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While RAND has always been confident of our expertise and proud of our performance, we admit that we like to look good, too. To that end, we recently updated our website, streamlined the design, and gave it a fresh coat...

The board at 135 Montgomery Street, a 21-story residential co-op in Jersey City, knows their building’s prime location along the waterfront comes at a price. In 2011, Hurricane Irene destroyed the new chillers that replaced the building’s original chillers from...

I’ve always wondered if the saying “Third time’s the charm” were true. Does it always take three tries before you hit your stride? Does something happen on your third go-around that’s different than the two before it? I’m not sure...

A round of golf typically takes four hours or more to play, and if you’re a beginner like me it can be an endlessly frustrating afternoon. That’s why having a fun group of people in your foursome is key to...

So far our summer at RAND has been a busy one: We’ve expanded into the entire 10th floor of our office in Chelsea, our 12th floor is undergoing a much anticipated renovation, there’s an army of summer interns eagerly going...

The thicket of paperwork associated with New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has often been a deterrent for owners looking to upgrade properties with landmark designations. To streamline the permit process, the LPC last year introduced new applications for expediting...

Last Thursday on a clear, cool night our RAND on the Run team of 25 people strong laced up our running shoes and donned our Up-Band themed t-shirts for the 38th annual J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge in Central Park....

Although I've been an architect for 27 years, and lived in New York City for 33, until recently I had largely overlooked one of the city's most famous buildings. Two weeks ago RAND's Historic Preservation team went on a private...

Property owners and managers looking to make their buildings more energy efficient and environmentally friendly will be happy to know that the New York State green roof tax abatement program is now bigger and better than before. The original tax...