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BUSINESS NEWS LIGHTSTONE’S ARC RECEIVES THE AIA 2018 BQDA PEOPLE’S CHOICE DESIGN AWARD The American Institute of Architects Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx Chapters have named ARC, a luxury rental property in Long Island City, as the 2018 Brooklyn + Queens Design Award’s People’s Choice Award for Queens. ARC is a luxury rental property located at 30- 02 39th Avenue in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City, developed by Lightstone and designed by Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel, Architects . ARC opened in October 2017 and has been greeted with enthusiasm since opening its doors to renters, with more than 95 percent of its 428 units filled in its first nine months. Drawing inspiration from the industrial factories that once occupied Long Island City, GKV Architects focused on designing a building that was true to the historic essence of the neighborhood while also offering tenants a building purposefully designed for modern urban living. “Born and raised in Queens, I was happy to see the developmental renaissance of Long Island City,” said Randolph Gerner, principal at Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel, Architects. “In designing ARC, I didn’t want the nature of this neighborhood to be consumed by mirrored glass buildings, rather ARC was designed to celebrate and complement the area’s architectural fabric.” ARC’s innovative design and creativity allow for the largest and most diverse lifestyle-driven amenity program in New York City, sprawling more than 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities. The property includes a 70-foot long environmentally efficient salt water pool, complete with rooftop cabanas, and stunning poolside views of the Manhattan skyline in the distance. ARC also offers residents a private courtyard

park with a greenhouse for year-round gardening and private events, as well as a residential lounge, library, club room, game room, private and collaborative workspaces, entertainment areas, and a gourmet catering kitchen with private dining. “When developing this building we focused largely on honoring Long Island City’s heritage while designing residences and amenities fit for urban living,” said Mitchell Hochberg, president at Lightstone. “We’re proud of ARC’s success and thrilled that AIA’s local chapters and the LIC community share our excitement for the project.” The BQDA Awards were announced in May and winners were honored at the BQDA Gala in June. The awards encourage excellence in design in Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel, Architects is one of New York’s most highly regarded full-service architecture and interior design firms. They approach every project with a spirit of shared ideas and free-flowing collaboration among all sectors to achieve the best design possible on any scale. The firm is internationally recognized for its residential, hospitality, and commercial work and has garnered multiple industry awards for outstanding residential and hospitality design. ATC GROUP SERVICES ON ENR’S TOP 200 ENVIRONMENTAL FIRMS FOR 2018 ATC Group Services , headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, has been named to Engineering News-Record ’s list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms. Published annually in August, the list ranks the top environmental services companies worldwide based on the previous year’s percentage of gross revenue for environmental services. ATC is ranked No. 62 on this year’s list. In addition, the company earned a No. 9 ranking in the Environmental Management sector. The

Top 10 Environmental Management sector includes companies that earn top revenue amounts from compliance, due diligence, audits, and environmental information technology services. “We are very proud to once again be included on this prestigious list,” says ATC CEO and President Bobby Toups. “We’re especially proud of ranking No. 9 in the Environmental Management sector. We’ve grown and expanded tremendously in the last year and we continue to look for opportunities to better serve our clients.” ATC provides integrated services in environmental consulting, industrial hygiene, geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and special inspection, air quality consulting and engineering, petroleum, environmental health and safety training. The company serves clientele in both public and private sectors, including petroleum, real estate, retail, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, construction, transportation, education, government, and hospitality. ATC’s professional staff includes environmental, industrial hygiene and engineering experts in 115 offices across the country. The company currently has more than 1,900 employees nationwide. Established in 1982, ATC Group Services provides integrated environmental consulting and engineering services from more than 100 U.S. locations with more than 1,900 employees. Our comprehensive expertise in air, land, and water combined with full design, project management, and implementation services allows us to handle any challenge from consulting to completion. As a single source for a wide range of solutions, we help our clients reduce complexity, innovate solutions, and get their projects done safely and quickly.

projects designed to include the Envision or other sustainability processes, GIS mapping, data production, predictive analytics, and other creative ideas. Indulge in research. Harness and develop technology as we design for the future! JOSEPH VISCUSO is Pennoni’s senior vice president and director of strategic growth. He can be reached at jviscuso@pennoni.com. “We have always designed for the future; designing extra capacity in areas like our sewer and transportation systems. However, with population growth, climate change, and limited renewable resources, we need to take this thinking one step further.”

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sector. Will autonomous vehicles be designed to fit our current highway and intersection systems, or do we need to think ahead to change the way we design transportation systems to accommodate AV? Will AVs be single occupancy, or will we incentivize for multi-occupancy due to population growth and traffic congestion? I suggest it is the latter in both cases! How will that change your design thought process? We can’t build our way out of traffic congestion by building more highways, and we can’t source the energy we need with depleting fossil fuel sources. To stay ahead of the curve, we must continue to educate ourselves and think about how climate change, population growth, and technology advancements fit into our design considerations. I suggest having your firm learn about smarter solutions,

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