Owner: Dormitory State of New York (DASNY)

Completion: 2013

Services Provided: Cost Management, Cost Estimating

80 Centre Street, DCAS Fit-Out

New York, NY

Ellana provided cost estimating services at all stages of design submission, from feasibility studies to construction documents estimates, for the renovation and fit-out of four-floors and 46,300 square feet to accommodate offices of Courts Administration. The gut renovation features all new interior layouts and new mechanical and electrical distributions. The space includes 10 courtrooms, office spaces, conference rooms and other support areas.

Owner: Associated Press

Completion: 2005

Services Provided: Owner Representation

Associated Press Headquarters Renovation

New York, NY

This project was a total gut/rebuild of three 85,000sf floors to accommodate offices of the Associated Press. The project scope included high-end interior finishes, associated mechanical and electrical replacements, major system upgrades such as new fire alarm, new mechanical units, elevator replacement, and others.

Owner: Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Completion: 2004

Services Provided: Cost Estimating, Cost Management 

Dow Jones Corporate Office

New York, NY

This project involved providing cost estimating services to the architect for the 11,000sf tenant fit-out of the Dow Jones corporate offices in the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan.

Owner: Carlyle Development Services

Architect: TPG Architecture

Services Provided: Cost Estimating, Cost Management

Hudson Bay Capital, 30th & 35th Floors

New York, NY

This project involved providing cost estimating services for the renovation of Hudson Bay Capital’s existing corporate office space (9,002 square feet) on the 30th floor of 77 Third Avenue and fit-out a new office and trading floor on the 35th floor (9,231 square feet) for their expansion.

The project covered demolition, protection of existing occupied space, new construction, and high-end interior finishes for new office and trading floors. Included in the space was a fitness room and lounge area. The electrical scope included new lighting and associated controls, new fire alarm/devices, and empty conduit for new Tele/Data systems. The mechanical and plumbing scopes included new units and distribution, new toilet rooms, shower rooms, and locker room areas. In addition to the cost estimate, Ellana, Inc. was tasked with reviewing the contractor’s bids and making recommendations on scope and price.

Owner: Jones Lang Lasalle

Architect: Lexus

Services Provided: Cost Estimating, Cost Management

Intersect by Lexus

New York, NY

This project involved providing cost estimating services during Design Development. Ellana provided additional bid comparison and value engineering services in order to level the client’s budget with the estimated cost of construction.

The project scope included the renovation this exotic, custom, high end interior for this existing 3-story, 16,500 sf commercial building. The project consists of new MEP systems and interior fit-out of custom/specialty finishes that bring the total construction cost in the range of $1,000/sf. Programmatic function of the space includes restaurant/bar, event space, offices, a car show room, and staff areas, which included commercial kitchens. The retrofit requires alteration of the timber framed structure with steel reinforcing and new structural back-up for landmark-status masonry façade.

Owner: Forest City Ratner Companies

Tenant: Internal Revenue Services

Services Provided: Cost Management,

Cost Estimating

IRS Offices at 2 Metrotech

Brooklyn, NY

The scope of work includes demolition and new fit-out of the proposed IRS offices located at Two Metrotech, Brooklyn, NY. The fit-out covers 8,900 sf of the 1st floor area mainly for the public waiting and entire areas on floors 6 and 7 to accommodate proposed offices, Existing stairs/elevators and mechanical core areas are to remain without renovation.

The estimate will be prepared based on design documents prepared by HLW Architects dated September 7, 2011. The estimate will be prepared in CSI/Trade breakdown to outline costs of all proposed trades, i.e. general construction, mechanical, plumbing/fire protection, and electrical.

Owner: Metlife

Completion: 2015

Services Provided: Cost Estimating, Cost Management

MetLife Urban Campus – 200 Park Ave

new York, NY

This project involved providing construction cost estimating services for the proposed Metlife Urban Campus at 200 Park Ave. The project consisted of a Welcome Center, a market place, core toilets, new communicating stairs, office renovations at the 3rd thru 5th floors plus 56th and 57th executive suites, and a new atrium. The cost estimate for the 390,485 square foot space was arranged by user and summaries to include alternates.

• Mezzanine – Metlife entry lobby and conference center. The entry lobby is connected to the main building lobby by an escalator. A portion of the level 3 slab is removed above the lobby to create a double height space.

• Levels 3 thru 6 – Consisted of office space with various amenities and special spaces. The office spaces are primarily open workstations with enclosed offices and conference rooms interspersed. Amenities/special spaces include a fitness center, kitchen/server/cafeteria and broadcast studio.

• Levels 56 and 57 – The executive office space included meeting rooms, workspaces for support staff and executive kitchen.

• Atrium - is created by cutting slab openings in the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors slabs in the core area of the building.

Owner: Moore Capital

Services Provided: Cost Estimating, Cost Management, Owner Representation 

Moore Capital Management

11 Times Square, New York, NY

This project involved providing owner representative and estimating services for the new four level fit out of trader floors and associated staff supports areas, for the new corporate offices of Moore Capital Management, at 11 Times Square, NY. Ellana was tasked with reviewing the CM-procured subcontractor bids and making recommendations on scope and price. We evaluated change orders for completeness and fairness. To assist in this effort, Ellana produced a fully detailed estimate based on the documentation used by the CM. The same methodology was used to complete the associated 2,922 square foot, $5 million fitness center.

Owner: National Hockey League

Completion: 2006

Services Provided: Cost Management, Cost Estimating

National Hockey League Headquarters Office Relocation

New York, NY

This project involved providing construction cost estimates for the relocation of the NHL to its new headquarter offices.

The new League headquarters provides 135,000sf of office space on five floors: 11-15. The design integrates the architecture, branding, and graphics into a unified design concept. The 15th floor, which is the public face of the League, is a highly branded space that includes floor to ceiling environmental graphics in the elevator lobby, an 8-foot League crest located inside the office doors, high definition video and gaming stations, a Stanley Cup shrine, and an ice-bar.

Also included in the space is a newsroom and large pantry café. Hockey sticks have been used as the material to create a wall facade as well as team jerseys and other hockey-related paraphernalia which were installed throughout the space to further the client’s branding. The project uses smooth lines and reflecting glass to mimic ice and steel, which are both central parts of the game.

Owner: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)

Completion: 2012

Services Provided: Cost Management, Cost Estimating, Project Scheduling

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Headquarters

new York, NY

Cost estimating and scheduling for the new corporate offices of the Port Authority of NY & NJ, consolidating about 1,700 Port Authority staff from multiple buildings in Manhattan and New Jersey in one central location (approximately 450,000 square feet) at 150 Greenwich Street in Manhattan. The offices occupy 15 to 20 contiguous floors, 1 podium floor (approximately 35,000 square feet on the retail level, including a cafeteria, conference center, and an emergency command post), and one-third of the subgrade space in the new World Trade Center - Tower 4 Building. In compliance with current PANYNJ sustainability objectives, all office buildings comply with the World Trade Center Sustainable Guidelines, leading to a LEED® Gold rating.

Owner: United Nations Development Corporation (UNDC)

Services Provided: Cost Management, Cost Estimating

United Nations Consolidation Building

New York, NY

This project involved providing cost estimating services for alternative design schemes for the United Nations Consolidated Building. This project consists of the design/construction of a new “Class A” office building (core & shell + tenant fit-out) for the United Nations, standing at 37 occupied stories and more than 900,000sf of space, with a tunnel or bridge providing a connection to the existing UN headquarters across 42nd Street.

The interior scope includes a workplace environment, along with the appropriate people-mover systems, IT, security, support services and food service spaces typical for a building of this stature. An extensive green roof is planned for the 16th floor setback at the cafeteria level, and the building is intended to be a high performance, environmentally sustainable project equivalent to LEED® NC Gold Certification.

The foundation system incorporates vehicle and subway tunnel systems. Two structural systems were studied – flat plate concrete and structural steel. The façade system is comprised of blast-resistant custom fritted glass curtainwall system.