Thousands of jobs to come with new NYC building; Billion-dollar contract also up for grabs

NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City is selecting a construction management firm to handle a contract exceeding a value of a billion dollars with the potential to create thousands of jobs, the city's economic development team announced Wednesday. 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Houcul unveiled the plan in November.

The construction of a Science Park and Research Campus in Kips Bay promises to transform the City University of New York and New York City Public Schools. 

"This project will create 15,000 jobs, generating $42 billion in economic impact," said Adams. "We're continuing to move the ball forward on transformative projects like SPARC Kips Bay in all five boroughs as we build our 'Harbor of the Future' and reimagine our waterfront to create 21st-century growth and innovation."

The SPARC construction manager will oversee:

• Deconstruction of the existing buildings on the current Hunter Brookdale School of Nursing
• Construction of the first phase of the SPARC's development, which includes 600,000 square feet of educational facilities for CUNY and NCPS
• Reconstruction of the existing 25th Street pedestrian bridge over FDR Drive with new ADA access and universal design.

The development of this new facility promises to transform Hunter College's Brookdale School of Nursing Campus. 

The project is expected to be completed in two phases. Phase one is constructing the nursing school, a CUNY Graduate School of Health and Policy, and a health-and-science public high school. 

Phase two is building one million square feet of life sciences real estate, a Bellevue Hospital center dedicated to continuing education, and a pathology center and forensic toxicology laboratory for the medical examiner's office. 

The construction of this new building in the Manhattan borough is expected to create 12,000 construction jobs and 3,100 permanent jobs in the life sciences sector, city officials said.