Kenneth Hart on Blogger: HH Builders - 2014 Big Apple Brownfield Awards under the VCP

Saturday, November 2, 2019

HH Builders - 2014 Big Apple Brownfield Awards under the VCP

Prior to co-founding the New York, NY, firm Veracity Partners in 2017, Kenneth Hart founded HH Builders in 2000. Kenneth "Ken" Hart served for 7 years at HH Builders, which is considered a full-service development firm. There, he was responsible for streamlining building processes.

HH Builders earned the economic development award at the 2014 Big Apple Brownfield Awards for the remediation of the building 2329 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, in Manhattan. The property was remediated under the New York City Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), and it's currently a vibrant commercial center.

The VCP is a program of land cleanup managed by the Office of Environmental Remediation, and helps developers who want to enroll properties that are in need of remediation. The projects in the VCP are eligible for city grants and have access to a clean soil bank, in addition to hazardous waste fee exemptions. At the end of the remediation, the VCP grants the developer an NYC Green Property Certification plaque.

About Kenneth Hart

As cofounder of Veracity Partners, Kenneth Hart has two decades of real estate experience and provides full-service construction management and consulting solutions. Kenneth Hart and the Veracity Partners team are committed to streamlining the building process, from pre-construction to project completion, and maintain a portfolio spanning all five New York boroughs.

Mr. Hart has also overseen site inspections and building surveys, as well as budget development and cost tracking. Working to secure agency permits, he schedules and coordinates work that goes into multi-phase projects, and performs on-site inspections and quality control. Experienced in leasing and marketing, his team emphasizes value engineering approaches that generate client results.

Among Mr. Hart’s achievements has been assisting in the redevelopment of Empire Stores, which created 450,000 square feet of office space in a waterfront space occupied by Civil War-era warehouses. This project was the recipient of the Municipal Art Society of New York’s 2018 Best Adaptive Reuse MASterworks Award.