// Supportive Housing

East 162nd Street Community Residence

Urban Pathways, Inc. // 2017

Photo credit: Monica Lopez Architect, LLC

Olive Branch Consulting Ltd - E 162nd Street Community Residence

OVERVIEW

This 10-story community residence provides 86 single room occupancy units and over 50,000 square feet of community facility space. The housing units are dedicated to formerly homeless adults living with mental illness and low-income residents with priority given to veterans.

Before

After

Details

Location

Bronx, New York

Client

Urban Pathways, Inc.

Architect

Monica Lopez Architect, LLC

General Contractor

Lemle & Wolff Construction Corp.

Services

Owner’s Representative

Original Budget

$17.2 Million

Construction Cost

$17.4 Million

This project really tested our management skills from pre-existing soil contamination problems, issues with neighboring structures, and mitigating a flooded basement when the project was almost complete due to a broken fire hydrant at the sidewalk. Working very closely with the architect and client, we were able to successfully overcome each obstacle.
Joseph E. Olive, (Sr.) // Founder & President

THE OBC TEAM

This team was strategically selected for the East 162nd Street Community Residence project.

// Founder & President

Joseph E. Olive (Sr.)

// Vice President

Joseph R. Olive (Jr.)

// Founder & President

Joseph E. Olive (Sr.)

Joseph has extensive experience in a number of industries which has built a foundation for the consulting services provided. Mr. Olive graduated from Washington and Lee University (1980) with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration. Since then, Mr. Olive has worked in the public accounting sector specializing in the construction industry, managed a commercial contracting company, owned a contracting company, performed project management for an intermediate size regional commercial contractor, performed construction loan monitoring of intermediate to large construction projects in the New York City area, and is currently performing construction operations consulting/owner’s representative services in the New York City market.

Most Recent Projects

// Vice President

Joseph R. Olive (Jr.)

Joseph has experience at various levels of construction. As an employee of The Rogers Group Ltd, a family-owned construction company, Joseph started as a laborer, progressed to a carpenter, then transitioned into the office and handled various project management responsibilities including: estimating, soliciting subcontractor pricing, reviewing subcontractor proposals, and verifying work in place compared to invoices submitted by subcontractors, to mention a few. Currently, Joseph is actively involved in Owner’s Representative services for Olive Branch Consulting Ltd on multiple projects, including these current ongoing projects at: 135 West 23rd Street – an occupied rehabilitation project in Manhattan for Associated Blind/Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and at 1939 West Farms Road and 1926 Longfellow Avenue – an Affordable/Low-Income Housing Development in Bronx, NY for Shah Development/New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).