Construction Finance and Build Resource Group

Development Resource Group

Our alliance members work together on your behalf in a combined effort to provide a seamless, structured plan. We offer the individual attention each customer deserves to complete your entire project.

From the initial planning stages, site location, funding and financing options to architectural planning and construction, CDRG is designed to expedite your job. In this way, our group’s continuity and familiarity with each other’s roles streamlines the whole process. It fast-tracks your business plan, reduces research time, lowers the development and construction costs while successfully completing the work in the shortest amount of time.

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

Financing

Molly Georger

VP Business Banking

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Founded in 1856, M&T Bank provides financial services to consumer, business and government clients.
Ranks in top 20 USA Banks with more than $123 Billion in assets under management.
Big enough to deliver products/resources of a large bank, but a community bank at heart.
Credit sizes from $100,000 and up / fixed or variable interest rate financing options.
Term lengths of up to 10 years, with amortizations up to 25 years.

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Site Location

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Richard Schechter

Senior Executive Advisor/ Associate Real Estate Broker/ Esq.

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PBC is a full-service commercial real estate brokerage covering all aspects of commercial real estate including, but not limited to, sales and leasing of professional offices, medical offices, industrial properties, retail properties and investment properties.
PBC is Upstate New York’s largest commercial real estate brokerage firm with offices in 10 Upstate cities and almost 200 licensed brokers.
PBC is affiliated with Cushman & Wakefield (“C&W”), the second largest commercial real estate brokerage firm in the world. C&W has almost 60,000 employees and more than 400 offices.
See attached summary of selected completed deals by Richard Schechter.

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Architectural Design

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Paul Ernst

President

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Established in 1985, FFAE Architects is a full service design firm.
We have a reputation for high quality projects throughout the state.
FFAE consist of (8) Registered Architects and a Studio of technical and support staff.
Provide Feasibility Studies designed to analyze and evaluate a project’s viability
We are best described and recognized locally by our projects and repeat clientele:
- * Moog, Inc
- The McGuire Group
- Elderwood Affiliates
- Fountain Plaza
- Explore and More
- Children’s Museum
- One Canal Side
- Mercy Flight
- Canterbury Woods
- Kids Escaping Drugs
- Southtowns YMCA
- Mercy Center

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Business Planning

Don Warrant

Partner

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Full service assurance, tax and consulting firm ranked as one of the Top 100 CPA firms in the United States.
Deep Real Estate practice including extensive experience with tax credit programs (Historic, Low-Income Housing, New Markets, Brownfield, Research, Energy, Employment, Investment) and economic development programs (START-UP NY, Opportunity Zones, Excelsior Jobs Program, property tax abatements, sales tax exemptions).
My focus is on tax consulting related to entity structure for maximizing benefits of tax credits and other incentives.
Extensive tax depth including cost segregation studies, international tax and state and local tax.

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Construction

Vince Ricotta

Vice President Business Development

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Family-owned, Full-Service Commercial General Contractor since 1974
(Renovations, Expansions, Additions, New construction)
Self-Performing Services – Demolition, Site Work, Concrete Foundations, Concrete Flatwork, Carpentry/Millwork, Pre-engineered Metal Buildings
General Construction –Services provided are based on architectural/engineered drawings, using a combination of our self-performing and sub-contracted labor.
Construction Management – We act as our customer’s representative. Bid out construction services on client’s behalf. Compare/analyze competitive bid submissions, evaluate sub’s qualifications/capabilities, file permits, write contracts & oversee the entire project.
Design-Build – Brings all parties together from the start. Work in a combined effort with our customer, their architect & engineers throughout construction process. The team completes individual assignments simultaneously throughout the entire job in real time. Designed to fast-track the schedule in an effort to reduce overall project costs.

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Construction

B. Michael Shevlin

Founder and CEO/ Owner

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Family-owned, Full-Service Commercial General Contractor since 1974
(Renovations, Expansions, Additions, New construction)
Self-Performing Services – Demolition, Site Work, Concrete Foundations, Concrete Flatwork, Carpentry/Millwork, Pre-engineered Metal Buildings
General Construction –Services provided are based on architectural/engineered drawings, using a combination of our self-performing and sub-contracted labor.
Construction Management – We act as our customer’s representative. Bid out construction services on client’s behalf. Compare/analyze competitive bid submissions, evaluate sub’s qualifications/capabilities, file permits, write contracts & oversee the entire project.
Design-Build – Brings all parties together from the start. Work in a combined effort with our customer, their architect & engineers throughout construction process. The team completes individual assignments simultaneously throughout the entire job in real time. Designed to fast-track the schedule in an effort to reduce overall project costs.

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Construction

Matthew Shevlin

President/ Owner

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Family-owned, Full-Service Commercial General Contractor since 1974
(Renovations, Expansions, Additions, New construction)
Self-Performing Services – Demolition, Site Work, Concrete Foundations, Concrete Flatwork, Carpentry/Millwork, Pre-engineered Metal Buildings
General Construction –Services provided are based on architectural/engineered drawings, using a combination of our self-performing and sub-contracted labor.
Construction Management – We act as our customer’s representative. Bid out construction services on client’s behalf. Compare/analyze competitive bid submissions, evaluate sub’s qualifications/capabilities, file permits, write contracts & oversee the entire project.
Design-Build – Brings all parties together from the start. Work in a combined effort with our customer, their architect & engineers throughout construction process. The team completes individual assignments simultaneously throughout the entire job in real time. Designed to fast-track the schedule in an effort to reduce overall project costs.

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Seeking Expert Guidance For Each Step Of The Development Process?

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Development Resource Group

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

Molly Georger

VP Business Banking

Richard Schechter

Senior Executive Advisor/ Associate Real Estate Broker/ Esq.

Paul Ernst

President

Don Warrant

Partner

Vince Ricotta

Vice President Business Development

B. Michael Shevlin

Founder and CEO/ Owner

Matthew Shevlin

President/ Owner

Seeking Expert Guidance For Each Step Of The Development Process?

Norbert Logel

Vice President of Operations

Andy Scheving

Chief Estimator

Vincent Ricotta

Vice President – Business Development / Marketing Director

Matthew Shevlin

President/ Owner

B. Michael Shevlin

Founder and CEO/ Owner