Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and City Council Members Join With Simone Development for Annual Holiday Tree Lighting at Boyce Thompson Center

BRONX,NY (December 01, 2021) — Senior executives of Simone Development Companies joined with Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and members of the Yonkers City Council for the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony held December 2nd at Simone Development’s Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers.

Pictured from left, Councilman John Rubbo; David Sanchez from the office of Council President Mike Khader; William Mooney, Director of Community and Institutional Relationships; Kevin Plunkett, Director of Strategic Initiatives; Councilman Anthony Merante; Councilwoman Shanae Williams; Mayor Mike Spano; Patricia Simone, Principal and President of Simone Management Group; Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development; Councilwoman Tasha Diaz; Councilwoman Corazon Pineda-Isaac; Councilman Mike Breen; Council President-Elect Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, County Legislator Chris Johnson; Joseph Kelleher, President of Simone Metro Properties; Joanna Simone, Principal and President of Leasing and Property Management Operations; and Guy Leibler, President of Simone Healthcare Development.

2022-03-08T13:21:40-05:00December 1, 2021|
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Joseph Simone Says Google Searches an Essential Guide to Healthcare Real Estate Development

BRONX, NY (November 29, 2021) — Consumers’ increasing use of Google’s search engine to locate medical care should guide healthcare real estate developers’ site planning, said Joseph Simone of Simone Development Companies.

“The phrase ‘urgent care near me’ is one of the top terms, with almost 2 million searches each month,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Companies. “Other top searches are ‘hospital near me’ and ‘walk-in clinic near me.’ These terms underscore the importance of web analytics when real estate developers consider their site selection and what kind of tenant mix developers must acquire.”

Informed use of search engine analytics can help developers determine which communities most often search for urgent care or specialties, thereby improving the chances of immediate success for a new care facility.

“Anyone on Google who is searching for a service wants that service nearby, which is why we have seen the proliferation of urgent care in non-traditional medical locations like shopping centers,” said Joe Simone. “Now we see outpatient surgical centers and other medical services migrate to malls as proximity to consumers becomes increasingly critical.”

Simone Development Companies has been a pioneer in using analytics and market data to bring healthcare where consumers want it—in their neighborhoods.

Simone’s Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers, N.Y. includes outpatient care, physician offices, a pharmacy, a med spa, retail and restaurants. Similarly, the Purchase Professional Park in Purchase, N.Y. combines first-class office and medical space, exceptional amenities and one of the most convenient office locations in the region.

“Developers must understand that the words ‘near me’ are the gold standard. We must respond to that search term by locating our projects as close to consumers and neighborhoods as possible,” said Joe Simone.

2022-03-08T13:21:55-05:00November 29, 2021|
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Developer Joseph Simone Says Conveience is Driving New Health Care Developments

BRONX, NY (November 8, 2021) — Competition to deliver the most convenient care is a factor in recent announcements about new medical real estate projects, says Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development Companies.

Across the United States, hospital networks are unveiling proposals that consolidate offices and services in easy-to-access locations to attract patients who have grown accustomed to appointment-free urgent care and telehealth.

“In October, Mount Sinai Morningside filed plans for a $28.5 million outpatient clinic in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood that consolidates primary care, surgical services, and AIDS outpatient health from several other locations with the goal of integrating care and reducing inefficiency,” said Joe Simone, President of Simone Development Companies. “Similarly, UChicago Medicine recently announced a hospital in northwest Indiana. Again, the goal is to deliver a seamless experience to patients who need convenient access to advanced care.”

Simone Development Companies is a leader in the push for convenient healthcare with the development of the Hutchinson Metro Center, a 42-acre mixed-use campus in the Bronx that combines an ambulatory surgical center with retail, hospitality, office, and doctors’ offices.

“Bronx residents can receive every aspect of their health care at the Hutchinson Metro Center,” said Joe Simone. “The old, fragmented model of health care where a primary care doctor and a specialist were miles apart in a congested city didn’t work for many Bronx residents, who prefer an integrated campus with ample parking and easy access to public transportation.”

Another example is Simone Development’s Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers, NY, an 85,000-square-foot mixed-use center featuring medical offices, retail shops and restaurants. Major anchor tenants include St. John’s Riverside Hospital and Westmed Medical Group.

Joseph Simone said that recent announcements about new hospitals and consolidated facilities are just one aspect of the emerging convenience care trend.

“We are seeing the proliferation of free-standing emergency rooms, healthcare monitoring apps, home health devices, and even classic house calls,” said Joe Simone. “All these services are designed to satisfy the growing demand for convenient care.”

2022-03-08T13:22:00-05:00November 8, 2021|
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Mount Sinai Doctors • Greenlawn

Mount Sinai Doctors • Greenlawn

5 Cuba Hill Road, Greenlawn, NY

Simone Development Companies redeveloped the site of a former research and development facility into a 100,000 square-foot multidisciplinary medical building for Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island, with more than 20 specialties as well as onsite radiology and laboratory services all under one roof. Previously located in several offices in the Town of Huntington, Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island is able to offer patients a full continuum of services from primary and specialty care to ambulatory surgery. The beautifully refurbished building offers modern infrastructure and current design standards to provide a high quality experience for patients and visitors. Seamless and integrated technology create a patient-friendly environment that enhances the overall delivery of medical care. By combining high-quality medicine with convenient access, Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island is setting a new standard of healthcare on Long Island.

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Josh Gopan
Vice President of Leasing

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Director of Leasing

2023-12-11T10:52:34-05:00November 1, 2021|
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Joe Simone, President of Simone Development Predicts Cancer Treatment Centers Proliferate as U.S. Population Expands and Ages

BRONX, NY (October 25, 2021) — Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development Companies, predicts health networks will design and build new cancer treatment centers in response to recent U.S. Census figures that reveal an increasing elderly population.

The U.S. Census projects that by 2034 there will be more senior citizens than children in the United States. Risk factors for cancer include advanced age and obesity. From 1999 through 2018, the U.S. obesity rate rose from 30.5 to 42.4 percent of the population.

“Last year an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases were diagnosed in the United States. By 2030, the number of cancer survivors is projected to rise to 22.2 million,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Companies.

In response to these demographic trends, new cancer centers are in development or planned nationwide. Recent announcements include Our Lady of the Lake’s $100 million project in Baton Rouge, La.; Franciscan Health’s $43.2 million project in Lafayette, Ind.; and City of Hope’s $1 billion project in Irvine, Calif.

“A common denominator in many of these communities is an effort to bring advanced cancer treatment to communities where cancer patients must travel long distances to receive such care,” said Joe Simone.

Simone Development Companies’ contribution to the nation’s cancer care includes the construction of the Purchase Professional Park in Purchase, N.Y., the headquarters of the Westmed Medical Group, which has a robust oncology department.

“Simone Development Companies is prepared to help health providers respond to the twin demographic trends of aging and obesity that will lead to millions more cancer cases in the coming decade,” said Joseph Simone. “Innovations in cancer treatment will spur the construction of new surgical and radiation facilities. We’re already seeing this proliferation of cancer centers in many places, such as the New York metro area.”

2022-03-08T13:22:16-05:00October 25, 2021|
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Health Care Coming To A Shopping Center Near You

BRONX, NY (October 12, 2021) — Consumers are increasingly traveling to shopping centers for a checkup or vaccine as health care providers seek more convenient locations, said Joseph Simone of Simone Development Companies.

“Across the country, health providers are converting former Sears buildings in shopping centers into ambulatory surgical centers, hospitals and doctors’ offices,” said Joe Simone, President of Simone Development Companies. “CVS Health’s announcement earlier this year that it will remake hundreds of its stores into primary care clinics will bring health care to even more shopping centers nationwide.”

Simone Development Companies anticipated the delivery of healthcare at shopping centers with the adaptive reuse of the Boyce Thompson Center, an 85,000 square-foot, mixed-use center with doctors’ offices, restaurants and retail in Yonkers, N.Y.

“Redeveloping shopping centers and strip malls with health care tenants makes sense because these properties are already designed to handle high-traffic uses and they provide ample parking,” said Simone. “More importantly, these local shopping centers are typically situated within walking distance or an easy commute from residential neighborhoods.”

It is unclear how many Sears locations are being converted for health uses, but there are examples of this conversion nationwide, including Selinsgrove, Penn.; Garden City, N.Y.; and Riverside, Calif. Simone noted that CVS Health’s goal to turn hundreds of its stores into primary care centers poses challenges to medical networks whose patients must wait weeks for routine health services.

“The CVS announcement is triggering a reconsideration of site uses everywhere. The recent decision by Yale New Haven Health System to build an ambulatory care center in a shuttered Macy’s store in Meriden, Conn. is an example of large health networks responding to CVS’s retail health strategy,” said Joseph Simone. “This shopping center land rush by health providers is a boon for health facility builders like Simone Development Companies.”

2022-03-08T13:22:35-05:00October 12, 2021|
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Joseph Simone of Simone Development Companies Sees NYC’s Life Sciences Investment Will Spur Development Boom

BRONX, NY (September 27, 2021) — Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development Companies, announced that a development boom is coming to New York City neighborhoods where teaching hospitals will expand their life sciences research.

“New York City is home to many of the country’s leading medical research institutions, so it makes sense that municipal leaders want to expand this sector by promoting health-tech incubators and wet labs,” said Joe Simone, whose company has its own plans for building wet laboratories.

New York City recently increased its investment in Life Sci NYC to $1 billion as part of an effort to transform underused properties and land into wet laboratories for medical research and med-tech start-ups.

So far, New York City’s biotech investments include a $13 million grant to Montefiore Medical Center and its medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to launch the Einstein-Montefiore Biotechnology Accelerated Research Center. The center will create a biomanufacturing facility focused on cell, gene, and antibody therapy production. The Bronx-based center will be open to early-stage and established companies.

Across the street from the proposed biotech facility, Simone Development Companies’ Hutchinson Metro Center includes an ambulatory surgical center for Montefiore. At the south end of the Hutchinson Metro Center, Joseph Simone has proposed building an office park that includes wet laboratories for medical research.

“Researchers and biotech start-ups want to be near each other because they thrive on collaboration. In the next 10 years the neighborhood surrounding the new research center will undergo a renaissance with the construction of a new Metro-North train station at Morris Park, new housing for researchers and students, and new offices for growing biotech companies,” said Joseph Simone.

Simone Development Companies’ Hutchinson Metro Center is part of an on-going redevelopment of the former Bronx Psychiatric Center campus. Phase 1 of the campus redevelopment envisions the creation of 100,000 square feet of biotech/research laboratories.

According to the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the life sciences sector has seen an average annual growth of 50+ biotech companies since 2016.

2022-03-08T13:22:45-05:00September 27, 2021|
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Joe Simone, President of Simone Development Companies, Sees Plastic Surgery Trends Driving Design of Medical Facilities

BRONX,NY (Sept 13, 2021) — An explosive growth in minimally invasive cosmetic procedures is influencing the design of dermatologists’ and plastic surgeons’ offices, according to Joe Simone, President of Simone Development Companies.

“Medical practices want larger treatment rooms that can accommodate the latest cosmetic technology for skin resurfacing and cellulite treatment,” said Joseph Simone. “As the laser technology improves and delivers better results, we’re seeing skyrocketing demand for laser treatments nationwide.”

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ 2020 statistics, total cosmetic procedures grew 131 percent between 2000 and 2020. The cosmetic procedures with the biggest growth over the 20-year period were minimally invasive procedures including laser skin resurfacing (483 percent) and cellulite treatment (261 percent). Surgical procedures with the biggest growth over the 20-year period include cheek implants (938 percent) and upper arm lifts (4,174 percent).

“Many of the medical facilities we have delivered in recent years include dermatology-office and cosmetic-surgery floor plans, including the Hutchinson Metro Center in the Bronx, N.Y. and WESTMED locations in Purchase, N.Y. and Greenwich, Conn.,” said Joseph Simone. “Simone Development Companies expects to continue new construction or renovation that includes dermatology and cosmetic surgical offices and operating rooms.”

The use of non-invasive procedures to slow the signs of aging are on the rise. According to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), the pandemic created a surge in surgical demand not seen in recent years. Even though many non-essential surgeries and aesthetic services were put on hold for months during the pandemic, AAFPRS members note that demand grew higher than ever.

“People are staring at themselves on screens during teleconference all day,” said Joe Simone. “That’s why so many people are seeking options like eyelid procedures to look less tired on camera. With remote working expected to increase in the future, it’s a sure bet more people will want to improve their appearance and seek medical solutions.”

2022-03-08T13:23:14-05:00September 13, 2021|
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