Rochester Business Journal Announces Leaders in Construction & Real Estate and Top Projects Awards

Rochester, N.Y., October 22nd, 2024 — Rochester Business Journal has selected TAYLOR – The Builders as a 2024 General Contractor Honoree for the LEADERS IN CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE awards, as well as recognition as the Project Contractor for Arbor Midtown, a TOP PROJECTS award winner.

The 2024 Leaders in Construction & Real Estate Awards celebrate the individuals and companies who are changing the landscape of the Rochester region through design, construction, project management, lending, innovation and more.

Top Projects is a new recognition program to honor the best building and construction projects in the Rochester area over a 12-month span. It’s a yearly look back at the excellent work that has taken place in the previous year and a look ahead at how these plans and projects remade the landmarks of the past or established the landmarks of the future.

Honorees for both awards were chosen by the editorial staff of the Rochester Business Journal. A listing of the winners is below.

“This year’s recipients of Leaders in Construction & Real Estate and Top Projects awards are leaving a notable mark on the landscape of Greater Rochester. They are creating jobs, building healthy spaces and helping companies and families achieve their goals,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/Rochester Business Journal. “The Rochester Business Journal congratulates this year’s winners.”

This year’s honorees were recognized on Monday, October 21st at an awards celebration that afternoon at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street in Rochester.

Honorees will be profiled in the Oct. 25 issue of the Rochester Business Journal and online at RBJ.net.

The Presenting Sponsor is Evans Bank. For more information, including the most updated listing of sponsors, visit RBJ.net.

About the Rochester Business Journal
Rochester Business Journal has served as the leading source of business news and information in Rochester, N.Y., for 37 years. In addition to its website, RBJ.net, and weekly print publication, Rochester Business Journal publishes more than 25 special products a year including Book of Lists, Explore Greater Rochester, RBJ 75 and Schools Report Card. Rochester Business Journal also hosts 12 annual events to recognize excellence and provide leadership opportunities. Those events include Forty Under 40, Icon Honors, Women of Excellence and Reader Rankings. In addition, Rochester Business Journal facilitates virtual panel discussions bringing local experts from the business community together to discuss current topics and trends. Its Digital Marketing Solutions helps customers with social media, search engine marketing and optimization, retargeting, email marketing and more. Rochester Business Journal and its sister publication, The Daily Record, which covers law and real estate in Western New York, are part of BridgeTower Media, the leading provider of B2B information, research, events and marketing solutions across more than 25 U.S. markets and industries.

2024 Leaders in Construction & Real Estate Winners

Individual Winners

Developers
Bret Garwood, Home Leasing

Engineers
Matthew Higgins, LaBella Associates, DPC

General Contractors
Brian Patrick Kelly, Manning Squires Hennig Co., Inc.
David Savage, Paul Davis Restoration

Lifetime Achievement
Gregory J. Soehner, East House

Project Managers
Dave Engert, LaBella Associates, DPC
Kevin Whitman, Livingston Associates

Rising Star
Brendan Francis, Livingston Associates
Meghan Friedle, LaBella Associates, DPC

Subcontractors
Abby Reinhard, GP Flooring Solutions

Company Winners

Architects
Greater Living Architecture, P.C.

Developers
Conifer Realty, LLC
East House
Riedman
Rochester’s Cornerstone Group, Ltd.
WinnCompanies

General Contractors
Hamilton Stern Construction
Home Leasing Construction
Taylor – The Builders

Home Builders
Antonelli Homes

Subcontractors
AAC Contracting, LLC
GP Flooring Solutions
Livingston Associates

2024 Top Projects Winners

Arbor Midtown
183 E Main Street
Project Owner: 183 E Main St LLC | Arbor Venues

Canandaigua VA Phase 1
400 Fort Hill Avenue
Project Owner: United States Army Corps of Engineers
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CooperVision Expansion
180 Thruway Park Drive
Project Owner: Konar Properties

DCI Team New Corporate Headquarters
120 Marina Drive
Project Owner: 120 Marina Drive LLC

Flower City Apartments
1616-1624 N. Clinton Avenue, 699 E. Main Street & 899 Culver Road
Project Owner: CEMC Associates LLC

Marketplace Senior Apartments
1100 Miracle Mile Drive
Project Owner: Rochester’s Cornerstone Group Ltd and Genesis Housing Development Corporation

MVP Health Care’s New Downtown Rochester Office
20 S. Clinton Avenue (Seneca Building)
Project Owner: MVP Health Care

Ontario Beach Spray Park and Playground
50 Beach Avenue
Project Owner: Monroe County

Paychex Junior Achievement Discovery Center
200 W. Ridge Road #1, 3rd floor
Project Owner: Junior Achievement

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Max Lowenthal Hall Addition
1 Lomb Memorial Drive
Project Owner: Rochester Institute of Technology

South Patient Tower
1000 South Avenue
Project Owner: Highland Hospital

The Strong National Museum of Play: Expansion, Renovations & Parking Structure
1 Manhattan Square Drive
Project Owner: The Strong National Museum of Play