Levien hired as project manager for Hebrew Home for the Aged

Real Estate Weekly, Dec 18, 2002

The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale has hired Levien & Company as project manager for the construction of its newest long-term care residential facility, announces Kenneth Levien, AIA, president of Levien & Company.

The more than 120,000-SF 5-story building, known as the Jacob Reingold Pavilion, will provide 170 beds in single occupant rooms arranged in 16 "neighborhoods" each with its own living and dining room areas.

Some of the Hebrew Home's residents in double-occupancy rooms in the neighboring Resnick Pavilion will be relocated to these new living spaces.

Plans for the Reingold Pavilion also include space for a lounge, beauty parlor, winter garden, solarium, multipurpose room, rehabilitation area with an aquatic therapy program and a community room.

"In this assignment, we are faced with the challenge of integrating a new facility with existing campus buildings, while still ensuring that residents and employees of the Hebrew Home are minimally disrupted," says Pamela Holzapfel, the project manager from Levien & Company.

"Of course, being involved in the construction of a new state-of-the-art facility that will help enable senior citizens to live as independently as possible, is especially rewarding."

Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2003, with an estimated completion date of late fall 2004.

Gruzen Samton LLP is the project's architect. Gotham Construction Company, LLC is the construction manager.