Jaros, Baum & Bolles

Mitchel W. Simpler, JB&B Partner, Managing Partner Emeritus, will join other industry leaders on a panel discussing The Future of Office Design: Post-Pandemic Workplace Strategies as part of ANCHIN’s Future Forward 2021, a virtual conference on Wednesday, February 10, from 8:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m. To register for this state-of-the-industry examination of how the real estate, design and construction industries have adapted through COVID and beyond, click below.

JB&B is pleased to congratulate Associate Partner Ryan Lean on assuming the presidency of the Building Commissioning Association’s (BCxA) International Board of Directors. Along with his duties as president, Ryan will continue in his role as Membership Chair, and previously has served as Vice President of BCxA’s Northeast Chapter and President of the Building Commission Certification Board (BCCB). Besides his oversight of commissioning projects at JB&B, Ryan also leads JB&B Field, a division of the firm incorporating ten specific field-related services into one comprehensive service offering, and continues his development of the firm’s in-house training program, JB&B University, a formal 11-college university now in its fifth year.

We are launching 2021 with a major achievement: the grand opening of New York’s Moynihan Train Hall, transforming the historic James A. Farley Post Office Building into a modern transit hub and civic space. We are proud to be part of an extraordinary team led by Empire State Development, in partnership with MTA, Amtrak, a joint venture of Vornado Realty Trust and The Related Companies, constructed by Skanska, and designed by the renowned architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. #NewYork #Transit #MoynihanTrainHall Photo: Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Empire State Development

In what has become a holiday tradition, JB&B’s Director of Marketing and Business Development Maxinne Rhea Leighton will be doing a reading of her children’s story, An Ellis Island Christmas, as part of Save Ellis Island’s Virtual Author Series on Thursday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m. Hailed by Booklist as a story that will touch memories across generations, the book is a poignant journey of a family’s hope for a better future. To register for this unique holiday event, click here: https://www.saveellisisland.org/tour/events.html.