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General Contractor Serving Nolita, Manhattan

Your Nolita Renovation, Done Right and On Time

Nolita’s tenement-era buildings are unforgiving to contractors who have not worked in them. Narrow stairs, no freight elevator, landmarked facades and neighbors on every side. We are New Era Development Group LLC, licensed, MWBE certified, and built for exactly this kind of job.
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Government-Verified MWBE Certified

We hold MWBE certification a government-issued credential that verifies accountability and legitimate business structure, not a self-reported claim.

Licensed NYC Home Improvement Contractor

Our DCA Home Improvement Contractor license (# 1302135-DCA) is publicly verifiable the credential NYC law requires for residential renovation work.

OSHA-Certified Construction Superintendent

Our team includes an OSHA-certified construction superintendent, meaning job site safety and compliance are built into how we operate not an afterthought.

Over a Decade in NYC Construction

More than ten years renovating homes and businesses across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey, including century-old walk-up buildings much like the ones on Mott, Mulberry and Elizabeth.

Home Renovation Nolita Manhattan

Nolita Renovations Without the Usual Headaches

Nolita is a small neighborhood with a very particular housing stock. The blocks between Houston and Broome, Lafayette and the Bowery, are mostly tenement-era walk-ups, many of them built before 1901, sitting on narrow lots with retail at street level and apartments above. A lot of the area falls inside historic districts, which means exterior work, windows and facades can need Landmarks Preservation Commission review before the Department of Buildings will issue anything. Add buildings with no freight elevator, stairs too tight for a full sheet of plywood, and no legal place to put a dumpster, and the logistics matter as much as the craftsmanship. We plan the job around those constraints from the first walkthrough: how materials get up, when the noisy work happens, how debris comes down, and what the neighbors and the retail tenant below can reasonably live with.
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Kitchen and Bathroom Remodeling Nolita

What a Well-Managed Renovation Actually Feels Like

When the right contractor is running the job, you stop dreading your phone and start looking forward to seeing the progress.
  • You get one point of contact from the first call to the final walkthrough no chasing down separate subs.
  • Your building's co-op or condo board gets the documentation they need, handled correctly the first time.
  • Permits are pulled properly, so your renovation doesn't become a liability when you sell or refinance.
  • You know what the project costs before work starts not after surprises get discovered behind the walls.
  • Your calls and messages get returned, consistently, throughout the entire project not just at the beginning.
  • The finished space looks, functions, and feels exactly the way you envisioned it when you first described it to us.

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Loft and Walk-Up Renovation Nolita

Old Buildings Need a Contractor Who Has Been Inside Them

Nolita’s building stock is not forgiving to contractors who have only done new construction. Pre-war walk-ups, many over a century old, come with galvanized supply lines at the end of their life, cast-iron waste stacks, original plaster over wire lath, and electrical panels never sized for a modern kitchen. Floors are rarely level and walls are rarely square, which changes how cabinetry, tile and millwork have to be set if the finished job is going to look right. In the converted loft buildings you get the opposite problem: large open floor plates, timber joists and cast-iron columns that limit where you can put plumbing, plus sprinkler and egress requirements that come with the conversion. Knowing which of these you are dealing with before demolition starts is the difference between a clean schedule and a series of change orders.
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Construction Company Nolita Full Service

Everything Managed Under One Roof, Start to Finish

When you hire a general contractor who handles everything in-house, framing, flooring, electrical, plumbing, tile, cabinetry and finishes, you remove the coordination problem that causes most delays. In Nolita that matters more than usual. On a narrow lot with no elevator and limited street access, five separate subcontractors arriving on five different schedules turns a six-week job into a three-month one. One crew, sequenced properly, keeps the work inside the hours the building allows and keeps the stairwell clear for everyone else who lives there.
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1

Free Estimate and Site Review

We walk the space with you, ask the right questions, and give you an honest assessment of scope, timeline, and what to expect.

2

Detailed Scope and Permits

We put everything in writing, materials, timeline and cost, and handle the permit process with the Department of Buildings, plus Landmarks review where the building sits in a historic district, before work begins.

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Construction Through Final Walkthrough

Our crew executes the work, we keep you informed throughout, and we don't consider the job done until you're satisfied with every detail.

Nolita FAQs

Common Questions About Our Service

In most cases yes. Any renovation in New York City involving structural changes, electrical work, plumbing or a change to the layout requires filing with the Department of Buildings. Purely cosmetic work, painting and like-for-like finishes, generally does not. Nolita adds a second consideration that much of the city does not have: a good deal of the neighborhood sits within historic districts, so exterior work, window replacement and some visible elements can require Landmarks Preservation Commission approval before the DOB will issue a permit at all. That review takes time and it is not optional. We establish early whether your building is landmarked, file both tracks where needed, and build the timeline around the approval rather than discovering it halfway through.
Board approvals are one of the most overlooked parts of the process and one of the most common reasons a project starts late. Expect the managing agent to ask for your contractor’s licence and DOB registration numbers, current general liability and workers compensation certificates naming the corporation and the agent as additional insured, and in many buildings stamped architectural drawings submitted with the alteration agreement. Then come the house rules, which in a small walk-up are often stricter than in a large building, because everyone shares one staircase: permitted work hours, how the stairwell and entry get protected, how materials come up and debris goes down, and often a deposit held against damage. We prepare the package, deal with the agent directly, and schedule around the rules from day one.
New York City requires two separate credentials for residential renovation work, and many homeowners don’t realize this. The first is a Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) license issued by the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs (now DCWP) you can verify any contractor’s status through the DCWP online license lookup tool. The second is a General Contractor registration with the NYC Department of Buildings, which is required for pulling permits. A contractor who can’t show you both of these credentials is not fully licensed for residential renovation work in NYC. Our DCA license number is 1302135-DCA, and it’s publicly verifiable. We’d encourage you to check it and check the same for any contractor you’re comparing us to.
It is a fair question and the answer is yes, consistently. Our office is at 68 35th Street in Brooklyn, which is a short drive from Nolita, so a site visit is same-day rather than next week. We serve Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey, and our licences and DOB registration are valid across all five boroughs with no borough restriction. The thing that actually determines responsiveness is not distance, it is whether you have one point of contact who answers. On our jobs that is Michael Palmisano Jr, and he is reachable for the whole project rather than only during the estimate.
The full range. Kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, loft renovation, gut renovations, home additions, and commercial build-outs for the retail and restaurant space the neighborhood is full of. We also handle the architectural side in-house, which matters here because so many Nolita projects need drawings for a board package, a DOB filing or a Landmarks submission before any construction can be scheduled. Having the design and the build under one roof means the drawings are made by people who know what the building will actually allow.
MWBE stands for Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise. It’s a formal certification issued by New York State or New York City after a review of the business’s ownership, structure, and documentation. It’s not self-reported it requires an application, verification, and government approval. We hold MWBE certification under license number MWCERT2018-1752. For homeowners, this matters for a few reasons. It signals that the business has been formally vetted by a government agency, which adds a layer of accountability beyond a standard contractor license. For clients working on projects that require certified contractors including some institutional or publicly funded work MWBE certification is a specific requirement. And for clients who want to support verified diverse-owned businesses, it’s a credential you can actually check, not just take our word for.