Sizing up NYC’s biggest construction bosses

TRD’s first-ever ranking of the top general contractors in the city reveals an industry that is transforming to succeed in a volatile market

From the May issue: One Manhattan West will eventually become a glitzy office tower, but for now it’s a mammoth fort looming over Ninth Avenue — a thick concrete core, surrounded by a cage of metal. The large banners draped over the top of the building declare its conquerors or, rather, its construction team: Tishman Construction and Navillus Contracting.

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One of those names not only adorns the uppermost reaches of the unfinished spire, it also tops The Real Deal’s first-ever ranking of the city’s top 20 general contractors for new construction — the muscle behind New York City development.