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Article: Educators eye new, improved Bronx BankNote Building.
- Article from:
- Real Estate Weekly
- Article date:
- February 11, 2009
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The BankNote, a 405,000 s/f office and retail complex located in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, recently began a new phase of renovations.
Scheduled for completion in 2009, the current construction phase includes renovating the parking lot; adding landscaping and new pedestrian walkways; and building new lobbies, installing a cooling tower, upgrading corridors, building new bathrooms, and modernizing elevators in the Lafayette and Barretto buildings.
Under the direction of architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle, which specializes in restoring historically-landmarked buildings, renovations of the former American Bank Note Company building will ...