Seven Pines Tower Reconstruction Completed After Devastating 2021 Fire

YONKERS, NY — A Yonkers high-rise tower that looked like a near loss just a few months ago is back and better than ever.

Residents of the 27-story Seven Pines Tower apartment building at 1 Glenwood Ave. in Yonkers faced near destruction after the January 2021 fire, which left 22 units uninhabitable. The general contractors, Rainbow International Restoration of Westchester, are now celebrating the completion of the multimillion dollar restoration and reconstruction.

The damage at the high-rise was extensive. Rainbow of Westchester performed a total renovation of 22 apartments, including 19 that were completely gutted, in addition to rebuilding 27 stairwells and hallways. Despite pandemic restraints and supply chain delays, the company says that the entire project was completed withing the initially estimated timeframe, with zero accidents and injuries.

"The degree of loss has been difficult for the community, but the way everyone stepped in as the Seven Pines residents worked to rebuild their homes, wellbeing and community was tremendous," said Ron Fanish, Co-Owner of Rainbow International Restoration of Westchester. "We know the road to recovery has not been easy, and our role was to ensure we remained laser-focused on getting everyone back into their homes as safely and quickly as possible."

Fanish was joined by City of Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Michael R. Sabatino, Director of Community and Government Affairs, as well as Jeffrey Stillman, Andrew Stillman and Charles Munnilal of H&S Property Management for the walkthrough event.

"I am happy to see Seven Pines Tower back on its feet and once again home to Yonkers families who want to live, work and play here,” said Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano. “Multiple city departments worked collaboratively with Rainbow International Restoration of Westchester and H&S Property Management to make the opening of the residence a reality. Congratulations to all."

Water mitigation procedures as well as fire and smoke remediation were used to fix interior damage, with new structural steel joists installed and fire-stopping to protect residents and the structure in case of a future fire. Rainbow of Westchester used LaserClean technology, a high power, environmentally friendly alternative to traditional blast cleaning, to remove the structural soot and smoke residue on the building's exterior without the need for chemical solvents or projectiles like sand, glass beads or dry ice pellets.

"With an amazing amount of dedication from my management staff, contractors, the Yonkers Building Department, and the Mayor and his staff, we were able to relocate 300 families during demolition and reconstruction," said Andrew Stillman, President of H&S Property Management. "Everyone worked and cooperated for the benefit of our tenants' welfare, enabling us to restore Seven Pines even better than it was before. We are grateful to our tenants for the cooperation they gave and to all parties involved."

More information about how Rainbow International Restoration of Westchester helped the residents of Seven Pines Tower can be found here.

Rainbow International Restoration of Westchester is located at 430 Nepperhan Ave. in Yonkers.