The Aloft Hotel on Postepu Street represents WQB’s continuing involvement with Destination Hotel partners and their world wide involvement in the hospitality market. The Postepu project in Warsaw Poland is another facet of WQB’s ability to service clients internationally. This project’s key components are:

– 125 Room Starwood Aloft Hotel
– 135 Suite Starwood Element Extended Stay Hotel
– Common Public facilities including a 500 person conference / banquet area
– Parking
– Phase II – office and serviced apartments

New York City Educational Construction Fund
New York, New York

The New York Educational Construction Fund is a municipal organization which is responsible for capital budgets related to the funding of new schools in the five boroughs of New York City. In 1996, as the NYC real estate market was recovering from the 1992 “recession,” the NYECF determined that 7 schools were in prime locations and that the development rights (TDR’s) of those schools had sufficient value to fund new schools and services in those neighborhoods, NYECF issued a national RFP for consultants to provide analysis required to evaluate the scope of development of each site, provide a valuation study for each site and assist the City of New York in marketing the TDR to the development community. After extensive interviews, IDA was awarded the contract to prepare development and marketing packages for the 7 schools. To date, 2 of the schools have been sold and are in construction – P.S. 59 and M.S. 114. M.S. 114 was developed as a 35 story condominium, the Azure, above a new school. PS 59 will be an elementary school and a new High School of Art and Design, which will be in a 50 story condominium tower on a retail base.

University Towers
101 Fleet Street
Brooklyn, New York

University Towers was built as a middle class homeownership project in the 1970’s. It has 22 buildings on 10 acres of land in Downtown Brooklyn. The property was recently rezoned to allow for towers which will more than double the number of apartments on the property. WQB Architecture worked for the owner to determine the location and sizes of 12 new towers and multiple building addition which are currently being completed.