NEW YORK -- UCON CORPORATION, a New York-based firm known for its premier construction management services, headed by President WAYNE SCHUMER, is pleased to announce completion of its most recent landmark hospitality venture, an upscale grocery venue and dining destination called “SALUMERIA ROSI” on the Upper West Side.
Officially opened today, SALUMERIA ROSI is located at 283 Amsterdam Avenue, between 73rd and 74th streets in Manhattan. UCON CORPORATION built this new 25-seat venue in collaboration with the Rosi family of Parma, Italy as interpreted through the appealing designs of Oscar-winning set designer Dante Ferretti, whose cinematic sensibility worked beautifully with UCON’s own imaginative yet practical building program. The Rosi family are founders of the universally-
With bolt-studded iron walls, hanging display of prosciutto above the bancone salumeria and shelves stacked with hard to find cheeses (all with unique properties according to chef Cesare Casella), this new venue evokes a certain nostalgia for times past without losing a contemporary commitment to a chic dining and shopping setting.
UCON CORPORATION and WAYNE SCHUMER (http://www.uconcorp.com) holds a portfolio of landmarks built in New York, including Cipriani, the Rainbow Room, the Campbell Apartment, the Hudson and Paramount Hotels, World Bar and many others. SALUMERIA ROSI PARMACOTTO anticipates expansion of its franchise with new 'BUILT BY UCON' properties in 2009.
PRESS VISITS WITH UCON PRINCIPAL, VENUE ARTWORK AND PRIVATE TASTINGS TO SALUMERIA ROSI AVAILABLE VIA GOTHAM PR BEGINNING WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10, 2008
