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Anthony t. RinAldi, ME

The President / CeO
RINALDI
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The Geovanni - 81 Fleet Place, Brooklyn, NY
As the 2 of John Catsimatidis and Red Apple Group’s first two development projects, having previously built back in February 2009 the
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1 development for said Billionaire tycoon Mr. Catsimatidis, which was named The Andrea immediately adjacent to and located at 218 Myrtle
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Avenue (on the same block) with both buildings being named after the real estate giant’s two children, respectively, Rinaldi constructed this
Mixed-Use development as well, with the building consisting of 2-stories of below- grade parking, 2-Floors of retail and 13-Stories above grade
high-end luxury residential rental units. The Andrea back in 2009 consisted of 10-Stories mid-rise market rate units totaling 110,000 GSF, 95-Units
and valued at
$22,096,362. Size 15-Stories plus Cellar & Subcellar; ∙ SIZE 15 – Stories plus Cellar & Subcellar; 205 – Luxury Rental Units; 265,271
GSF; ARCHITECT - Dattner Architects; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - De Nardis Engineering; MEPS ENGINEER – Ettinger Engineering;
GEOTECH ENGINEER – Langan Engineering; CIVIL ENGINEER – Phillip Habib & Associates; OWNER & DEVELOPER – John Catsimatidis &
The Red Apple Group; VALUE - $56,366,254.

The Andrea – 218 Mytle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
The 1 of John Catsimatidis and Red Apple Group’s development projects, this Project was originally designed as a 10-Story cast-in-place, flat-
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plate concrete superstructure and market-rate rental building with an affordable 80-20 component. Initial budgets came in at $25-Million+ when
Mr.
Catsimatidis turned to The Rinaldi Group, given Rinaldi’s known reputation for ingenuity and a history of meeting and beating budgets with some of
the most competitive pricing found in the industry. This development turned out to be no different a case. While performing Pre-construction after
the building had already been designed, Rinaldi noticed the rectangular design with typical and repetitive floor layouts and dimensions conducive
to block- &-plank design, knowing the length limits of most pre-cast concrete planks being between 33-ft to 34-ft and potential for solid-filled load-
bearing CMU corridor walls and so, recognizing this opportunity Rinaldi recommended structural re-design from cast-in-place to block-&-plank
and working closely with GACE engineers Michael Guilfoyle (since retired) and Christopher Behan (still with GACE as of 4 Quarter 2023), the
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designer-builder team worked together to re-design the structure and reduce the overall GMP Budget from $25-Million down to what ultimately
was built for $22,096,360 including nearly $2-Million of Brownfield environmental remediation never originally anticipated or contemplated in
the early budgeting for the Project. Overall Project came in at just under $185/SF with environmental remediation. Moreover, with the Owner
Architect and Contractor all working closely with one another, The Red Apple Group was able to work with the local government under the FRESH
program, (Food Retail Expansion Program to Support Health) which provides zoning and financial tax incentives and credits for the establishment
and retention of grocery stores in underserved communities. As such, between the Cellar and 1 Floor levels, this OAC team worked to provide
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a local grocery within the buildings retail space providing benefits for both the developer, the building tenants and the community at large. Size
10-Stories market-rate rental apartments; 120,000 GSF; 95-Units; ARCHITECT – Dattner Architects; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER – GACE
Consulting Engineers; MEPS ENGINEER – Ettinger Engineering; CIVIL ENGINEER – Langan Engineering; OWNER & DEVELOPER – John
Catsimatidis & The Red Apple Group; VALUE -
$22,096,360.

Fairfield Inn by Marriott - 30 Fletcher Street, New York, NY
Under an SOE (Support Of Excavation) re-design and design-build Contract model, Rinaldi value-engineered the original secant-wall foundation design
using a steel sheet-piling perimeter tub-like design for the dewatering operation given the water-front venue and the building’s basement requirement
with a water-table 5’-0” below grade and the body of water being the East River. Property is roughly 30’ x 90’ = 2,700 GSF. At the 11th Floor through the
31st Floor the building sets-back at roughly 30’ x 60’ = 1,800 SF. Size 31 – Stories; 174 – Guestrooms or Keys; 70,000 GSF; ARCHITECT - Peter F.
Poon Architect, PC.; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - Chen Engineering Services, PC.; MEPS ENGINEER - TWIG Consultant Engineers, PC; BUILDING
ENGINEER & CONSULTANT - Frank Seta & Associates, LLC.; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER - Morris-Flood & Associates, LLC.; ELEVATOR
CONSULTANT - Jenkins & Huntington, Inc.; VALUE - $24,934,514.

Hilton Garden Inn - 45 East 33rd Street, New York, NY
One block from the iconic Empire State Building situated in Mid-Town Manhattan just off the corner of E. 33 Street & Park Avenue, the Hilton Garden
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Inn (“HGI) had a rock and existing concrete foundation subgrade left from the previous building’s structure. With HGI having 2-stories of below-
grade structure as well, Rinaldi had to perform rock & concrete excavation & breaking utilizing line-drilling to minimize vibration as a part of the firm’s
vibration & crack protection and monitoring processes. As part of the SOE design, given the 2-stories of below-grade Cellar and sub-Cellar structure,
Rinaldi had to drive steel H- Piles or soldier Piles and install timber lagging along south (street) elevation. Property is roughly 85’ x 100’ = 8,500
GSF. At the 3rd Floor through the 24th Floor the building sets-back at roughly 4,600 SF. Complete with a 2,000 SF kitchen, a 2,000 SF restaurant,
a 1,500 SF 1st Floor Bar & Lounge and a spectacular 2,200 SF outdoor terrace bar & lounge serviced by a 2-story, glass elevator from the street
elevation, this Hotel is chock full of amenities, including but not limited to a laundry room, meeting rooms, a board room & administrative offices.
Size 24–Stories; 232 – Guestrooms; 118,000 GSF; ARCHITECT - Ismael Leyva Architects; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - Ysrael A. Seinuk, PC; MEPS
ENGINEER - Ettinger & Associates; BUILDING

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