Architect: KSS Architects 411 Wales Avenue, Bronx, NY was a fast-paced complete renovation of an existing warehouse structure and new out of ground construction of a gymnasium, totaling 59,000sf. The existing warehouse was converted to a charter school including 40 classrooms, various offices, cafetorium and new gymnasium addition. Kel-Mar provided pre-construction services and complete construction…
Architect: Rogers Partners The success of the New York Metropolitan Montessori School triggered the need to expand. After purchasing the adjacent 5-story, residential building to the east, the school raised the $9.5 million needed to “expand” into the newly purchased building. Because the floor elevations did not match, an extension was built onto the rear…
Photo: Credit Börg Magnea Architect: Ennead Architects The French High School of New York is a private, independent bilingual French school for students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In order to expand their facility, the school purchased an adjoining five-story residential building on York Avenue. The rear property line…
Architect: Gerakaris Design Studios Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce “Building Brooklyn 2016” Awards Located in Brooklyn, The Hellenic Classical Charter School developed a comprehensive plan to renovate and expand their growing facility. The project called for both a lateral, five-story addition to the south and a vertical, two-story addition over the existing school. Extensive modifications had…
Architect: Ernest Harris Architects Complete renovation of the school Cafeteria: Complete renovation of Wallace Hall. Selective renovation of the main church. Selective renovation of the lower church. Complete renovation of the school Library. The school cafeteria scope included the installation of a new commercial kitchen and HVAC system in the basement of the school. A…
Architects: KSS Architects Located in the South Bronx, stood an abandoned, laundry building. This 30,000 square foot building was a three story, reinforced concrete structure. Civic Builders, known for partnering with developers and financial resources to build charter schools for under-served communities, arranged for the acquisition of the property and the funding for this $6.5…
Photos: James R. Morse NYC Architect: Acheson Doyle Partners Kel-Mar has done a couple of projects for this elementary school in Harlem. One included the addition of a new school wing in the rear courtyard of the existing building – making excavation and steel erection a formidable challenge. St. Aloysius remained in session, even during the…
Photos: James R. Morse NYC Architect: Ernest Harris Architects Kel-Mar’s challenge on this project was to erect a structural steel, concrete and masonry building attached to the existing school building in an extremely short and inflexible summer schedule. Diligent pre-construction planning and the creation of a thoroughly detailed schedule enabled Kel-Mar to successfully achieve all…
Architect: Weisz +Yoes Kel-Mar‘s contract for this award winning project began as a C/M and was later changed to a GMP. The challenge was to convert the dilapidated remains of a former 23,700 sq. ft. meat processing plant located in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx into an airy, light and colorful elementary…
As the CM for this project, Kel-Mar, worked closely with the Architect and Owner, providing both pre-construction and construction services that included developing and value engineering new systems and requirements to meet the school’s needs. Innovative state-of-the-art biology and chemistry labs required new electric and gas services be brought into the building and distributed throughout.…
