Cross Bay Builders is your team to develop and build projects that best embody the ideals of craftsmanship, durability, and sustainability. Our approach emphasizes collaboration with consultants and industry experts throughout the design phase, and hand-ons management during the construction phase. This style of development is part of our core values to build and promote better architecture and living spaces. We aspire to leave lasting improvements to the communities we build in.
Team
Our team shares a multi-disciplinary background that is well prepared for the complexities of design and construction management. With decades of collective experience in general contracting, engineering, and project management, we are enthusiastic about each step of the building process.
The partners met in 2008 while working together in the New York City heavy-civil construction industry. Over the next decade, the team had roles from estimating to closeout on many high-profile civil and mechanical infrastructure projects across the NYC metro area, with budgets from the low millions to 500 million. More recently, Alex served as the Director of Operations for a 12-person architectural design firm for 4 years, before selling the company in 2019. Greg continued to work on public infrastructure projects until 2020, when the idea of CBB came about. In 2023, they incorporated Cross Bay Building Group to pursue the goal of quality, lasting developments.
Principles
CBB invests to maximize returns, while not compromising occupant comfort, architectural detailing, and use of sustainable materials. We believe that our projects should not only provide returns to investors, but must also improve the neighborhoods in which they are built. All too often, developers spend little time and effort on fundamental aspects of their projects, which reduces profitability and sustainability on a longer scale.
We believe that a home should be beautiful, inside and out. Our aim is for our projects to improve the streetscape, not only for the owners and inhabitants, but also for the neighborhood and city.
Cross Bay Builders makes interior design a priority before construction begins. Many builders fail to consider the relationship between smart interior design and occupant comfort. Beautiful and functional interiors can be made within a reasonable budget with careful drawing reviews and consultation with interior professionals through the design process.
Sustainability is often misunderstood by architects, developers, builders, and owners. We seek to build sustainably by designing and constructing buildings to last a lifetime. Many supposedly energy-efficient buildings are inefficient in the long-term as they require resource-intensive repairs or extensive remodeling. We aim to minimize use of petrochemical-based plastics and opt for durable natural resources such as timber, metals, brick, stone, and mineral wool insulation.