Cubellis Merges with A/R Environetics Group, Strengthening National Workplace Solutions Practice.BOSTON -- Cubellis, a national, architecture, interior design and engineering services firm, has merged with A/R Environetics Group, a full-service architectural interiors, space planning, and project management firm based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . With a history of visionary work in interior design and architecture, A/R Environetics Group has been providing professional design services to clients nationally and internationally for over 60 years. In addition to workplace interiors, A/R Environetics' other areas of focus include high-end retail, restaurant, hospitality, and luxury residential projects. A/R Environetics' clients include renowned national and international companies such as Phillips Van Heusen/Calvin Klein, The Related Companies, The Segal Company, Corcoran Real Estate Group, American Financial Realty Trust, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Foundling, Interep National Radio Sales, Swiss Re Swiss Re is the world’s largest reinsurer, now that it has acquired GE Insurance Solutions (Ligi 2006). Founded in 1863, Swiss Re now operates in more than 30 countries. General Electric owns 8.9% of the firm. , Fox-Pitt Kelton, Quad Graphics, Countrywide, Kelly Drye & Warren, Tishman, Zagat, and many others. Increased Geographic Reach, National Resources The merger positions the combined firms to better serve clients with the increased geographic reach and national resources of Cubellis offices across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , while leveraging the A/R Environetics Group presence in New York City amid the dense concentration of Fortune 500 corporations and commercial real estate professionals in New York City. The merged firm, which will operate as Cubellis A/R Environetics, will provide a full complement of services, ranging from space planning to real estate analysis, ground up and renovation building design, interior design, master planning, workplace strategies and consulting, and building repositioning. "Our merger with Cubellis represents a strategic fit with A/R Environetics Group, all the way through," said David Rush, Principal in the New York office. "We are joining forces with a firm that shares our passion and dedication to client service and creative work environments." "For our team, the equation was simple - best work plus best culture equaled the best fit. Together we will continue to shape the industry for years to come," concluded Jay Cohen Jay Cohen (born 1968) was the CEO of World Sports Exchange (WSEX), an online gambling company from 1996 until July 24, 2000, when he was the first United States citizen to be convicted in US Federal Court for violation of the Federal Wire Act for operating an online gambling , Principal in the New York office. "We are creating a new kind of industry leader that is founded on client success, world-class design, and rapid response with on-the-ground project delivery capabilities," added Susan Packard. "The A/R Environetics merger enhances our current team, enabling us to achieve the synergies we have identified while maintaining our competitive position, momentum, and leadership in the marketplace." About A/R Environetics Group In 1947, Environetics Group was formed with the objective of investigating and creating new methods of design within the discipline of office planning office planning, n the physical arrangement of the rooms available within the limitations of space designed to enable the dental staff to practice. . The firm gained notoriety for its progressive work with high-profile clients such as NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , where it was retained to design an office complex for the Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. , and as design consultants for Sears Roebuck's office tower in Chicago. Recognizing that traditional methods of designing offices would not be able to meet the advances in businesses systems and demands of increased world trade, the firm created a new methodology for interior space planning and design. In 1998, A/R Architects joined with Environetics in New York to create the A/R Environetics Group. For more information, visit www.arenvironetics.com. About Cubellis Cubellis is an integrated, multidisciplinary design firm offering architectural, interior design, and engineering services to a diverse base of national and international clients. The firm's practice area expertise includes retail, mixed-use, hospitality, workplace solutions, residential, academic/education, and government/municipal. Cubellis is a team of over 450 professionals, with offices in Boston and Weymouth, Massachusetts; Rocky Hill, Connecticut Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States with a population of 17,966 as of the 2000 census. Rocky Hill was part of Wethersfield, the neighboring town to the north, until it was indepedently incorporated in 1849. ; Englewood Cliffs and Freehold, New Jersey Freehold, New Jersey is made up of two municipalities.
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