2024-05-01T20:29:09-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150147075/jfk-airport-invites-ideas-for-new-central-hub-part-of-greater-13bn-makeover Alexander Walter 2019-07-19T16:02:00-04:00 >2019-07-19T16:02:53-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8e/8e87af93fe3b2d8cff28cc232123193d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[...] the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is issuing a Request for Information for the design and development of JFK Central, an approximately 14-acre, mixed-use space at the epicenter of the redeveloped John F. Kennedy International Airport. This new site offers a blank canvas to create a centrally-located commercial and recreational public space to serve today's travelers and employees, and capitalizes on the broader transformation of JFK currently underway.</p></em><br /><br /><p>"Airports are the front door to New York which is why it is so important that we transform JFK Airport into an innovative, modern, and accommodating space for domestic and international travelers," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in his <a href="http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=3170" target="_blank">announcement</a> of the Request for Information for JFK Central Hub, part of the greater <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150089507/new-details-emerge-for-jfk-airport-s-13-billion-revamp" target="_blank">$13 billion airport redevelopment</a>. <br></p> <p>"We are moving ahead with a $13 billion transformation plan that will fundamentally reimagine the airport for the 21st century and as part of that effort JFK Central will create a more unified airport and further solidify New York's position as the premier entry point into our country for the rest of the world."</p> <p>The RFI can be accessed <a href="http://www.panynj.gov/business-opportunities/pdf/RFIDOC_54580.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> (PDF).<br></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149942418/la-city-calls-for-proposals-for-the-old-lincoln-heights-jail Nicholas Korody 2016-04-26T20:33:00-04:00 >2016-05-05T23:39:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/j5/j5xwoio1zw25zu4r.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It has been more than 50 years since anyone has served time in the old Lincoln Heights Jail. The five-story building on San Fernando Road next to the L.A. River has been vacant for much of that time but now the city is launching its most recent effort to find new uses for the historic landmark as efforts are underway to restore the river and build new projects and parks along its banks. The city is seeking ideas and concepts for the 229,000-square-foot complex...</p></em><br /><br /><p>In a RFI, the city stipulates that there are a number of hurdles that will have to be removed before reuse, such as possible structural renovations and removal of toxic substances.</p><p>The city also put forth a list of new possible uses:</p><ul><li>Technology or creative office (e.g. biotechnology)</li><li>Clean tech or other manufacturing uses</li><li>Adaptive re-use (such as the Helms Bakery District or Anaheim Packing District)</li><li>Live / Work lofts, artist studios and/or other art production space</li><li>Urban agriculture</li><li>Hotel with meeting spaces and a restaurant</li><li>Institutional uses (such as a museum or charter school)</li><li>Nonprofit uses (such as nonprofit office or performance space)</li><li>Publicly accessible open space associated with the new development (such as a<br>river edge greenway or park.</li></ul><p>What would you do with the site? Concepts are due May 13. Find out more <a href="http://labavn.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=contract.opportunity_view&amp;recordid=26729&amp;CFID=5489319&amp;CFTOKEN=81f71188e16c42d5-B260CF43-5056-8E03-789A914476D2F9AB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>