That summer they took holiday time from their jobs and worked on their first project: the conversion of a disused petrol station in London into a temporary cinema.
Mr. O'Connor will not appear on the show until October, when the program begins its 2003-4 season with a new project: the conversion of a historic gambrel-roof barn in Concord, Mass., into an in-law apartment.
Mr. Roberts of the Redevelopment Agency and Thomas Corcoran of the nonprofit Coopers Ferry Development Association, which is leading the planning for Camden's waterfront, came to last year's grand opening of Mr. Dranoff's last big project, the conversion of a warehouse along the Schuylkill in Philadelphia into 152 luxury apartments.
The largest project is the conversion of a 975,000-square-foot former bank building at the corner of LaSalle and Adams Streets into a mixed-use complex with office and retail space as well as a 610-room J. W. Marriott Hotel.
This system will reduce costs for construction firms by providing effective and efficient means and guides to complex project management, and by facilitating the conversion of project data into enterprise-owned properties.
The building, a conversion of a manufacturing plant, is the first New York City project from GDC Properties, based in Westchester County.
HIS projects include a new six-screen theater for downtown Glen Cove and the conversion of a one-screen theater at the Smith Haven Mall to four screens.
A conversion of a brick former office tower at Pearl Street, 75 Wall is the most recent of a group of amenity-laden projects planned for the area.
Today, Struever has seven projects under way in Rhode Island, including the $150 million conversion of an old Narragansett Electric power plant into a combined museum and hotel.
