Downtown in 2019-2020 Book of Lists 80+ times

For over three decades the Business Review has been releasing the Book of Lists, a go-to publication in doing business for anything from job-seekers to CEOs looking for bids on an upcoming project. In the 2019-20 edition, there is no shortage of Downtown listings ranging from among the longest-running family owned businesses to largest office buildings; businesses to buildings within the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District appear over 80 times in nearly 30 categories. The full 2019-2020 Book of Lists can be viewed here, and scroll down to see the full spectrum of what you'll find right here in Albany's fastest-growing neighborhood. 

 

Architecture Firms (ranked by billings in 2018)
#2 - CSArch
40 Beaver Street

 

#17 - Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation
79 N Pearl Street 

 

#24 - Hamlin Design Group
41 State Street 

 

Engineering Firms (ranked by billings in 2018)
#23 - CSArch
40 Beaver Street

 

Family Owned Businesses (ranked by years in business for multi-generational businesses)
#4 - B. Lodge & Co.
75 N Pearl Street 

 

Fastest-growing companies (ranked by three-year revenue growth between 2015 and 2018)
#20 - Pinnacle Human Resources LLC 
90 State Street 

#29 - 4Cite Marketing
540 Broadway

 

Minority-owned businesses (ranked by local employment)
#12 - Hamlin Design Group
41 State Street 

#21 - Rivera Law PLLC
140 State Street

 

Largest private-sector employers (ranked by local staffing)
#22 - SEFCU
575 Broadway

 

Banks (ranked by Capital Region market share as of June 30, 2019)
#1 - KeyBank
66 S Pearl Street 

#4 - Bank of America
30 S Pearl Street 

#12 - Berkshire Bank
30 S Pearl Street 

#20 - Capital Bank
132 State Street 

 

Commercial Mortgage Lenders (ranked by Capital Region commercial mortgage loan volume in 2018)
#2 - Berkshire Bank
30 S Pearl Street 

#5 - Capital Bank 
132 State Street 

#8 - SEFCU
575 Broadway

 

CPA Firms (ranked by number of local CPAs)
#3 - KPMG LLP
515 Broadway

 

Credit Unions (ranked by membership as of December 2018)
#1 - SEFCU 
575 Broadway

 

SBA Lenders (ranked by amount approved by Capital Region institutions for fiscal year 2019)
#1 - Berkshire Bank
30 S Pearl Street 

#2 - Empire State Certified Development Corp.
41 State Street 

#3 - New York Business Development Corp. (now Pursuit)
50 Beaver Street 

#5 - KeyBank
66 S Pearl Street 

#10 - Capital Bank
132 State Street 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance Agencies (ranked by local property & casualty insurance volume in 2018)
#4 - Gallagher
677 Broadway

 

Financial Planning & Wealth Management Firms (ranked by assets under management as of the end of 2018)
#2 - Merrill Lynch
69 State Street 

#10 - Wells Fargo Advisors
30 S Pearl Street 

 

Festivals & Tourist Attractions (ranked by number of visitors to event or site in 2018)
#7 - Times Union Center
51 S Pearl Street 

#14 - Palace Performing Arts Center 
19 Clinton Avenue 

 

Hotels (ranked by room nights booked as of Dec 1. 2018)
#1 - Hilton Albany
40 Lodge Street 

#10 - Holiday Inn Express Albany Downtown
300 Broadway

 

Meeting & Banquet Venues (ranked by rentable meeting space in square feet)
#1 - Times Union Center 
51 S Pearl Street 

#4 - Albany Capital Center
55 Eagle Street 

#7 - Hilton Albany
40 Lodge Street 

#27 - 90 State Events 
90 State Street 

 

Health Insurance Agencies (ranked by local health insurance premium volume in 2018)
#6 - Gallagher 
677 Broadway 

Intellectual Property Law Firms (ranked by USPTO-admitted attorneys in the Capital Region)
#2 - Hoffman Warnick LLC
540 Broadway

#4 - Barclay Damon LLP
80 State Street 

#5 - Lee Palmateer Law Office LLC
90 State Street 

 

Communications Firms (ranked by total local staff)
#4 - Upside Collective
80 State Street 

 

Law Firms (ranked by number of attorneys in the Capital Region)
#1 - Barclay Damon LLP
80 State Street 

 

#2 - O'Connell & Aronowitz 
54 State Street 

 

#4 - Hinman Straub P.C.
121 State Street

 

#5 - McNamee Lochner P.C.
677 Broadway

 

#6 - Couch White LLP
540 Broadway

 

#7 - Greenberg Traurig LLP
54 State Street 

 

#10 - Harris Beach PLLC
677 Broadway

 

#15 - Jackson Lewis 
677 Broadway

 

#15 - Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP
54 State Street 

 

#18 - Gleason Dunn Walsh & O'Shea
40 Beaver Street 

 

#19 - Hodgson Russ LLP
677 Broadway

 

#25 - Cooper Erving & Savage LLP
39 N Pearl Street 

 

#26 - Rivkin Radler
66 S Pearl Street 

 

#31 - Hoffman Warnick LLC
540 Broadway

 

#31 - Nolan Heller Kauffman 
80 State Street 

 

#37 - Cannon Heyman & Weiss LLP
54 State Street 

 

#42 - Cullen and Dykman LLP
80 State Street 

 

#47 - Shenker Russo & Clark LLP
121 State Street 

 

#49 - Phillips Lytle LLP
30 S Pearl Street 

 

Professional Associations (ranked by statewide memberships)
#3 - New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
11 N Pearl Street 

 

#4 - National Federation of Independent Businesses
100 State Street

 

#5 - American Institute of Architects New York State Inc.
50 State Street 

 

#14 - NYS Association of Counties
540 Broadway

 

#23 - Home Care Association of New York State, Inc.
388 Broadway 

 

Statewide Lobbying Firms (ranked by 2018 lobbying compensation) 
#2 - Brown & Weinraub PLLC 
50 State Street 

 

#4 - Greenberg Traurig LLP
54 State Street 

 

#5 - Hinman Straub P.C.
121 State Street

 

#17 - Jackson Lewis 
677 Broadway

 

#18 - Tonio Burgos and Associates Inc.
90 State Street 

 

#22 - Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLC
136 State Street 

 

#24 - Shenker Russo & Clark LLP
121 State Street 

 

Commercial Real Estate Property Managers (ranked by square feet in the capital region)
#13 - Omni Development Partners LLC
54 State Street 

 

Commercial Real Estate Brokers (ranked by commercial volume generated locally in 2018)
#14 - Omni Development Partners LLC
54 State Street 

 

#16 - TL Metzger & Associates 
418 Broadway

 

Commercial Real Estate Developers (ranked by square feet developed in the Capital Region in 2018)
#8 - Omni Development Partners LLC
54 State Street 

 

Coworking Spaces (ranked by total leasable space)
#6 - CapCity CoWorks
11 N Pearl Street 

 

#7 - Albany BEAHIVE 
418 Broadway

 

#9 - CoLab
488 Broadway

 

Largest Office Buildings (ranked by size in square feet)
#7 - 110 State Street
110 State Street 

 

#8 - 625 Broadway
625 Broadway

 

#11 - Ten Eyck Building
40 N Pearl Street 

 

#20 - 66 S Pearl Street
66 S Pearl Street 

 

#21 - Omni Plaza
30 S Pearl Street

 

#25 - 90 State Street
90 State Street 

 

Residential Mortgage Lenders (ranked by mortgage volume generated locally in 2018)
#2 - SEFCU and SEFCU Mortgage Services
575 Broadway

 

#14 - Berkshire Bank
30 S Pearl Street 

 

#19 - Capital Bank
132 State Street 

 

Technology Service Companies (ranked by full-time employees in the Capital Region)
#15 - 4Cite Marketing
540 Broadway