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Prospec­tive Ten­ants for Gov­er­nors Island

Nov 11, 2013 10:30 am

At our pub­lic Board of Direc­tors meet­ing last month, the Trust dis­cussed final­ists from the Request for Pro­pos­als (RFP) for adap­tive re-use of build­ings with­in the Island’s His­toric Dis­trict issued last Decem­ber. The Trust has been eval­u­at­ing those pro­pos­als with respect to cri­te­ria out­lined in the RFP, includ­ing respon­dents’ qual­i­fi­ca­tions and finan­cial capac­i­ty, finan­cial impact to the Trust, eco­nom­ic impact to the City, and com­pat­i­bil­i­ty with the vision for Gov­er­nors Island as an extra­or­di­nary pub­lic resource with a vibrant mix of uses and activities.

• Quadratec (QC Terme Group) pro­pos­es a day spa open to the pub­lic that offers a broad range of spa ser­vices. The spa will include indoor facil­i­ties, out­door pools and a light café in build­ings 111, 112, and 114, for­mer res­i­den­tial build­ings on the north­ern edge of the Island. Quadratec is in part­ner­ship with the Colon­nade Group, and the project will be based on QC Terme’s spas in Italy (www​.ter​memi​lano​.com, www​.qcter​me​tori​no​.it, www​.bag​ni​di​bormio​.it, www​.ter​medipre​.it).

• CIEE is the lead­ing provider of inter­na­tion­al edu­ca­tion and exchange. Found­ed in 1947, CIEE cre­ates and admin­is­ters pro­grams that allow U.S. col­lege and uni­ver­si­ty stu­dents and edu­ca­tors to study and teach abroad, and inter­na­tion­al stu­dents and pro­fes­sion­als to study and work in the U.S. CIEE has pro­posed a flag­ship cam­pus for 250 inter­na­tion­al stu­dents who would reside on Gov­er­nors Island while pur­su­ing edu­ca­tion­al, cul­tur­al, and work expe­ri­ences in New York City. The cam­pus will be locat­ed in Build­ing 12, a for­mer res­i­den­tial build­ing along the But­ter­milk Chan­nel, and Per­sh­ing Hall, with class­rooms and oth­er spaces framed by an icon­ic set of land­marked murals. CIEE sub­mit­ted their pro­pos­al in part­ner­ship with Macro Sea, a New York City-based real estate devel­op­ment firm known for devel­op­ing cre­ative spaces around the world. For more infor­ma­tion on CIEE vis­it http://​www​.ciee​.org/.

• LMCC is a 40-year old orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to advanc­ing artists, trans­form­ing audi­ences and cat­alyz­ing com­mu­ni­ties. LMCC was one of Gov­er­nors Island’s first two ten­ants. Since 2010, LMCC has pro­vid­ed space for artists-in-res­i­dence and an oppor­tu­ni­ty for vis­i­tors to the Island to engage with LMCC artists and their work. LMCC is propos­ing an expan­sion of their cur­rent Art Cen­ter in build­ing 110 on the north­ern side of Gov­er­nors Island to include addi­tion­al stu­dios, a media lab, exhi­bi­tion spaces and screen­ing room. For more infor­ma­tion on LMCC vis­it http://​www​.lmcc​.net/.