Multifamily Residential in New York

The client engaged Marx|Okubo to provide owner’s representation services for the ground-up development of a senior living facility with 26 memory care units and 74 assisted living units in Mt. Pleasant, New York. During the design phase, our team identified multiple indoor environmental quality risks and opportunities, including potential radon risk for dwelling units proposed at grade level, substandard acoustic assemblies, opportunities to improve HVAC filtration, and vulnerabilities in the building enclosure design that presented a water intrusion risk. Marx|Okubo also led studies to assess potential costs and benefits of a ground source heat pump system and rooftop solar arrays, and our team identified opportunities to add electric vehicle charging stations to the project. Among other design modifications that resulted from Marx|Okubo’s analysis, the development team added a radon mitigation system, electric vehicle charging stations, and rooftop solar arrays to the project.

During construction, our team conducted detailed reviews of waterproofing and roofing systems to ensure these systems were installed in conformance with the approved construction documents and manufacturer’s installation requirements. In addition, the team performed thorough accessibility reviews to verify compliant access for occupants with mobility challenges.

Marx|Okubo also performed comprehensive solar consulting services, including solicitation of bids from qualified contractors, bid leveling, an interconnection study with the local utility, a review of state and federal financial incentives, an analysis of electricity demand and estimated solar production, a review of carbon avoidance impacts, and contract negotiation for a 160,000 kWh rooftop solar electricity system. The client executed an agreement with a solar contractor, and energy savings are anticipated to result in a payback period of less than five years, with an anticipated 15% reduction of total operating carbon emissions from the project.