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July 13, 2023
We are pleased to announce some very well-deserved promotions within the DBI team! Recognizing hard work, and our key values of hungry, humble, and smart, they mark the continued development and growth of the firm. Read more
July 13, 2023
We’re excited to share news about the rapid progress of our Brillante Academy project, recently securing financing for the completion of their new facilities. Read more
June 19, 2023
Over the weekend DBI Boston was thrilled to be one of the sponsors of the West Fairmount Hill Community Group’s Juneteenth Joy celebration in Hyde Park. Read more
June 14, 2023
DBI Projects is incredibly excited to congratulate the Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA) for being announced as a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Large Capital Improvement Grant award recipient for the re-envisioning of their campus. Read more
June 7, 2023
We are very excited to share that our very own Laura Yang has been recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ in the latest issue of the New York Real Estate Journal! Read more
June 1, 2023
DBI Projects' James Neu (Managing Director), Bryce Beckwith (Head of DBI's Austin Office), and Emily Puhnaty (Director of Business Development) are excited to attend the upcoming National Charter Schools Conference. Read more
May 24, 2023
DBI Projects is incredibly excited to see Pace University announce the Sands College of Performing Arts. Read more
March 8, 2023
As DBI continues its strategic growth, expansion into new regions across the country will bring our expertise in project management and real estate advisory services to growing markets. DBI’s latest expansion into Texas will be led by Senior Project Manager, Bryce Beckwith, and will focus our growth in Austin as well as other metroplexes and municipalities in Texas at large. Read more
March 3, 2023
Join James Neu of DBI Projects and industry-leading brokerage OPEN Impact Real Estate for this in-person charter school facilities management workshop, hosted by the NYC Charter School Center, designed to help schools strategize on procuring and developing affordable private facilities. Read more
February 17, 2023
Axios has revealed a sneak peek of our new project with Newlab and Ford Motor Company in Detroit. Read more
November 3, 2022
We are honored and thrilled to be managing Bard College’s latest project: a Maya Lin-designed center for performing arts. Read more
August 24, 2022
DBI Projects has been selected to drive the critical planning for the World Zionist Village, a 20-acre, educational and mixed-use campus under development by the Jewish National Fund-USA. Read more
June 17, 2022
We at DBI Projects are humbled and honored to have been presented with the Community Engagement and Philanthropy Award by Anchin. Read more
May 11, 2022
DBI Project’s recent fit-out of a 55,000-sf school for KIPP NYC at 501 Gerard Avenue marks a critical step in our ongoing support of the organization’s projects across the Bronx – a momentous initiative by KIPP NYC as it continues to provide opportunities to hundreds of young students in the area. Read more
March 2, 2022
In the latest issue of Commercial Observer, DBI Projects’ own Partner and Senior Director Mariela Abreu authored an op-ed on why Local Law 97 is a good thing for building owners in the long run. Read more
January 6, 2022
DBI Projects is helping clean energy start-up Amogy double its office space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, following a successful incubation period at Newlab – the ULI Award-winning project DBI completed in 2016. Read more
December 14, 2021
DBI Projects’ Jonah Stern recently spoke with Commercial Property Executive about the implications of Boston’s Building Energy Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO 2.0), which passed in October. Read more
December 6, 2021
We partnered with the Society of Jesus, a Catholic order of priests and brothers, to transform the Ciszek Hall Jesuit Residential College in the Bronx, modernizing the two adjoining former tenement buildings for the first time in more than 25 years. Read more
November 8, 2021
We were initially engaged by Hebrew Public Charter Schools to perform an assessment of a development under construction in Harlem. Read more
November 3, 2021
Fast Company included the DBI Projects-developed residences at Bard College Berlin as an example of good student housing in their latest story. Read more
October 28, 2021
The pandemic brought about many changes to our day-to-day life and norms, including how we utilize office space. The answer for many? Converting offices to labs for the burgeoning life science sector. Read more
July 12, 2021
The New York Times highlighted how the ever present “sidewalk shed” is being creatively reimagined, including COOKFOX Architects’ design to replace temporary scaffolding with a permanent curving canopy crowned with plants and greenery. Read more
June 25, 2021
DBI Projects, CIEE’s corporate real estate asset manager and consultant, successfully executed a transaction with the University of Maine System for the lease of its former headquarters in Portland. Read more
February 11, 2021
In a piece for the Heller Fundraising Group, DBI Senior Project Manager Ricky Gautier discussed this phenomenon and outlined some of the ways DBI has been able to help our clients achieve new real estate heights during the past year: Read more
November 16, 2020
DBI Projects is thrilled to announce we have been presented with the Urban Land Institute New York’s 2020 Excellence in Repositioning and Redevelopment award for Newlab. Read more
January 14, 2020
DBI Projects would like to congratulate our client, the Council on International Educational Exchange, as the final slab was placed in their new headquarters in Boston. Read more
January 7, 2020
DBI Projects unveiled a new campus and headquarters for Relay Graduate School of Education in a Landmarked building in Downtown Manhattan. Read more
June 12, 2019
DBI Projects is proud to announce the opening of a new headquarters for NYC-based non-profit exalt. Read more
July 12, 2016
On Tuesday, June 21 David Belt and many of the public officials instrumental in making the Newlab dream a reality were on hand for a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Read more
March 23, 2016
Over the last several weeks, St. Ann’s Warehouse – the Brooklyn theater completed in Fall 2015 – has garnered several important design awards for its innovative design. Read more
February 22, 2016
Macro Sea’s multidisciplinary design and technology center in the heart of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is nearly complete. Read more
December 21, 2015
DBI Projects is honored to have been selected as the project manager for the Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center (PACWTC). Read more
November 16, 2015
DBI is thrilled to announce the recent completion of a new theater for the performing arts organization, St. Ann’s Warehouse. Read more
November 2, 2015
DBI Projects would like to announce the recent opening of the Lowline Lab on the Lower East Side. Read more
October 13, 2015
DBI is pleased to announce the recent completion of a renovation of the Cornelia Connelly Center’s Lower East Side middle school. Read more
May 6, 2015
DBI Projects collaborated with Liberty Science Center in developing a detailed concept plan for SciTech Scity, a mixed use expansion of the highly regarded Liberty Science Center museum in Jersey City. Read more
December 6, 2014
DBI has been chosen to manage the architect selection process for the new Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center. Read more
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