification

New York, NY – A newly completed, 11,000-square foot U.S. headquarters office of SOCOTEC, Inc. (formerly Vidaris, Inc.) designed by Montroy DeMarco Architecture (MDA), received LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council. LEED Platinum is the highest level of certification, indicating an ultimate degree of sustainability through energy efficient design and building systems, recycled and environmentally responsible materials, and sustainable operations and practices. At the time of its certification, SOCOTEC’s headquarters was one of only six LEED CI v4 Platinum certified projects in New York State SOCOTEC is a leading provider of sustainability and high-performance consulting and design…

Date 2024-01-03
Author Informed Infrastructure

A new 4,000-square-foot brewery in LIC serves mixed-culture beers made with NY ingredients

Just steps away from Queens Plaza in Long Island City, Finback LIC is a new taproom and mixed-culture studio that just opened at 29-37 41st Avenue, operating as Finback Brewery's third Queens outpost (the first location opened in Glendale nearly a decade ago and the second landed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, in 2020) According to an official press release, this new storefront will focus on "the production of mixed-culture beers highlighting New York State fruits and other local ingredients." Among the on-premise offerings is a golden ale dubbed Live by the Sun and Moon 2021, conditioned on merlot grapes from the…

Publication Time Out New York
Date 2024-01-03
Author Anna Rahmanan

Finback Brewery Has Opened A 3,800-Square-Foot Taproom In Long Island City

After ten years and countless brews, Finback Brewery has officially deepened their Queens roots with a brand new taproom in Long Island City The space itself spans 3,800-square-feet with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking 41st Avenue. The airy main taproom, complete with light-stained woods, brick, and textured walls in rich colors, seats 99 people, while the back of the space houses a production zone, boasting a close-up view of the brewing area. Glasses and taps at the new Finback Brewery taproom located in Long Island CitySource / Finback Brewery Finback was started by Basil Lee and Kevin Stafford ten years ago, quickly…

Publication Secret NYC
Date 2023-12-21
Author Brianna Perry

Colombian Coffee House and Acupuncture Clinic Sign On for Retail Space at LIC’s Sven

An acupuncture clinic and a Colombian coffee roaster have signed up for retail space at Long Island City’s Sven, the second tallest building in Queens Pueblo Querido Coffee Roasters inked a 15-year lease for 1,912 square feet and ACA Acupuncture and Wellness signed a 10-year lease for 1,803 square feet on the ground floor of the residential tower at 29-59 Northern Boulevard, landlord The Durst Organization announced. Asking rent for the street-level space was $95 per square foot, a spokesperson for Durst said. It will be Pueblo Querido’s fifth location in New York City after Christian Felipe Guzman Herrera founded…

Publication Commercial Observer
Date 2023-12-13
Author Abigail Nehring
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