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LOS SURES Brooklyn, New York

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LOS SURES is a community based not‐for‐profit housing development corporation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was founded in 1973 by a priest, a school teacher, a legal service attorney and 3 VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) volunteers. One of the VISTAs, WQB founder William Brothers, became architect for the new company. Working with Bernard Rothzeid at RKTB, Mr. Brothers developed strategies for moderate renovation of “en‐rem” NYC HPD buildings and the conversion of those buildings to tenant owned cooperatives. LOS SURES was also active in converting demolition sites into parks, lunch programs, tenant education, and was successful in conversion of one NYC’s most dangerous, drug‐infested neighborhoods into a safe moderate income family community.

China Post PRC

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WQB Architecture worked at Wychoff Heights Hospital for over 14 years During this time the 14 years. During this time, the hospitalwascomposedofover12 buildings which dated back from 1898 to 1965 and covered several city blocks. WQB prepared a Master Plan for redevelopment of the facilities and how they could be reorganized into a new conjunctive facility. Over the years WQB implemented the Master Plan through a series of renovations which included new operating theatres, intensive care suites, dental surgery and clinic, ambulatory care facility, l b t i t ti t li i laboratories, outpatient clinics, endoscopy suites, pediatric care, nurses housing and a variety of other facilities. The work was culminated by a $250m new addition which was designed and built-in coordination with Perkins &WillArchitects.

21 Water Street – Sag Harbor New York, New York

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During 2008 an international development group failed to complete the construction of 25 super luxury loft condominiums facing the Long Island Sound in Sag Harbor. Amalgamated Bank, an investor and lender, was forced into a foreclosure preceeding. During the preceeding, the building sustained substantial weather damage and deterioration. WQB Architecture was hired by Amalgamated to restructure the project, complete construction, cure code and construction deficiencies and work with Barry Brown Construction to remarket the condominiums. Construction and sales will restart in the Summer of 2012 and should be complete in Second Quarter 2013.

8, 10 & 12, 14 E 92nd Street New York, New York

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WQB Architecture provided an architectural design and project management services for the redevelopment of 4 historic brown stones in Carnegie Hill as 3 luxury cooperative buildings and a private home. Design work included redesign of all apartments, roof top penthouse, additional new facades and public spaces. WQB was a partner in the project and assisted the investors in all aspects of the project development. Many of the original coop purchasers still live in the building.

Fifth on the Park New York, New York

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Designed with FxFowle Architects for Uptown Partners, Fifth on the Park is a 28‐story mixed-use building located on Fifth Avenue at Mt. Morris Park in Harlem. The building has 200 luxury condominium units, 50 apartments, and a full amenity package including a gym and swimming pool. At street level is a 2,000 seat sanctuary designed for a local church, and a 200‐space parking garage. The feasibility of the building was supported by a 421‐a tax abatement from the City of New York HPD. The building was completed in 2010.

380 Lenox Avenue New York, New York

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380 Lenox is the first privately funded luxury condominium building in Harlem, built by Uptown Partners at the corner of 129th Street and Lenox Avenue. The units, 77 in all, are both one and two‐stories, and more than one third come with generous private terraces overlooking the street. 11,000 square feet of retail space lines the sidewalk, and underground is an 88‐car parking garage. The building is designed to fit in with the large classically styled masonry buildings lining the avenue, as well as the landmarked Astor Row buildings on 130th Street. The project was featured in an article in the New York Sun in August 2006. The feasibility of the building was supported by a 421‐a tax abatement from the City of New York HPD. Construction is complete and units are sold.

635 West 42nd Street NY, New York

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Although West 42nd Street is one of the busiest streets in Manhattan, the blocks west of Tenth Avenue were never rezoned from their historic status as a Manufacturing District related to the docks along the Hudson River. As new development moved through Times Square westerly to the Hudson new zoning was required to incentivize development in the area. A team was organized by the original owners of the block from Eleventh to Twelfth Avenue to negotiate with the City Planning Commission, Community Board 4, and various other agencies to change the area from a low-density manufacturing district to a high rise mixed-use community. IDA (with WQB Architecture) worked with Howard Zipser of Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP to change the zoning and subsequently with Newmark Realty to resell the property for development. The property was recently completed by the Moinian Group and named The Atelier, a 50‐story luxury condominium.

Manhattan West New York, New York

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Manhattan West (in red above) is a 17‐story affordable rental building between 10th and 11th Ave. and 55th and 56th St. The building was designed in response to an RFP issued by the City of New York. The project strategy was to design a larger building than the RFP requested and to spend the extra rental income on better building materials and finishes than competing teams offered. This bold strategy required WQB and their collaborator, the firm of Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & Bee, to prove that their design would fit the scale of its surroundings. The solution was an“I” shaped design, with a six-story street wall continuous with the Potemkin building(in light-blue above), and a midsection that spans the block and matches the height of some neighboring 17‐story apartment towers. The Kretchmer Companies, ELH MGMT, and the Dermot Company were the developers. The design was submitted in 2007 and has yet to be awarded.

Boymelgreen Development Carroll Gardens Brooklyn, New York

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WQB Architecture worked with Langan Engineeringtodetermine how to maximize available benefits from “Brownfields” programs to redevelop a section of Carroll Gardens on the Gowanus Canal into a new community. WQB also combined the “Brownfields” programs with HPD Programs – New HOP and 80/20 ‐ to determine the best means for financing and redevelopment of the area.