Joseph Simone Calls New York’s Workforce Development Essential for Life Sciences Real Estate Growth
New York’s planned investments in life science workforce training centers will help stimulate real estate development, said Joseph Simone of Simone Development Companies.
“New York is successfully attracting life science startups. The challenge now is to build talent pipelines to train the necessary workforce that will enable the state to achieve its employment goals,” said Joe Simone, President of Simone Development Companies. “State investments in the New York City regional workforce development plan ensure that growing life science companies seeking real estate in the tri-state area will find the right workers to fill new laboratories and facilities.”
The Long Island Investment Fund recently announced its intention to fund a life science workforce development training center. One of the fund’s goals is to supercharge the life sciences ecosystem in the region by developing workers with in-demand skills.
LifeSci NYC has a similar role in the five boroughs, and one target area is in the Bronx at the Montefiore-Einstein Accelerated Biotechnology Research Center (EMBARC), located across the street from Simone Development Companies’ Hutchinson Metro Center. EMBARC is a biomanufacturing operation focused on cell, gene, and antibody production. LifeSci NYC will invest $20 million to build a diverse pipeline of life sciences talent.
Simone Development Companies has anticipated growth in Morris Park’s biotech talent pool by planning for a live-work-play environment at the Hutchinson Metro Center, a mixed-use medical-office complex where future construction may include life science labs, housing, and destination retail catering to the employees of companies that grow out of EMBARC. This emerging innovation hub will be connected to New York City’s life sciences network by Metro-North’s future Morris Park train station, which will provide quick access to Penn Station in Manhattan.
“Since 2018, biotech research and development companies have increased employment by more than 8,000 people in the New York City metro area, an almost 20 percent increase. “Industry leaders say this growth will continue, and our Hutchinson Metro Center is well positioned to meet the increased demand for real estate that can accommodate life science facilities and workers,” said Megan Guy, Simone Development Companies’ Senior Vice President of Development.
Simone Development Companies is a full-service real estate investment company specializing in the acquisition and development of healthcare, mixed-use, office, industrial, retail, and residential properties. Headquartered at the Hutchinson Metro Center, it boasts a portfolio of over 7 million square feet throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, Westchester County, Orange and Fairfield Counties and New Jersey. With services spanning acquisition, development, construction, finance, asset management, accounting, leasing and property management, Simone Development Companies is set apart by its vertically integrated management team, long-term asset ownership and its pursuit of visionary development.
Simone Development Acquires Healthcare Condominium at The Charleston at 225 East 34th Street in Manhattan
BRONX, NY (April 11 2022) — Simone Development Companies a full-service real estate investment company specializing in the acquisition and development of healthcare, office, retail, industrial and residential properties, has expanded its Manhattan healthcare portfolio with the purchase of a 12,000 square-foot medical condominium at 225 East 34th Street in Manhattan for $11.15 million.
Ryan Perkowski and John Martisch of RPR Ventures represented the seller, Neuro Real Estate LLC. Simone Development was represented by legal counsel Brian Sampson, Erica Nazarian and Jared Van Vleet from SVNS Partners on the acquisition and financing.
The property is 100% occupied under long-term lease by NYU Langone and is located on the first floor of The Charleston, a 191-unit luxury residential building in Murray Hill. NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, one of the largest epilepsy centers in the county, has operated at the property since the building was completed in 2007.
“We are proud to add this healthcare property located in such a prominent location in Midtown Manhattan to our portfolio and are pleased to be part of a long-term relationship with NYU Langone, one of the country’s premier medical systems,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Companies.
The acquisition is the third Manhattan medical condominium acquisition by Simone Development over the past several years. Other locations include the Park Avenue Medical Arts Center at 62 East 88th Street and the healthcare condo at Manhattan House at 260 East 66th Street.
Manhattan House
Manhattan House
260 East 66th Street, Manhattan, NY
Located in a predominantly residential neighborhood in the heart of the Upper East Side, the Medical Condominium at Manhattan House is a unique 18,000 square-foot medical office complex comprised of three individual state-of-the-art medical suites each with separate storefront entrances. The well-appointed suites, which range from 2,152 to 8,454 square feet, feature high-end finishes in a patient-friendly environment. Manhattan House, which is a luxury building designated as a New York City Landmark, is ideally located at the crossroads of the largest concentration of hospitals and healthcare providers in Manhattan including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Rockefeller University Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Institute and the Hospital for Special Surgery. The Medical Condominium at Manhattan House is also convenient to subways, buses and the FDR Drive.
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62 East 88th Street
62 East 88th Street
Manhattan, NY
Conveniently located in the heart of the sought-after Carnegie Hill neighborhood on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, 62 E 88th Street is a 19,000 square-foot state-of-the-art medical condominium in a luxury doorman building. Known as Park Avenue Medical Arts Center, the building’s medical suites offer private elevator access, a separate entrance and a renovated lobby. The building is close to major Manhattan hospitals including Mount Sinai Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornel Medical Center and the Hospital for Special Surgery. The property also offers easy access to mass transit.
