A n n i s i a C i a l o n e A I C P, L E E D A P 144 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 917.406.7399, annisia@post.har vard.edu professional experience 1/04-Present Perkins Eastman, Senior Associate New York, NY Annisia Cialone has expertise in the management of large-scale urban design and strategic master planning projects for both public and private clients. Her experience spans transit oriented development, waterfront development, large-scale mixed use projects, planning resilient communities, higher education and cultural institutions. As program manager for Together North Jersey’s Local Demonstration Project Program she managed a program of 18 Strategic Planning Projects. Ms. Cialone’s integrated outlook on the design process encompasses the relationship between the political, social, and financial processes that create the built environment. (Formerly Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn(EE&K) Architects. In 2011 EE&K was purchased by Perkins Eastman.) 8/03-12/03 Toshiko Mori Architect, Intermediate Architect New York, NY Design development and exhibit drawings for a Visitors Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, NY 9/99-8/01 Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, Intermediate Architect New York, NY Schematic design through construction documents for the FDNY’s Fire Training Academy on Randall’s Island, New York, NY and the Time and Life Building, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY education Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture in Urban Design, 2003 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Bachelor of Architecture, 1998, Salutatorian service and affiliations American Planning Association, NJ Chapter, member American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), member LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council, 2007 Hamilton Park Neighborhood Association, member Harsimus Cove Association, Board Member, New Development Oversight 2010-2014 Cooper Union Alumni Association, Class Representative, 2003-Present community Urbanism Workshops at a Jersey City Preschools and Elementary schools, Discussion of “what are the parts of the city, what are the parts of the street” with a hands-on exercise Urban Design Workshop at New York City’s PS87, Developed curriculum on the fundamentals of urban design and lead a class of 26 2nd graders in a workshop including a lecture and a hands-on exercise honors American Planning Association, NJ Chapter, 2015 Outstanding Plan Award, Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan Drawing from the Archive: Analysis as Design. Work featured in exhibit at Cooper Union, 2014 American Planning Association, NJ Chapter, 2005 Outstanding Comprehensive Redevelopment Award, Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor Redevelopment Plan New Jersey Future, 2005 Smart Growth Award, Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit, 1998 Rotary Youth Exchange Fellowship to Shikoku, Japan, Summer 1998 The Cooper Union Alumni Association Award for Service to the School, 1998 Full Tuition Scholarship for five years to Cooper Union, 1995-1998 professional activities and publications “Revitalization of Downtown Fringe”, APA NJ Annual Conference, 2015 “New Jersey Urban Mayors Academy for Resilient Design” Trenton, NJ Sept. 2015 Toshiko Mori Architect, New York: The Monacelli Press, 2008. Urban Territorialization in Areas of Romagna Italy, Peter G. Rowe and Roberto Pasini(eds.) Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, Graduate School of Design; Bologna: Universita di Bologna, 2004. “Voids and Masses” in The Other Side of Ostend, Marcel Smets and Alexander D’Hooghe (eds.), Cambridge: The President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2002. academic experience Columbia University, New York Institute of Technology, City College of New York, Boston Architectural Center, Guest Critic Harvard Design School, Career Discovery, Drawing Instructor, Summer 2003 Harvard Design School, Diane Lewis Studio, Teaching Assistant, Summer 2003 Excel at Amherst College, Amherst, MA, Instructor of Design, Summer 2002 A n n i s i a C i a l o n e A I C P, L E E D A P 144 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 917.406.7399, annisia@post.har vard.edu select projects project name client type notes firm project name client type notes firm project name client type notes firm project name client type notes firm project name client type notes firm project name client type notes firm phases project name client type notes firm Island Park Revitalization & Transit Oriented Development Plan. Island Park, NY NYS Governor’s Office of Storm Recover (GOSR) Vision Plan A vision plan to revitalize the downtown area of a Village damaged by Hurricane Sandy and experiencing recurring nuisance flooding. These events have discouraged businesses from making investments in their properties with several deciding not to reopen after Sandy. The plan looks to create a vision for downtown identifying TOD opportunities, potential for leveraging the train station for new private development, and identify PILOT projects to be carried out immediately following the study. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Rockaway Ferry Landing. Queens, NY NYC Economic Development Corporation Development Framework and Policy Analysis Support Perkins Eastman is working with NYC’s EDC to determine how best to use $10 million of Federally earmarked funds to support Ferry transportation in the Rockaways. This includes options such as finding a site for and designing a new Ferry Landing in the Rockaways or supporting currently planned Citywide service at Beach 108th Street. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Freeway Drive and Station Area, Safety & Public Realm Study. Orange and East Orange, NJ Essex County Streetscape Vision Plan A vision plan to create a safer and more attractive Freeway Drive. The goals of the plan are to reconnect the neighborhoods on the North and South sides of I-280, establish a new identity for the corridor as a whole, and allow Freeway Drive to serve as a Gateway to each community. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Bathgate Industrial Campus. Bronx, NY NYC Economic Development Corporation Development Plan 3 development scenarios that look at options for potential future industrial development on the campus with the goal to retain and expand modern industrial jobs and expand industrial space and job density. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Port Authority Bus Terminal Competition. New York, NY Port Authority Bus Terminal A competition to re-imagine the future of the PABT. Selected as one of five firms to continue design concepts into second phase of the competition. Selected as one of top three firms to receive competition prize money. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Rutgers Honors Living Learning Community. Newark, NJ RBH Group and Rutgers Newark Residence Hall and Classroom Building A 400 bed dormitory building with integrated learning spaces, ground floor retail, and a 400 car parking garage. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Concept Design, Program Development CityGate. Cairo, Egypt Qatari Diar Residential Community Redesign of an existing master plan for a residential community on a 2100 acre site consisting of villas, townhouses, and apartments. The design is focused around a central landscaped open space. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY A n n i s i a C i a l o n e A I C P, L E E D A P 144 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 917.406.7399, annisia@post.har vard.edu project name client notes firm HBLR Value Capture Study. Jersey City and Hoboken, NJ NJ TRANSIT Worked with HR&A Advisors to study the value capture potential of a proposed new infill Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) station between Jersey City and Hoboken. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name Perth Amboy Rezoning and Design Standards. Perth Amboy, NJ client City of Perth Amboy type Planning notes New zoning and design standards for the area of Downtown Perth Amboy surrounding the train station and along Smith Street towards the waterfront. The purpose of the rezoning is to create zoning that encourages transit oriented development and incorporates measures that encourage or mandate resilience and sustainability measures. The ultimate goal of the City of Perth Amboy is to achieve Transit Village designation by NJDOT. This zoning is designed to meet all criteria to support the City’s application. firm Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name Passaic Eastside Redevelopment Area Strategy. Passaic, NJ client City of Passaic in conjunction with NJ TRANSIT via Together North Jersey type Vision Plan notes This project was competitively selected for the Local Demonstration Project Program of Together North Jersey. The plan created a vision plan for the Eastside of Passaic, an area of approximately 95 acres west of the Passaic River. The focus of the project is how to better connect the study area with the area’s key transit nodes in order to help bolster new investment in the area, put the area on a more transit and pedestrian oriented footing, and ensure increased access to riverfront open space for not only new development but the existing upland neighborhood. The vision for the Eastside is based on four themes: Greening the Eastside, Creating great places to integrate the new redevelopment with the surrounding fabric, Making the Eastside more pedestrian and transit friendly, and Supporting and growing the Eastside’s food distribution industry cluster. firm Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name client type notes firm project name client type notes firm Perth Amboy Bay City Transit District Strategy. Perth Amboy, NJ City of Perth Amboy in conjunction with NJ TRANSIT via Together North Jersey Vision Plan This plan was competitively selected for the Local Demonstration Project Program of Together North Jersey. The plan created a vision for the downtown as a transit-oriented community. The goal of the project was to create a station area plan for the area included with the half-mile radius of the Perth Amboy Train Station. The focus of our recommendations were to redevelop the Train Station area, adaptively reuse upper levels of older commercial buildings, pro-actively capitalize on the existing ethnic niche market and food offerings, rezone downtown, and modernize parking regulations and management. Perkins Eastman. New York, NY Hoboken Green Infrastructure Sustainability Plan. Hoboken, NJ City of Hoboken in conjunction with NJ TRANSIT via Together North Jersey Stormwater Management Plan This plan was competitively selected for the Local Demonstration Project Program of Together North Jersey. The Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan seeks to develop place-based stormwater management and flood control strategies and identify implementable climate adaptation action steps. The project’s objectives are: • To develop implementable place-based stormwater management strategies in support of climate adaptation action steps. • To develop a framework for green infrastructure, including cost-effective, long-term solutions to update the aging system and integrate source controls into the design and construction of public improvement, private development, open space and right-of-way projects, including a focus on how these measures can improve the resilience of Hoboken’s transit infrastructure. • To improve local water quality • To create a more resilient transit system and transit-based community Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name Inner M&E Strategic Corridor Analysis & Community Empowerment Project. Newark, East Orange, and Orange, NJ A n n i s i a C i a l o n e A I C P, L E E D A P 144 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 917.406.7399, annisia@post.har vard.edu client type notes firm A Steering Committee of the cities mentioned above and NJ TRANSIT via Together North Jersey Vision Plan This Vision Plan was a Pilot Project for the Together North Jersey Local Demonstration Project program. The project centered around five stations along the NJT Morris and Essex train line: Newark Broad Street, East Orange, Brick Church, Orange, and Highland Avenue Station. The goals of the project were: • to organize a new corridor-wide coalition - the Transit & Development Coalition of Urban Essex - made up of representative of the municipalities, real estate development, non-profit communities, in order to supplement the capacity of the Corridor’s municipalities on development and transit issues; • to prioritize the common issues and opportunities and build consensus on these priorities through community engagement; • assess the market opportunities to help position the Corridor within the region; and • create initial conceptual directions for the Corridor within the region Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name Together North Jersey. 13 counties of Northern NJ Regional Plan for Sustainable Development client NJ TRANSIT type Program Management and Implementation, Project Management and Oversight notes Together North Jersey, a regional consortium led by Rutgers Vorhees Transportation Center, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and NJ TRANSIT, is currently developing a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development for the 13-county North Jersey region. The plan is focused on developing more sustainable approaches for integrating land use and transportation that will focus growth, protect resources, and more efficient utilization of existing transportation infrastructure. A central component of the plan is an 18 project Local Demonstration Project (LDP) Program. The LDPs are intended to create examples for how communities within the region might implement innovative models for creating sustainable transit-oriented development. The projects are results-oriented with a focus specifically on transit-oriented development and redevelopment in communities throughout the region, while engaging a host of related issues such as Energy and Climate, Housing, and Industry Sector Development. As program manager for the LDP program, EE&K/Perkins Eastman established the program’s objectives, workplan and overall organization, project protocols and roll-outs. Our responsibility includes managing a team of three multidisciplinary firms charged with completing the individual LDPs, including QA/QC. As lead consultant for six of the individual projects, we are also managing interdisciplinary teams encompassing economists, engineers, and public outreach specialists on projects throughout the region, including Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan and the Inner M&E Strategic Corridor Plan. Learn more at togethernorthjersey.com firm Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name SUNY Downstate. Brooklyn, NY size 1.3 million square feet client State University Construction Fund (SUCF) type Facilities Master plan notes This master plan is part of a system wide effort led by SUCF to develop Master Plans for all 32 SUNY campuses. The facilities master plan for the campus documents current building conditions, establishes program needs for facilities to support the College’s mission and goals, and advances new building and open space design concepts for the future of the campus. Among the key issues are: Meeting academic needs for changing curricula and degree programs; Creating state-of-the-art research labs; Renovating buildings to optimize space, energy efficiency; and campus sustainability, and a more welcoming image to benefit recruitment and wide community needs. firm Perkins Eastman. New York, NY project name Harper College. Palatine, IL size 200 acre campus. 500,000sf proposed: 6 new buildings, 9 building additions, 3 parking structures client William Harper Rainey College type Campus Master plan notes This master plan looked at the existing campus that served a community college with an enrollment of 40,000 students annually and made recommendations for future planning growth and design solutions to create a more vibrant cohesive campus. The chief goal of the master plan was to comprehensively address Harper’s capital facilities needs for the ten-year period, 2010-2020. A n n i s i a C i a l o n e A I C P, L E E D A P 144 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 917.406.7399, annisia@post.har vard.edu firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name SUNY New Paltz. New Paltz, NY size 226 acres, 63 buildings client State University Construction Fund (SUCF) type Facilities Master plan firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Baxter Terrace. Newark, NJ size 3600 housing units, 700,000sf retail, 400,000sf office, 5,590 parking spaces, 4 acres of new parks and neighborhood greens client The Fidelco Group, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, McCormack Baron Salazar, Sterling Properties Group, George Group type Mixed-use plan with residential, commercial, retail, and educational components notes This was a developer RFP submitted to the City of Newark. The project was to design a vision for the Broad Street District of Newark. The goal of the plan is to recapture Newark’s significant past, blend it with new public infrastructure investments, and stimulate creative public/private investments to develop a vibrant place for residents and visitors to live and work, shop and relax. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name size Project New Vegas. Las Vegas, NV 84 acres (2500 unit Casino hotel, 600 unit condo-hotel, 6800 units residential, 800,00sf retail/entertainment, 600,000sf Office, 20,000 parking spaces) client Ranch Road LLC (Fisher Brothers, Stations Casino) type Mixed-use casino development notes Project New Vegas is a new mixed-use development that creates an intelligent urban experience and lifestyle. The design creates a series of distinctive public spaces and environments that are iconic and reflect community and culture while creating extraordinary real estate value throughout the plan. This was an invited paid competition. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Rensselaer Waterfront Site Development. Rensselaer, NY size 630,000sf residential, 165,000 sf retail, 250,000 sf office, 236,000sf hotel client Marx Properties (U.W. Marx Construction Company) type Mixed-use waterfront development notes The goal was to create a waterfront development to bring the City of Rensselaer back to its waterfront. The project creates a new harbor which will accommodate boating activities surrounded by a promenade containing retail, residences, and a hotel. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Houston Intermodal. Houston, Texas budget $300 million size 37 acres, 9 million gsf client Houston METRO type Intermodal Transit Center notes The new transit center will serve light rail, bus routes, bus rapid-transit lines and commuter rail. It is also intended to attract new growth and activity, transforming a border neighborhood into a thriving urban district. The plan includes the framework for a mixed-use district, a new park along the White Oak Bayou and a new market. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Arverne East. Arverne, NY size 555,000 gsf of retail, 1500 Units of Residential client Dune Beach Associates(Washington Square Partners, The Hudson Companies, Avalon Bay Communities, PA Associates, Acadia Realty Trust, Jonathan Rose Companies, Pulte Homes) type Mixed-use community notes This was a developer RFP submitted to the City of New York’s EDC and HPD. The developer client team was made up of 7 different developers. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY A n n i s i a C i a l o n e A I C P, L E E D A P 144 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 917.406.7399, annisia@post.har vard.edu project name Project CityCenter. Las Vegas, NV budget $6 billion size 66 acres, 17,000,000sf, 2400 condo units, 4800 hotel rooms, 500,000 retail entertainment district client MGM Mirage type Mixed Use Hotel, Casino notes Considered the largest development in the country, the project creates a vertical city including retail, dining, and entertainment, as well as boutique hotels and residential buildings lining streets, public squares, a grand European style boulevard, covered passageways, and the frontage along the Las Vegas Strip, pedestrian-oriented urban environment coupled with automobile convenience, hidden parking structures, and a complex of rooftop garden oasis for a contiguous park system. The project continued with a more detailed design for the SoBella district as well as a study for Phase III, a continuation of the master plan to an adjoining 50 acre site located behind New York, New York and the Monte Carlo casinos. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name New York Blood Center, East Side Biomedical Commons. NY, NY client New York Blood Center type Biomedical Research Facility notes Analysis of possibilities for current building site as well as design solutions for expansion on their existing site or adjacent properties. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Mount Vernon, Conceptual Development Plan. Mount Vernon, NY size 2,175 residential units, 145,000sf retail, 2,750 parking spaces, 300 room hotel client The Fidelco Group type Master Plan including residential, retail, hotel, transit firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Gowanus Canal, Comprehensive Community Plan. Brooklyn, NY client Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation type Strategic Plan for the Gowanus Canal community notes Creation of a vision for creative reuse and redevelopment of under-utilized sites surrounding the canal as well as a framework for growing a sustainable “green” community. firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, Redevelopment Plan. Bayonne, NJ size 437 acres client Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority type Master Plan including office(1.5 million sf), residential(6700 units), retail(345,000 sf), and cultural (465,000 sf) firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn Architects. New York, NY project name Fire Training Academy. Randall’s Island, New York, NY budget $45,000,000 size 85,000 square feet, new construction client City of New York, Department of Design and Construction, Fire Department of New York type Three new buildings, one renovation, and master planning firm Swanke Hayden Connell Architects. New York, NY phases Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents