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Andrew B. Weiss

Andrew B. Weiss

SPONSOR: 711 Seventh Hotel Associates LLC

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: Flintlock Construction Services, LLC

DEVELOPER: AC Developers LLC

ANDREW WEISS as a general contracting executive has successfully managed the construction of everything from luxury condominiums and hotels to affordable housing, banks, medical centers, offices and retail outlets, principally in the New York metropolitan area. The total contract value of these projects exceeds $1,900,000,000 over the past 37 years. His expertise spans a wide range of construction methods: Poured in place concrete, steel frame, curtain wall, bearing wall masonry with concrete plank deck, as well as traditional wood frame construction, from buildings of a single story to 450 foot tall skyscrapers. His experience in the renovation of existing structures ranges from gut rehabilitation of brick walk-up buildings to the addition of extra stories to existing Landmark and high rise buildings. He has completed every project he has ever worked on.
AC Hotel Developers, owned by the two brothers, has been developer or co-developer (and part owner) of ten completed nationally franchised and boutique hotels in New York, the first of which, a Wyndham Garden Hotel, was completed in Manhattan in 2008. The hotels, ranging in size from 47 keys to 280 keys and from 7 to 33 stories, were built by the Weiss’ construction company, Flintlock Construction Services LLC.
Andrew Weiss works together with the entire development team- the owner, architect bank engineer and other project professionals to assure that the goal of timely building completion, within the budget, is achieved. Successful achievement depends on Flintlock’s policy of hands on management by the Weiss brothers. Either Andrew or Chip, in addition to a Flintlock project manager and superintendent, personally attend each weekly project meeting with the development team. This policy can be maintained as the company does not undertake more than 7-10 projects at one time.
Under Andrew Weiss’ leadership, Flintlock Construction Services, LLC, the successor company to a family construction/development business spanning four generations, became a pioneer in large scale nonunion/ open shop construction in New York City, particularly in Manhattan. As the real estate market in New York began an unprecedented boom in the year 2000, land prices skyrocketed. Condominium developers with project sellouts of less than 40 million dollars found that the cost of land acquisition combined with union construction costs left them with no bottom line. Starting with a single project in Manhattan’s trendy Tribeca neighborhood, Andrew Weiss and Flintlock built a network of resources from concrete to cranes that enabled Flintlock to succeed where others had failed in building without the excess expense of union wages and work rules that had stymied other construction companies.
Today, Flintlock is a recognized leader in New York City construction, contracting up to 150 million dollars per building. In 2024, Flintlock has 5 projects under construction or pre-construction with a combined contract value of more than 300 million dollars.
Flintlock’s surety is the Chubb Group of Companies, and Flintlock is bondable up to the limits of its bonding line.