New York City is one of the top travel destinations and international business hubs worldwide. The city has renowned landmarks on every corner as a tourist destination, from the Statue of Liberty to Central Park. The Big Apple serves as a worldwide business hub, housing the offices of several American and international corporations and the New York Stock Exchange.
Hotels must keep up with the increasing number of visitors to the city due to tourism and business. Business and leisure visitors come daily, bringing with them the necessity for overnight accommodations. Contractors who deliver hotels that satisfy the city’s high standards are in high demand. Here are the best firms in New York City that are the cream of the crop.
Shawmut Design and Construction
3 East 54th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Shawmut Design and Construction has been a leading construction manager in New York for over 30 years, with a diverse and dedicated team committed to providing clients with a better building experience. With a proven track record of completing extremely complex and logistically challenging projects throughout the city, the team’s portfolio and expertise spans award-winning hotels, prestigious higher education institutions, commercial and tenant interiors, world-renowned museums, prominent life sciences and healthcare systems, Michelin-starred restaurants, and global retail brands.
One of the firm’s notable hotel projects is the Intercontinental New York Barclay in Midtown Manhattan. Shawmut completed the renovation of the over 90-year-old hotel which included all 704 guest rooms and suites, the lobby, the restaurant, the bar, the fitness center, and two new ballrooms—more than 420,000 square feet of redesigned interior in all.
Hudson Meridian Construction Group
61 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10006
Hudson Meridian Construction Group (Hudson Meridian) is among the leading northeast construction services companies, providing a distinct combination of construction expertise to private and public sector owners. Hudson Meridian’s team, as construction services experts, may function as construction managers, program managers, and general contractors to meet the specific demands of its clients.
Hudson Meridian Construction Group, founded in 2002 from the ashes of 9/11, delivers solutions to its devoted clientele in the northeast. It comprises construction services specialists who work with a diverse range of public and private sector clients who anticipate nothing less than the best from those entrusted with their projects. With over $5 billion in completed construction, its competence in vertical building, infrastructure, waterfront, coastal resiliency, disaster recovery, and public projects contributes to its collective understanding and skills.
Hudson Meridian is a member of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) New York State, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), New York Construction Alliance, and the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Rinaldi Group
1 Harmon Meadow Blvd, 1st Floor, Secaucus, NJ 07094
The Rinaldi Group is a construction management company and full-service general contractor that has built its reputation on self-performance in the public and private sectors. Its notoriety for performance and execution, pragmatism with inventiveness, timing, efficiency, quality, expertise, and safety has developed the firm as financially robust and healthy with limitless capacities in an industry that is more competitive than ever. TRG’s breadth of experience extended to all aspects of construction, from design-build and core-shell through interior fit-out, remodeling, and rehabilitation.
President and CEO Anthony Rinaldi founded The Rinaldi Group in 2003 after working for nationally known businesses HRH Construction and George A. Fuller. Rinaldi is an engineer, builder, and entrepreneur who has built high-rise rental and condominium towers, hotels, and significant commercial projects in New York City, Westchester, New Jersey, Florida, and Arizona. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University.
JRM Construction Management
242 West 36th St, 11th Floor New York, NY 10018
David G. McWilliams, Joseph P. Romano, and James Connolly formed JRM Construction in 2007, believing that a construction company should take a pragmatic approach to rise to the challenges and manage expectations for clients. JRM’s company is built on solid construction and exceptional on-site management. It provides clients with the experience and full range of capabilities of a large business while preserving a boutique firm model with top-down engagement. From partners and directors to project managers, estimators, supers, and on-site workers, the firm works together on all projects, large and small.
JRM Construction is an employee-owned firm, and each employee is committed to the success of a project and inspires one another toward a similar objective. Employees also benefit from JRM’s Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), through which the team contributes to ESOP accounts, which generate shares for retirement.
JRM is a member of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), New York Building Congress, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties of New Jersey, American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE), and the Healthcare Facility Management Society of New Jersey (HFMSNJ).
Plaza Construction
360 Lexington Ave, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Plaza Construction is a well-known construction management and general contracting firm in the United States. Since its establishment in 1986, the company has expanded into an interdisciplinary practice with regional offices in New Jersey, Washington, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Los Angeles, and San Jose.
The company is led by Peter Wu, a construction industry specialist with over 30 years of experience supervising creative building and civil construction projects globally, including in the United States, Asia, and the Middle East. During the previous 12 years, Peter has been associated with the growth of the heavy civil construction sector in the United States, and he has managed the company as it has completed several large projects.
Plaza has experience in construction, real estate, investment, and development management. Plaza’s aggregate experience spans numerous industries, and its uniqueness originates from understanding what it takes to be an owner, developer, and builder—a trifecta represented in the firm’s core portfolio of significant properties. With three decades of experience, the firm plays a vital role in the construction of corporate offices, commercial properties, medical centers, universities, infrastructure, transit facilities, museums, retail stores, hotels, and residential properties. It is still in the vanguard of creating the country’s most intriguing, sought-after, and acclaimed luxury residential condominiums, hotels, restaurants, and retail spaces.
C&A Seneca Construction
1412 Broadway, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10018
C&A Seneca Construction is a family-owned firm specializing in design-build projects like hotels, restaurants, and pubs. Carlo Seneca founded the firm in 1945 and has subsequently worked on some of New York’s most notable restaurants, including the Buddha Bar and the Stay Hotel, where the firm built a projection wall using cutting-edge technology. The company has established a reputation for competence based on more than just words and a firm commitment to establishing stable structures and connections. Its employees feel that today’s work will be remembered tomorrow.
C&A Seneca Construction has been hailed a Contract Design Network, Commercial Interior Design Magazine 2020 Interiors Awards Bar/Restaurant Winner for its work on The Fleur Room and Feroce Ristorante/Caffè at Moxy NYC Chelsea. Its projects have also been featured by NewsWires, Commercial Interior Design Magazine, Peer 2 Peer Real Estate, Supper Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, and The New York Times.
Omnibuild Construction
141 W. 36th St, Suite #14, South New York, NY 10018
Omnibuild Building has drawn industry interest since its founding in 2007 due to its unusual ground-up high-rise construction and major restorations around the metropolitan area. As one of the city’s major mid-sized construction management and general contracting firms, Omnibuild specializes in developing hospitality, residential, and educational facilities. In 2017, the company was named one of the top 400 contractors in the United States by Engineering News-Record and Inc. Magazine’s list of the top 500 fastest growing privately-held businesses in the United States.
The company has completed multiple LEED projects as a United States Green Building Council member. In New York, it has constructed over 20,000 vertical feet of building space, totaling almost 6,200 hotel guest rooms and nearly four million square feet. According to ENR New York, the firm also placed 19th among the Top Contractors (2018) and
was ranked 21st on CRAIN’S New York Business Fast 50.
Triton Construction Company
30 East 33rd St, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Triton Construction Company, founded in 2002 and located in New York City, is a major general construction, construction management, and consulting firm serving clients in the metropolitan area, lower Hudson Valley, and Long Island. Triton Construction was formed on the principles of quality, experience, excellent references, and first-rate staffing and services. Co-CEOs Frank Reich and Lance Franklin presently lead the company.
Triton’s pre-construction and construction management teams provide a depth of knowledge to any project. Its staff is chosen from established professional contacts built by its partners over decades in the business. Triton’s partners recognize the interests of its clients and can implement creative, proactive, and successful solutions to their demands, owing to many years of combined industry experience and $10 billion in completed construction work.
J.T. Magen & Company
44 W. 28th St, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001
J.T. Magen & Company Inc. is a construction industry leader and a company of experts. For 25 years, J.T. Magen has influenced the construction community by constructing high-quality projects that pique the interest and excitement of its valued clientele. It provides clients in every major industry sector with preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and general contracting services. The firm’s in-house team of chartered quantity surveyors, architects, engineers, and construction specialists is forward-thinking and dedicated to a construction project from start to finish.
J.T. Magen’s respected name assures that the best subcontractors are hired to complete the many disciplines for each project. It has ties to the United States Green Building Council, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Chicagoland Associated General Contractors, and was also featured in Interior Design Magazine, CNBC Television, Commercial Observer, Design:retail, and The Times.
Mc Gowan Builders
160 East Union Ave, East Rutherford, NJ 07073
Mc Gowan Builders, founded in 2001, is a premier construction company of over 60 experts that provides individual and institutional clients with general contracting and construction management services. Mc Gowan has spent the last 15 years designing corporate interiors, retail outlets, financial areas, and cultural and educational institutions.
The firm’s construction quality is unrivaled, with every work done from the ground up by Patrick J. Mc Gowan. New York City developments include new residential units, condominiums, hotel facilities, and major renovation and restoration. Patrick has spent 30 years in the construction industry, working as a worker, foreman, superintendent, estimator, project manager, vice president of marketing, and president of a large regional construction firm. Patrick graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management and Engineering Technology and an Associate in Civil Engineering.
Levine Builders
42-09 235th St, Douglaston, NY 11363
Jeffrey Levine discovered his passion in the construction sector 50 years ago over a summer. Levine launched Levine Builders with just two employees in 1979 after honing his skills during his college years. Levine is now not only a general contractor but also a developer and property manager with a diverse and extensive portfolio around New York. Levine would also start Douglaston Development and Clinton Management. The three would merge to form The Douglaston Companies, dedicated to Levine’s initial vision of “revitalizing and growing neighborhoods one building, one block, or one community at a time.”
Levine Builders provides a full range of construction management and general contracting services and has 40 years of building industry experience. Its portfolio includes hundreds of refurbished, restored, and new ground-up construction buildings, thousands of condominiums, and millions of square feet of combined commercial and residential space. Levine received the NAHB Pillars in the Industry Award, and New York Construction News awarded the business an Award of Merit in the Hospitality area.
Reidy Contracting Group
58 W 40th St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10018
Reidy Contracting Group has provided superior general contracting and construction management services to some of New York’s most well-known names since 2010. The company successfully manages a wide range of client needs through its extensive remodeling, new construction, construction infrastructure, and restoration solutions. The firm’s team consists of highly skilled and qualified experts who carry out in-house budgeting and estimation, purchasing, pre-construction, construction phase scheduling, quality control, value engineering, and strong collaborations with experienced subcontractors.
The firm’s diverse portfolio includes several residential, corporate, infrastructural, and mission-critical buildings, media, health and fitness, retail, and hotel properties. The firm has also received several awards for its work, including CoreNet Global New York’s 2021 Project of the Year Award in the 25,000 to 50,000 RSF Category, ENR New York’s 2020 Award of Merit for the LMCC Arts Center at Governor’s Island, and Interior Design Magazine’s 2019 Best of Year Award: Best Small Corporate Office for Soros Capital Management.
Skystone
10 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Skystone Group uses cutting-edge technologies, highly refined processes, and the brightest minds in the global built environment business to create complete, market-leading solutions. Its primary goal is to remain at the cutting edge of building innovative technology while also attempting to rethink construction processes and break down each currently fragmented construction sector flaw. In an industry dominated by multi-tiered, non-value interfaces and plagued by counterclaims and disputes, the firm is driven by a value-focused approach to every project, rather than a cost-focused strategy.
The Skystone staff has 300 years of collective construction experience in New York City, a mass of knowledge that comes together for high quality, effective, and timely end products. The firm is acknowledged by the NYC School Construction Authority, is Lead-Safe Certified, and it has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Construction Magazine, Construction Dive, Modscape, and Construction Week Online.
Structure Tone
330 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001
Structure Tone is well-known in the city for its office interior buildout work, having built premises worth more than $1.8 billion and covering 2.17 million square feet. It offers a full spectrum of services, including site selection analysis, design constructability evaluation, aesthetic enhancements, interior fit-outs, new building construction, building infrastructure improvements, and modernization. The firm’s chairman is James Donaghy, and its CEO is Robert Mullen. They work together to lead the company on some of New York City’s top projects.
Structure Tone is the parent company of LF Driscoll, Structure Tone Southwest, Pavarini Construction Co., Pavarini McGovern, and Govan Brown. In New York, the firm employs 350 employees who have been trained in a “customer first” approach. Structure Tone has garnered numerous awards, including the ACEC Platinum Award and the Building Trades Employers’ Association’s Project Safety Award.
