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**SOLD OUT** ULI New York Young Leaders Group Mobile Tour of The Refinery at the Domino Sugar Factory
About The Refinery:
A modern office set within a landmark. The historic brick façade of the former Domino Sugar factory is a newly constructed 15-story glass building with 460,00 sq. ft. of trophy office space capped by a 27,000 sq. ft. glass dome penthouse, that is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2023.
A brand-new state-of-the-art glass and steel office building with floor-to-ceiling interior windows is set back 15 feet from the historic brick façade to maximize light, views and air. This innovative design yields wide open floor plates surrounded by natural light on all exposures.
Greener than green: A living landscape including cascading vines, trees and natural plantings creates a green ecosystem between the glass curtain wall and the brick masonry walls. This infusion of the natural environment enhances views and supports the health and well-being of building occupants. With a mechanical system that utilizes efficient, all electric equipment, the building is one of only a handful city-wide to have net-zero carbon emissions. The building is also part of an unprecedented private water reuse system located on the Domino campus; all of the wastewater generated by The Refinery is treated and reused onsite, diverting polluted water from city outfalls, improving the quality of the East River and reducing stress on the city’s burdened infrastructure. The Refinery has also been designed to maximize indoor environmental quality (IEQ). These infrastructure investments, combined with the building’s efficient design, make it a leader in sustainability (LEED Gold accreditation is anticipated).
Developer and Owner, Two Trees Management Co. is a family-owned, Brooklyn-based real estate developer best known for its singular role in transforming the Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO from a neglected industrial waterfront to a thriving mixed-use community. The New York based studio PAU serves as the lead architect on the project. In collaboration with Executive Architects Dencityworks, Landscape Architecture by Field Operations and Interior Design by Bonetti/Kozerski. A team of CBRE brokers including Mary Ann Tighe, Arkady Smolyansky, Brett Shannon, Jeff Fischer and Jacob Rosenthal are exclusive office leasing agents for the project.
About our tour guides:
Brett Shannon, CBRE, Senior Vice President, New York City Agency Group
Brett Shannon is a Senior Vice President in CBRE’s New York City Agency Group where he focuses on landlord representation. Since joining CBRE in 2011, Brett has worked on 6.5 million square feet of transactions. Having worked on many large transactions and spent years as a member of CBRE’s Consulting Group, Brett has refined both his financial analytic and technical skills and is adept at approaching complex deal structures.
During his initial 14 months at CBRE, Brett was a member of CBRE’s Wheel Program, a selective rotational program designed to give young professionals a well-rounded foundation in commercial real estate. During such time, Brett worked in the Consulting / Agency, Investment Sales, Asset Services, and Brokerage service lines.
Brett graduated from Hamilton College, Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with Honors.
Arkady Smolyansky, CBRE, Senior Vice President
Arkady Smolyansky is a Senior Vice President in the New York City office of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate firm. As a tenant representative specialist, Arkady advises a variety of local, national and international firms on evaluating and implementing strategic real estate plans. Arkady bases his practice on cultivating exclusive, long-term relationships with clients, an approach that has enabled him to structure a wide range of complex leasing transactions totaling nearly 5,000,000 square feet on behalf of tenants and landlords.
With extensive knowledge of the New York City real estate market, Arkady—an eight-time recipient of CBRE’s market leadership award—devises creative deals for his clients in the leasing, acquisition and disposition of commercial properties/office space, utilizing sophisticated relocation methods and occupancy cost reduction strategies. In addition to representing a strong roster of tenants, Arkady represents landlords on assets throughout Manhattan. He currently advises the LeFrak Organization as the leasing agent for 40 West 57th Street, a prestigious 850,000-sq.-ft. office property in the Plaza District, and he represents Boston Properties in leasing 399 Park Avenue, a prominent full-block 1.7 million-sq.-ft. building, as well as 599 Lexington Avenue, a one million-sq.-ft. office tower. He is also part of the teams that are repositioning the Olayan Group/RXR/Chelsfield’s 550 Madison Avenue, EQ Office’s(Blackstone's) 1740 Broadway and The Georgetown Company’s redevelopment at 787 Eleventh Avenue. Arkady‘s ability to understand the ramifications of a transaction from both the landlord and tenant side enables him to devise creative and effective real estate solutions for his clients.
Arkady is a proud graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was a four-year member of the Men’s Varsity Tennis team and founded the Finance Club, serving as President for several years. Arkady most recently founded and launched an annual scholarship fund at the University where he was also recognized as the top 50 Under 50 alumni leaders in business in 2015. He emigrated from the former Soviet Union to the U.S. in 1989, previously lived in Italy and Austria, and frequently travels internationally.
Special Guest, Alyssa Zahler, Two Trees Management Co., Managing Director, Commercial Leasing