New plan revealed for Javits Center 

The plan to expand the Jacob Javits Convention Center isn’t dead yet. State officials started soliciting bids for a construction manager last month to oversee a new $1 billion renovation plan for the center, on Eleventh Avenue between 34th and 38th streets. The plan calls for spending $700 million on replacing the roof, and $300 million for creating an additional 600,000 square feet of exhibit space. The project is much smaller than previous plans to double the center’s space and add a hotel. Construction is expected to start in June 2009 and finish in November 2012.