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ARAGON CONSTRUCTION, A NEW YORK'S general contracting and construction management firm, has just completed building a 13,000 SF office space for the Forward Association, a nonprofit Jewish organization that publishes The Forward, America's most influential Jewish weekly newspaper. The office suite at 125 Maiden Lane, a 17-story office building in downtown Manhattan, encompasses much of the building's 8th floor.
Aragon built a new executive office wing with private offices, open department areas, conference rooms, informal meeting areas, a reception area, and a broadcast space for video, podcast, and other digital production. The striking space also features a gallery/ performance space.
The construction firm paid special attention to the installation of a broad range of materials and surfaces specified by Amie Gross Architects, which used the visual language of the Wiener Werkstcette as a primary inspiration. The palette, for example, is in keeping with those used during the time of the Wiener Werkstcette Materials include marble floors, custom wood doors, several different pattern and colors of carpets, specialty paints, and laser-cut wall panels. The installation also included "borrowed lighting" from internal windows that allow daylight to permeate the office core.
"By working collaboratively," said Aragon president and founder Alex Getelman, "the teams were able to make this highly conceptual space into a beautiful and functional reality."
The site is specifically designed to be conducive to coordination and collaboration across its various departments of the English and Yiddish newspapers and their award-winning website, the jewishdailyforward. com.
"We designed one-of-a-kind group work areas, respecting each department's unique requirements, without using a single generic pattern or layout throughout the entire office space," said Amie Gross AlA, founder and principal at Amie Gross Architects.
Aragon also renovated a 5,000 SF office space for a sublease tenant for the short term; it will enable the Forward Association to expand its operations in the future.
Completed in 1959, 125 Maiden Lane is comprised of 342,371 SF of office space featuring quality services and amenities, such as a state-of-the-art exercise room with showers and lockers, landscaped roof deck and courtyard with stunning river views, quarterly art exhibits in the grand lobby, excellent security and a 24/7 attended lobby. The building's tenants include U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Empire State Development Corp., Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Civil Service Employees Association and Community for Education Foundation, among others.
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