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Pinnacle Commercial Development’s recent project completion, CubeSmart on Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn was featured in July 19th’s edition of SpareFoot in its “Storage Round-Up”. The project was featured in the “Completion” section of the weekly recap of the storage industry and featured a photo and information about the project.

CubeSmart sits at the crossroads of Rockaway Ave. and Ditmas Ave. in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. It is Pinnacle’s  seventh self storage facility in the New York City market.

Pinnacle’s next self-storage facility nearing completion will be CubeSmart in the Astoria section of Queens, NY. At 145,000 square feet it is the largest self-storage facility in New York City.

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Pinnacle Commercial Development has just wrapped up construction on the CubeSmart Self Storage facility located at the crossroads of Rockaway Ave. and Ditmas Ave. in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY. This 125,000 sq. ft. building is owned by Madison Development and represents the seventh self storage project completed by Pinnacle in the last year.

The facility features a drive-in loading dock, an on-site secured parking lot, street-level office, and 2,498 units of storage covering two floors. The construction features a one-hour fire rated steel structural grid with composite metal floor deck, concrete fill and a Duro-last roof. Exterior skin is an insulated panel system with painted concrete at limited locations.

The facility was open for business the third week in May, 2017.

Staff from Pinnacle Commercial Development and Mike Kogan Consulting teamed up to bring “Tie Warmth On” to Lunch Break, a local help center located in Red Bank, NJ. “Tie Warmth On” is an initiative started locally by the Jordan Schuman Foundation for Kindness. “Tie Warmth On” provides scarves for those in need during the winter months. Pinnacle and MKC brought over 500 scarves to the community center on January 21, where they were tied on the backs of the chairs for those who were coming in for their Saturday meal. Later in the afternoon,  representatives of Lunch Break took the remaining scarves down to Tent City in Lakewood, NJ where they were distributed to those residents.

“Tie One On” and the Jordan Schuman Foundation for Kindness were brought to the attention of Pinnacle President Mike Kogan, by its founder, Brian Schuman, who created the Foundation in honor of his daughter Jordan. Jordan, an up-and-coming multimedia reporter was working in Florence, SC when she was killed tragically in a car accident right before Christmas 2015. One of her last on-air pieces was on the local program “Tie One On”, where volunteers tied scarves to trees with a sign telling those in need to take one.

The Pinnacle and the Kogan crew adapted the program to fit the needs of Lunch Break, and tied the scarves on to the backs of the chairs. A card was attached saying “May the Light of Jordan’s Kindness Keep You Warm this Winter.”

The group will be heading back to Lunch Break on February 4th for the second half of the distribution. http://www.JordanSchumanFoundation.org

From left to right-Melia Owens, program coordinator, Lunch Break; Mary Ortman, Architect; Erin Gall0, Pinnacle; Lorraine Coyne and her daughter Tess, MKC; Claudia Lucey, Pinnacle/MKC; Mike Kogan, President, Pinnacle/MKC; Kerry Kardos, Pinnacle. 

Mike Kogan, President of Pinnacle Commercial Development, was honored at the 12th Annual March of Dimes Joe Namath Celebrity Golf Classic on September 21, in Westbury, NY. Kogan, who is Vice Chairman of the event, has been a stakeholder for the last 11 years and was honored with the “Tommy Wilson Gift of Giving Award” at the event’s dinner which hosted over 100 celebrities and sport figures and invited golfers.

The Joe Namath Celebrity Golf Classic is held every year in Westbury, NY and raises over $1.2 million for the March of Dimes. Sport figures and media celebrities participate in the event at their own cost, in an effort to raise money and awareness for the charity.

Dennis Rome, Vice President of Pinnacle as well as Brad Liggett, Sr. Project Manager, represented the company on the links as well.