Montroy DeMarco Architecture (MDA) has begun the renovation of a 48,000-square-foot space for FirstService Residential’s New York City headquarters on the ninth and tenth floors of Beacon Capital Partners’ 575 Fifth Ave. FirstService Residential is the largest residential property management company in North America and a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation, a North American provider of essential property services to a wide range of residential and commercial clients.
Beacon and building co-owner MetLife recently upgraded the 35-story, 500,000-square foot property at 47th Street, adding tenant amenities and retail space and implementing two pre-built design standards for their commercial tenants. YPI Project Management serves as construction manager and Alexander Wolf & Sons is the contractor.
“FirstService Residential has more than 40 years of experience assisting residential building owners with superior management operations,” said Daniel Montroy, MDA principal. “The firm has intimate knowledge of construction and building systems and therefore needed its new headquarters to reflect not only sophisticated, contemporary design aesthetic, but also sustainable and cutting-edge construction methods.”
575 Fifth Avenue is LEED Gold and Fitwel certified. The building has also partnered with The Best Bees Company to provide its rooftop for local honeybee hives and continuing apiculture research.
“MDA worked closely with FirstService Residential to meet the programmatic needs of the office space as well as to fulfill the requirements of WELL certification,” explained MDA Project Manager Sarah Bigos.
MDA’s design team also included Job Captain and furniture designer Jessica Gross as well as the technical team of Ruzanna Kocharian and Ruxiao Liu. Additional team members include Jack Green Associates, engineer; Epsten Group, Well consultant and Brooksbridge, expeditor.
Construction completion is expected in the summer of 2022.
Rendering courtesy of Montroy DeMarco Architecture
