The most important part of any facility or real estate project is the very beginning, defining your organization’s project goals and requirements, and establishing a well-informed project plan.
In today’s real estate industry, the project manager or owner’s representative is the professional responsible for managing every aspect of a project, from procurement, design, permitting and construction, to move-in and closeout. The project management is responsible for establishing and managing your all-in project budget and comprehensive project schedule, ensuring your project goals are met and your overall expectations are exceeded.
“JLL’s Project and Development Services (PDS) practice can help you accomplish challenging projects, while allowing you to focus on growing and managing your business,” said Don Bucci, managing director and leader of JLL PDS’s Westchester and Greater New York State, Connecticut, and New Jersey practices, and recipient of the 2022 March of Dimes Real Estate Award. “While we can join your team and improve outcomes at any stage of a project, getting us involved in the pre-project planning assures you of an outcome aligned with your initial goals.”
Our practice is the largest and most successful provider of these services. We are a diverse and experienced team, which includes architects, interior designers, engineers, and construction professionals. Our leadership has decades of experience with projects of all types and scales, from a workplace relocation to complex new institutional, medical and life sciences campuses. A few recently completed projects include the Charter Communications HQ campus in Stamford, CT, Iona University’s Kelly Center for Health Sciences for the New York Presbyterian – Iona School of Health Sciences, multiple projects for IBM at its Armonk, Yorktown, and Poughkeepsie campuses, Raytheon Technologies’ Farmington HQ refresh, Cohen SoundWaters Harbor Center, and Holderness & Bourne HQ in Armonk. Other notable projects that Don and his team have completed over the years include: the construction of practice facilities for the New York Rangers and Knicks in Greenburgh; GenRe, Bridgewater Associates, IBM’s Gerstner Center for Learning in Armonk; academic buildings such as the new LaPenta School of Business and Rye Country Day School’s Dunn Performing Arts Center and Cohen Center for Creative Arts; as well as the renovation of Heineken’s North American headquarters in White Plains; erecting new headquarters for Diageo, Beiersdorf, Vineyard Vines, and relocating Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ headquarters.
We have strong working relationships with many design professionals, contractors and vendors throughout Westchester, Fairfield, Greater New York state, Connecticut, and New Jersey. This enables us to help you select the right team for your unique needs, while also providing us powerful leverage to assure you the best value and the highest-quality service.
We can serve as the facilities and construction division of your organization, responsible for managing comprehensive project scope, schedule and budget, as well mitigating any risks associated with your unique project. We will guide your organization through all phases of your project, from pre-project planning and due diligence, through design, construction, completion and post-occupancy services on projects large and small.
If you are contemplating a new real estate project, get it started right by reaching out to Don Bucci for an initial consultation. Don.Bucci@jll.com
