New York-based real estate firm Related Companies has joined Habitat for Humanity to repair homes in Queens damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
Comprised of employees from Related Companies, Oxford Properties Group, Tishman Construction, and Tutor Perini, the 40-volunteer team is working on Hudson Yards⎯⎯the largest private development in the nation. Related also announced that in addition to this week’s project, the company is making a long-term commitment to Habitat for Humanity and will volunteer each year to assist in the annual Carter Work Project Events.
“The Hudson Yards team is honored to join the more than one thousand Habitat for Humanity volunteers in New York City who will be repairing homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy,” says Ronald W. Wackrow, the executive vice president for Related Companies overseeing the design and construction of Hudson Yards. “Since its founding Related has been committed to revitalizing communities and is proud to make a long-term commitment to support Habitat for Humanity and its critical mission.”
For more than 40 years, Related Affordable, a division of Related Companies, has been dedicated to developing, acquiring, and preserving affordable housing with a commitment to never take an affordable apartment to market rent. To date, Related has developed or acquired 45,000 affordable and workforce units.
“Related Companies is building an even better New York on the Hudson and Habitat for Humanity is honored to partner alongside them as part of the 2013 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project,” says Neil Hetherington, CEO of Habitat for Humanity New York City.
