Civic

NEW YORK CITY — Levien & Co. is working on behalf of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum to redevelop 10,500 square feet of space at 103 Orchard St. in Manhattan for the new Sadie Samuelson Levy Immigrant Heritage Center. The approximately $5 million project will include the redevelopment of the lower three floors of the building for use as a museum. The upper floors of the building will continue to be occupied as residential apartments but will be restored for use by the museum as they become vacant. Perkins Eastman is the project architect and Kel-Mar Designs is the general contractor.

NEW YORK CITY — Construction is complete for the renovation of the former Clearview Cinema building at 1871 Broadway in New York City. The $3 million project was undertaken by the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), which will use the facility as a lecture hall. The auditorium's seating capacity was enlarged for up to 260 students. In addition, the building's egress plan was redesigned, as was the cafŽ, and the projector room was refurbished with state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment. The project architect was locally based Gerner, Kronick + Valcarcel Architects.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Construction is complete for the new performing arts and recreation complex at Adelphi University in Garden City. The project included the renovation of Olmstead Theatre and Woodruff Hall as well as the addition of the Center for Recreation and Sports. Woodruff Hall renovations included a new glass lobby that serves as the primary entrance to the Center for Recreation and Sports, which features features a three-court, below-grade gymnasium. A 310-space, underground parking garage was constructed with varsity athletic fields on top of it. The western part of the complex consists of the renovated 350-seat Olmstead Theatre and the addition of 60,000 square feet of performing arts space. The project is also applying for LEED-Silver certification. Cannon Design was the project architect.