SPARC Kips Bay Educational Building

New York, NY

SPARC Kips Bay will be a first-of-its-kind job and education center in the heart of New York City that will transform Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus into a state-of-the-art academic, healthcare, and life sciences hub.

The focal point is a new 700,000 GSF education building which will be shared by three integrated CUNY schools – Hunter College School of Nursing, CUNY Graduate School of Health & Health Policy, and Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) – and a new NYC Public Schools health and science career-focused high school. The new 24-story building also features a large public open space, a new pedestrian bridge across the FDR to access the waterfront, and the continuation of floodproofing infrastructure along Manhattan’s East Side.

Ellana provides cost estimating services for this large-scale initiative. Challenges include accommodating two stakeholders (CUNY + NYC public schools) into a single building, reusing salvaged materials, and seismic considerations. The Ennead team began the design process by creating three options that were priced by Ellana. Our estimates included deconstruction of an existing building.

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