Owner-Aligned Stewardship
We were formed alongside an active affordable-housing developer, so we know firsthand how contractor performance affects the closing table, tax-credit equity and agency audits.
Affordable Housing · Rehabilitation
Rehabilitating New York's affordable housing: building what comes next.
Construction management and general contracting for affordable-housing owners and developers across New York City and New York State.
Our Company
Execution as a discipline. Stewardship as a standard.
Affordable-housing rehab in New York doesn't forgive mistakes: aging structures, occupied units, and agency frameworks that leave no margin for error. Foundry was built for exactly that work, combining hands-on trade experience with three decades in commercial development, so every project gets an owner's financial discipline and a builder's precision.
Resident-Centric Operations
We specialize in occupied-asset rehab: protecting tenant quality of life while holding the line on site safety and a clean job site.
Execution Over Intentions
We close the gap between financial closing and final cost certification, catching constructability problems in the field before they hit cost or schedule.
Michael Goras
Business Development Principal
Michael leads business development and trade execution at Foundry, bringing three decades in commercial construction and development to the firm's affordable-housing work. He started in the trades, founding a millwork company that served major regional developers, then moved into preconstruction and business development roles at some of the largest developers and general contractors in the tri-state area. That experience shows up today in sharp estimating, disciplined trade buyout and a hands-on approach to occupied, regulated rehabilitation.
Our Services
Built for occupied, regulated assets, and built to finish.
Tenant-Centric Occupied Rehab & Phased Logistics
We sequence work by unit, not by building, so residents keep hot water, heat and a livable home throughout construction. Bilingual resident liaisons issue advance notices and daily schedules, and HEPA-filtered containment keeps work zones clean and safe for the people living around them.
Envelope, Energy Retrofits & Local Law Compliance
Facade restoration, roofing and structural repointing are engineered to clear FISP and Local Law 11 violations outright, not just pass inspection. Heat pumps, continuous insulation and smart BMS integration cut carbon and keep owners ahead of Local Law 97 penalties.
Trade Execution, Preconstruction & Scope Protection
Every estimate is interrogated at the sub-trade level before it becomes a budget, closing the scope gaps that turn into change orders later. Constructability issues get resolved in preconstruction, not in the field, protecting contingency and defending deal economics before closing.
Preconstruction→Field Execution→Close-Out & Audit
Every project runs on prevailing-wage tracking and certified payroll, Section 3 and MWBE compliance, and cost reporting aligned to lender draw schedules, so retainage releases fast and the C of O follows without a scramble.
Our Portfolio
Track record of execution across complex portfolios.
Affordable and mixed-use developments delivered alongside our development partner, a minority-owned New York developer with more than three decades across affordable and mixed-use housing.
Mixed-Use · Ground-Up
The Victoria Tower
233 West 125th Street · Harlem, NY
A 380,000 SF mixed-use tower on Harlem's historic Opera Row: 192 residences over a 210-key Renaissance by Marriott hotel, 25,000 SF of retail and the landmark 1917 Victoria Theater.
192 units + 210 keys
Distressed Turnaround · Rehab
Bryant Avenue Apartments
1553–1558 Bryant Ave · Bronx, NY
A distressed portfolio once cited among NYC's worst buildings, turned around through a $9M substantial renovation: acquired via a discounted note purchase and fully rehabilitated as energy-efficient affordable housing.
99 units · 95,000 SF
Brownfield · Ground-Up
Crotona Park Apartments
1800 Southern Blvd · Bronx, NY
A contaminated former gas station, remediated to the state's cleanest residential standard (32,000 tons of soil removed) and rebuilt as 64 green affordable apartments. Winner of NYC's Brownfield Big Apple Award.
64 units · 85,000 SF
Year-15 LIHTC Preservation
Northern Manhattan Equities
20-Building Portfolio · Harlem, NY
A preservation recapitalization of expiring Year-15 tax-credit housing across 20 occupied buildings: boiler replacements, facade repair and full tenant-in-place unit turns that kept all 400 units permanently affordable.
600 units · 20 buildings
“Proven capability across ground-up towers, brownfields and complex occupied preservation portfolios.”Over 4,000 units developed and preserved over the past 20 years
Contact
Bring us in before the budget is locked.
The earlier we see the scope, the more contingency we protect. Send us the asset, the program and the timeline, and we'll come back with a constructability read.
- Business Development Michael Goras · Business Development Principal
- Email mgoras@foundryconstructionny.com
- Phone (201) 414-0113
- Service Area New York City · New York State