Broome County Construction News: May 2026

This is a survey of what is actually under construction in Broome County, New York, as of the first week of May 2026. The list runs across higher education, healthcare, public schools, downtown commercial, and a 537-acre site that may or may not break ground in the next decade. Every project below is sourced to a primary document, a press release, a public meeting record, or the owner's own update, and the contractor of record is named where the public record names them.

The market is busy. The capital sources are mixed. The political alignment is steadier than the economic one. Read it as a snapshot, not a forecast.

Active major projects, at a glance

Project	Owner	Contractor of record	Value	Status
Decker School of Nursing & Health Sciences	Binghamton University	Fahs Construction Group	~$34M	Completed 2025
Bartle Library Renovation	Binghamton University	Fahs Construction Group	$29M	2024–2026
UHS Wilson Medical Center Main Tower	United Health Services	LeChase Construction	~$200M+	Completed 2024
UHS Upper Front Street Consolidation	United Health Services	UHS (in-house)	Not disclosed	Opened Dec 15, 2025
BOCES Glenwood Capital Improvement	Broome-Tioga BOCES	Pending bid awards	$37.3M (bond) of $46M (project)	Bond closed Feb 27, 2026
Henry & Washington Streetscape	City of Binghamton	Vacri Construction	$5M	Final season, wraps spring 2026
Clinton Street DRI Round 8	City of Binghamton / NY DRI	Pending RFP outcome	$10M	Open call, 2026
Crowley Factory Lofts	Crowley Factory Lofts, LLC	Private (not publicly disclosed)	~73,000 SF, $2M Restore NY grant	Active 2025–2026
University Hall	Binghamton University	Public bid (SUNY CF)	Not publicly itemized	Enclosure fall 2026, complete Sep 2026
Lecture Hall (BU)	Binghamton University	Public bid (SUNY CF)	Not publicly itemized	Active, broke ground 2025
Town of Binghamton Community Center	Town of Binghamton	Tokos Contracting, LLC	$19,280	Awarded Feb 4, 2025
George F. Johnson Memorial Library Teen Room	Library / Endicott	Tokos Contracting, LLC	NYS DOL PRC #2026000666	Active multi-trade scope
Broome Technology Park	Broome County IDA	Pre-construction (SEQR)	537 acres / 20-year buildout	DGEIS public hearing Apr 23, 2026

Decker School of Nursing & Health Sciences: $34M adaptive reuse by Fahs Construction

The Decker School build-out is one of the most architecturally significant adaptive-reuse projects in the county's modern history. Binghamton University's nursing and health sciences program now occupies the historic Endicott-Johnson Box Factory in downtown Binghamton, a 112,000-square-foot adaptive reuse covering the ground through fourth floors, plus a new one-story addition and a seven-story elevator tower. Total project value approaches $34 million (Fahs Construction Group, August 2025).

The project anchors the University's downtown footprint and is, for any contractor evaluating the regional market, the canonical example of how a large healthcare-education adaptive reuse runs in Broome County: institutional owner, public bid, prevailing-wage compliance, multi-trade coordination across a vertical building with active envelope work and a new core inserted into an existing brick shell.

Bartle Library renovation: $29M, Fahs Construction Group

The University's main library is in the middle of a $29M, multi-phase renovation that modernizes the third floor (40,000 SF) and overhauls the mechanical room (20,000 SF). Fahs Construction is again the general contractor of record (Fahs Construction Group, December 2024).

The Bartle scope is a different kind of work than Decker, interior renovation in a continuously occupied institutional building rather than ground-up adaptive reuse. The procurement structure is similar: SUNY Construction Fund or DASNY administers the bid, the contractor runs the prevailing-wage compliance, and the schedule has to work around active library operations.

University Hall, the Spine, the Lecture Hall, and the Chenango Room

Binghamton University publishes a regular construction roundup (Binghamton University, April 2026). The active projects that round out the seven include:

• The Spine. The University's primary pedestrian corridor was rebuilt over multiple construction seasons. Brick paving, lighting, and seating along the run from Bartle Library through the Engineering Building to Tech Hub is now finished (Binghamton University, December 2025).
• University Hall. Exterior work largely complete by April 2026; the building was scheduled to be fully enclosed for the fall 2026 semester with interior fit-out ongoing toward a September 2026 completion target.
• The Lecture Hall. Ground broken in summer 2025. Forty-eight new rooms, just over 1,900 seats. Active construction throughout 2026 (Binghamton University Facebook, July 2025).
• Chenango Room / Panera addition. The former Chenango Room and Einstein Bros. space is being expanded to host a Panera Bread location alongside the existing dining program. Construction continues through fall 2026 (Binghamton University, April 2025).
• Oneida Hall. The College-in-the-Woods residential building is the last of the 2026 renovation cohort to wrap. Completion expected by year-end.

The combined University construction value, across the seven projects, is well into nine figures. The general-contractor work has been split among several firms; Fahs Construction handles the two highest-profile downtown renovations (Decker and Bartle), with the on-campus building work running through SUNY Construction Fund procurements that go to a wider pool.

Broome-Tioga BOCES: $37.3M DASNY bond for the Glenwood Campus

On February 27, 2026, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York closed on a $37.3 million Series 2026 bond issuance for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the Sole Supervisory District of Broome, Tioga and Delaware Counties (DASNY, February 27, 2026). The proceeds finance renovations and additional classroom space at the BOCES Glenwood Campus in Binghamton.

The bond is part of a larger $46 million capital project that voters approved in November 2023 (BT BOCES Capital Project FAQ). Bid packages have been letting on the BOCES side throughout 2025 and 2026; the bond closure clears the path for the next round of awards.

For school-construction contractors registered on the New York State Department of Labor public-works register, the Glenwood capital improvement is one of the larger active prevailing-wage opportunities in the county. The earlier installments funded ongoing capital improvements (HVAC, roofing, ADA upgrades); the bond funds the additions and major renovations.

UHS Wilson Medical Center Main Tower: 183,000 SF, LeChase Construction

The largest healthcare construction story in the region is the UHS Wilson Medical Center expansion in Johnson City, completed in 2024 by LeChase Construction. The project added a 183,000-square-foot, six-story clinical tower with 120 private rooms, a trauma center, an emergency department, an MRI suite, and a rooftop helipad, plus 29,000 SF of renovations to the existing hospital (LeChase Construction; Healthcare Design, May 2024). It was the first major work at Wilson Medical Center in more than 30 years.

UHS celebrated the tower's first anniversary in June 2025 (UHS, June 2025). The new tower has effectively become the front door of the Johnson City medical campus.

UHS Upper Front Street: services consolidation, ribbon-cutting December 2025

UHS continued its build-out at 1290 Upper Front Street in Binghamton, where a renovated building consolidates UHS Primary Care, Physical Therapy, lab, imaging, and several other services under one roof. The ribbon-cutting was December 15, 2025 (UHS, December 2025). It is the kind of multi-service medical-office consolidation that has become the dominant healthcare real-estate pattern in the region, pulling clinical services off the main hospital campus into purpose-renovated commercial buildings closer to where patients live.

Henry & Washington streetscape: $5M, Vacri Construction

The arts-district streetscape on Henry, Water, and Washington Streets, a $5 million project led by Vacri Construction, is in its final season. Final paving and landscaping wrap in spring 2026, on the timeline Mayor Kraham announced in May 2025 (City of Binghamton, May 2025). The scope: new street lights, pedestrian and traffic signals, wider sidewalks built for outdoor dining, a raised crosswalk on Washington near the Forum Theater, street trees, landscaping, and underground utility upgrades, with new pavement on top.

The streetscape's reopening shifts the foot-traffic geometry for every storefront in the work area, which means a coordinated round of fa\u00e7ade and tenant-improvement scopes is likely through the 2026 building season, typically paired with the city's BLDC fa\u00e7ade-improvement program (75-percent reimbursement on eligible work).

Clinton Street DRI Round 8: $10M open call, 2026

One block over from the streetscape, the Clinton Street DRI Round 8 is in its open-call phase. Binghamton was awarded $10M for revitalization of the Clinton Street neighborhood business district. The Local Planning Committee is taking project proposals through 2026, with project requirements that include ground-breaking within two years of funding and substantially-secured financing (Clinton Street DRI; NY.gov DRI Round 8).

Property owners along the corridor have a window to file proposals; selected projects flow into the strategic investment plan and into the construction pipeline through 2027 and 2028.

Crowley Factory Lofts: 73,000-SF adaptive reuse, $2M Restore NY grant

The Crowley Factory Lofts conversion at 135 Conklin Avenue on Binghamton's Southside is the largest active private adaptive-reuse project in the county, a 73,000-square-foot brick factory being rebuilt into market-rate apartments and ground-floor commercial space. The project pulled a $2 million Restore New York Communities Initiative grant on top of an Agency of Broome County PILOT and Sales and Use Tax exemption (The Agency of Broome County, November 2025). The development entity is Crowley Factory Lofts, LLC.

The acquisition arithmetic, sub-$80-per-square-foot for a structurally sound masonry-and-timber landmark, is what made the project pencil. The construction arithmetic, like every adaptive-reuse project at this scale, has had to absorb selective-demolition discoveries and supply-chain repricing through the build period.

Broome County DPW: 2026–2031 Capital Improvements Program

The County DPW maintains an active engineering project list at broomecountyny.gov/dpw/engineering/projects. Current notable scopes include the Dorchester Park Gateway in the Town of Lisle (entrance road reconstruction, ADA sidewalk addition, Page Brook bridge rehabilitation) and items from the County's adopted 2026–2031 Capital Improvements Program, which runs to several hundred million dollars across infrastructure, parks, public safety, and county facilities (Broome County, 2025–2026).

The CIP includes a $2.6M Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting (ARFF) building rehab at the Greater Binghamton Airport, multiple bridge replacements, and a continuing program of culvert and pavement work that flows to the registered-installer pool the County DPW maintains.

Broome Technology Park: 537-acre proposal, SEQR review

The Broome County Industrial Development Agency held a public hearing on April 23, 2026 on the draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Broome Technology Park at Airport Road, a 537-acre mixed-use development across the Towns of Union and Maine (broometechpark.com; WSKG, March 2026). Over 100 people attended the hearing (WSKG Facebook, April 2026).

The development concept calls for over 75 percent of the site to be preserved as natural areas and trails, with the balance built out as light-industrial, technology, and supporting commercial uses. The county estimates 1,500 construction jobs per year across a 20-year buildout.

The project is in the environmental-review phase. Construction is not imminent. But the procurement architecture, site work, road extensions, utility extensions, and individual building shells, is the kind of multi-phase scope that shapes the regional construction pipeline for a decade once it advances to permitting.

Active public-works projects on the NYS DOL register

For owners and contractors tracking the New York State Department of Labor public-works register, several Broome County and adjacent-county scopes are running certified payroll as of early May 2026:

• Binghamton High School Locker Room renovation (PRC #2023004585), Binghamton City School District. Carpentry-trade work in progress. Tokos Contracting.
• George F. Johnson Memorial Library Teen Room renovation (PRC #2026000666), Endicott. Multi-trade scope: Carpentry, Drywall Applicator, Painter. 23+ wage rows on register. Tokos Contracting.
• Johnson City Central School District elementary/middle complex (PRC #2025008550), Columbia Drive. Emergency carpentry-trade scope. Tokos Contracting.
• Ithaca City School District (PRC #2026009359), Tompkins County, but on the regional bid pool.
• Downsville Public Library (PRC #2026002806), Delaware County.
• Town of Binghamton Community Center renovation, awarded by the Town Board on February 4, 2025, in a competitive three-bid process. Tokos Contracting at $19,280, beating Thompson and CW Construction (Town of Binghamton Board minutes, February 4, 2025).

The full register is searchable at data.ny.gov; pull the Public Works Project Database CSV and filter by site address for the current Broome County roster.

What to watch over the next 90 days

Three things will move the picture between now and the end of summer 2026.

The Henry/Washington streetscape's spring landscaping wrap will trigger a wave of fa\u00e7ade and storefront scopes from owners along the corridor, likely concentrated in May and June, with construction running through the fall. The BLDC is the key program; the open question is whether the application volume exceeds the year's reimbursement cap.

The Clinton Street DRI Round 8 strategic investment plan should land in mid-2026, naming the projects that will receive the $10M tranche. Once names are public, the pre-construction timeline starts: design, entitlement, financing, bid. Most named projects break ground in late 2026 or 2027.

The Broome Technology Park's environmental review is the slow-moving structural story. If the SEQR process completes in 2026, site preparation could plausibly begin in 2027. If it extends, the 20-year timeline starts later. Either way, the IDA is now committed to the path.

Frequently asked

How does an owner find out which contractor is on a particular public project?

The New York State Department of Labor maintains a public Public Works Project Database. Search by Project Reference Code (PRC) at dol.ny.gov, or pull the full CSV from the open-data portal at data.ny.gov. The contractor name is published with each registered scope. For private projects, the city or town's building permit records are typically the public source; in Broome County, that is the city or town clerk's office.

What's the difference between a DASNY bond and a town-board contract award?

DASNY (the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York) issues tax-exempt bonds for state higher education, healthcare, and BOCES capital projects. The bond proceeds become the project's capital source, and DASNY administers the procurement on the owner's behalf. A town-board contract award is a direct municipal procurement, governed by the town's general municipal law procurement rules. Both fund prevailing-wage work; the procedural front-end differs.

Are there major projects that broke ground in 2026 not on this list?

Almost certainly. This roundup focuses on projects with active public records as of the first week of May 2026. Smaller commercial scopes, restaurant build-outs, tenant improvements, single-building renovations under permit but not in the press, number in the hundreds across the county and don't make a single survey article. The next monthly roundup will pick up new entrants.

Can a contractor without a Binghamton presence bid Broome County public work?

Yes, with conditions. The contractor must register on the NYS Prevailing Wage Contractor Registry; must meet New York classification, apprenticeship, and benefit-fund requirements; and is typically expected to maintain the certified-payroll documentation cycle on a New York-administered job. In practice, awarding agencies prefer contractors with a New York office, a New York joint-apprenticeship affiliation, and verifiable New York references.

Is there a single calendar that lists upcoming bid opportunities in Broome County?

Not in one place. School districts post bid notices on individual district websites and in the Press & Sun-Bulletin; municipal procurements appear in town and city board agendas; SUNY Binghamton procurements run through the SUNY Construction Fund and DASNY portals; healthcare procurements are private and circulated to qualified-bidder lists. Some contractors subscribe to a paid bid-aggregator service. The most reliable free signal is the NYS DOL public-works register, which shows scopes after they've been awarded.

More from Tokos Contracting

Tokos Contracting is a New York State Department of Labor-registered prevailing-wage contractor based in Binghamton, NY. Documented commercial, public-works, restoration, and adaptive-reuse projects are published on the projects page. School boards, library trustees, and downtown property owners can request a bid or a site walk directly. Earlier roundup-adjacent reading on the blog: NYS prevailing wage in 2026, the Henry & Washington streetscape, and the adaptive-reuse playbook.

Sources

• Binghamton University, "7 Projects in the Works That are Transforming Binghamton University's Campus," April 9, 2026.
• Binghamton University, "The Biggest Things Happening in Binghamton in 2026," December 22, 2025.
• Binghamton University, "Construction of Chenango Room Addition to Continue Through Fall 2026," April 4, 2025.
• Fahs Construction Group, "Decker School of Nursing & Health Sciences."
• Fahs Construction Group, "Binghamton University 2024 Bartle Library Renovation."
• DASNY, "DASNY Closes on $37.3 Million Bond Issuance for Broome-Tioga BOCES Capital Improvement Project," February 27, 2026.
• BT BOCES, "Capital Project FAQ's."
• City of Binghamton, "Mayor Kraham Announces Streetscape Improvements," May 20, 2025.
• Clinton Street DRI, "Open Call for Projects."
• NY.gov, "Downtown Revitalization Initiative Round Eight."
• City of Binghamton, "Binghamton Local Development Corporation."
• UHS, "UHS Wilson Main Tower Celebrates 1 Year as Symbol of Healthcare Innovation," June 23, 2025.
• UHS, "UHS Unveils Expanded Upper Front Street Location," December 15, 2025.
• LeChase Construction, "UHS Wilson Medical Center New Tower & Renovation."
• Healthcare Design Magazine, "United Health Services Completes Expansion of UHS Wilson Medical Center," May 28, 2024.
• The Agency of Broome County, "Reviving a Landmark: Crowley Factory Lofts," November 12, 2025.
• Broome County DPW, "Current Projects."
• Broome County, "2026–2031 Capital Improvements Program (Adopted)."
• Broome Technology Park, "Broome Technology Park at Airport Road."
• WSKG, "Proposed Broome Technology Park Enters New Phase," March 24, 2026.
• Town of Binghamton Town Board, "Work Session Minutes," February 4, 2025.
• New York State Department of Labor, "Public Work and Prevailing Wage."