This project entailed providing schematic estimates and project scheduling services for this 91,500gsf new hotel that consists of a cellar, 30 floors and a mechanical penthouse. 19 floors with guestrooms (126 ea), 6 floors with residence apartments (24 ea); Cast in place concrete superstructure, Stone cladding, and window walls at exterior walls.
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Ellana is serving as part of the project management team to provide project controls and cost estimating assistance on site. Day-to-day tasks include preliminary estimates preparation, estimates reviews prepared by the design-build team, change order estimates preparation and negotiations. This project involves enlarging the Javits Center by 1.2 million SF amounting to a fivefold increase in meeting room space. The expansion reroutes 20,000 event-related trucks off area streets each year, reducing the move-in and move- out process for events by 30% and freeing up an 20+ days for new events Highlights include:
90,000 SF of permanent exhibit space, to be combined with current exhibit space, to create ~500,000 SF exhibition hall.
45,000 SF of meeting room space.
55,000 SF ballroom, the largest of its kind in the New York region.
Green roof terrace and pavilion accommodating 1,500 people for outdoor events.
LEED Silver certification.
An on-site truck marshaling facility with room for more than 230 event and exhibit-related trucks.
27 new loading docks.
Added kitchen and food service areas; and Back-of-House and administrative space
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Ellana provided cost estimating services to the NYCCDC/ESDC and the Weitzman Group during the conceptual planning stage for a proposed 76-story new hotel at the Jacob Javits Center.
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Ellana provided design development, construction document cost estimates, value engineering, and cost savings studies for a new 140,000 SF, 10-story Marriott Residence Inn Hotel in downtown Stamford. Project controls services were provided to the developer during the construction of the new Courtyard By Marriott. The new structure, completed in 2005, is a new 113,000 SF, 115-room room luxury hotel designed by Harvey Kaufman.
This project involved providing cost estimating services for the conversion of the existing 15-story, 190,000sf Trust Building In New Haven into a 5-star hotel of 160 guestrooms with associated amenities, including conference rooms, ballrooms, numerous restaurants, bars, and other dining areas.
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Ellana provided conceptual and schematic cost estimates for this 5-star hotel and convention center. The 666,000 SF, 550-room project includes a casino, ballrooms, restaurants, luxury amenities, and a five-story parking garage. The hotel is also the first and only property in the Caribbean pursuing LEED® Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The facilities include 35,000 SF of meeting space, access to more than 580,000 SF of additional space at the adjacent convention center and the largest hotel ballroom in the San Juan metropolitan area.
At 20,000 SF, the hotel’s casino, which is operated by CCHRP Hospitality, is the largest in Puerto Rico and features state-of-the-art specialty video and the island’s first multi-denominational slot machines.
Other notable features include a dedicated outdoor event space on a 57,000 SF pool deck, a 24-hour fitness center with state-of-the-art Life Fitness equipment, and more than 70,000 SF of retail space.
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The project scope covers the redevelopment of the existing Waldorf Astoria building. The Waldorf Astoria is currently a 47-story, landmark building with three sub-cellars containing hotel rooms, amenities, and support spaces. The objective of the project is to repurpose/refinish the space with residential apartments, service apartments, hotel rooms, fitness and spa centers, a ball room, and additional amenities. Work includes exterior façade repairs, structural repairs and alterations, demolition of interior spaces, interior fit-out, and MEP systems alteration to satisfy new mixed-use program.
