Owner: The Arker Companies / The Domain Companies

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Project Size: $22 million, 130,000 sf

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Architect: Hugo Subotovsky Associates

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Completion: May 2009—Main Bldg / August 2009—Cottage

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• LEED Silver-equivalent design requirements

• We provided construction management services for a 104-unit residential conversion of an existing abandoned tuberculosis hospital to a new senior residence.

• As the project included maintaining the architectural value of a building originally built in 1913 and last altered in 1932, it was eligible for an Historic Preservation Tax Credit from the State of New York.

• This tax break helped offset the cost of rehabilitating an older building as well as helping to ensure that New York State’s historic buildings were renewed and preserved.

• The main building, formerly known as the Nurses Residence, provides 96 of the senior housing units.

• The exterior rehabilitation included a new roof, copper gutters, all new flashing and waterproofing, refurbished skylights and wood windows, and repair and restoration of the stucco façade.

• Interior restoration included landmark community rooms and library, as well as restoration of landmark doors and plaster work in the corridors.

• Upper level units respected the existing roof lines and created spaces of significant architectural interest.

• The Cottage building has 8 units.

• Work included repairing all of the structural lintels, replacing all of the cracked terra cotta tiles, installing a new roof, new windows, new exterior stairs, and a complete rebuilding of all interior spaces.