MetLife Plaza Addition topped off.Owner/Developer Brause Realty Inc. and Tishman Construction. Corporation held a traditional topping out ceremony recently, marking the placement of the last steel beam on the 12-story, 282,000-SF MetLife Plaza Addition in Long Island City, Queens Long Island City (often abbreviated L.I.C.) is the western-most neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 49th Street . Representing Brause Realty was vice president David Brause, who was joined in leading the ceremonies by TCC TCC The Car Connection (web site) TCC Tidewater Community College TCC Tallahassee Community College TCC Temporary Continuation of Coverage TCC Tucson Convention Center (Tucson, AZ, USA) chairman and chief executive officer Daniel. R. Tishman, Queens borough. president Helen Marshall Helen Marshall was elected Queens Borough President in 2001 succeeding the term-limited Claire Shulman. Prior to being elected Borough President, Marshall served on the New York City Council from 1992 to 2002, an office she vacated due to term limits. , New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal amount of districts, with each district having an average population of 127,000. representative Michael Gianaris, New York City council The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. It comprises 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs. The Council serves as balance of power against the mayor in a "strong" mayor-council government model. member Eric Gioia Eric Gioia is a member of the New York City Council and a Democratic Party politician in New York. He was elected to two year terms in 2001 and 2003 and to a four year term in 2005. He represents the Queens neighborhoods of Woodside, Sunnyside, Maspeth, and Long Island City. , and Long Island City Business Development Corporation president Gale Baron. The MetLife Plaza Addition is a continuation of a development project known as MetLife Plaza. The first phase involved renovation of a Brause Realty-owned existing six-story, 404,000-SF former Rolls Royce manufacturing facility, adjacent to the site of the Addition. Tishman, serving as construction manager, performed the base building and infrastructure renovation during the project's first phase, which converted the property into an office building occupied by the exclusive tenant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Now, in the project's second phase, Brause is developing an addition to the first building, to accommodate more MetLife employ facility. "I am excited to celebrate today's completion of the first stage of construction of The MetLife Plaza Phase Addition, a very significant project that retains a major national corporation 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. . Congratulations to all development and construction team members on their excellent work done so far," said David Brause. "I'm honored to join David Brause and our entire team of construction managers, engineers, and construction workers in celebrating this milestone achievement. We have gone from groundbreaking to today's topping out in an amazing six months and I tip my hat to all of you who have had a hand in making this project come to life," said Tishman. |
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