Techmenity The Restrepo Group’s Manhattan TechGC Partner
Techmenity is New York City’s only named Technology General Contractor: a single point of accountability for AV, IT, access control, cybersecurity, and smart building automation from Day 0 through post-occupancy managed service. Trademarked Digital Foundation(TM) methodology. Warren Street Tribeca (220 units, 12,000 sq ft amenity floor). Galerie Gmurzynska on Museum Mile. Jamie Propp, founder, since 1994.
About Techmenity
A Technology General Contractor. a role that did not exist as a named category until Jamie Propp named it.
Techmenity was formalized under its current brand in 2018, founded by Jamie Propp out of TechDad Inc., the residential and commercial IT support firm he built starting in 2013. By the time TechDad was retired in April 2022 and all operations were consolidated under the Techmenity name, Propp had grown the team to 18 staff across NYC and had moved the firm well beyond IT support into the design-build technology infrastructure role he would later define as Technology General Contracting. The TechGC positioning is original to Propp and Techmenity. No other NYC-market integrator is known to hold this specific positioning or to use it as a primary brand identity. The role. a dedicated technology stakeholder in the design-build team from Day 0, holding unified accountability for every connected system across a project. did not exist as a named category before Propp articulated it.
Propp describes himself as a third-generation New Yorker with over 25 years of experience in technology, media, and entertainment. His career ran from music management (1994, As Is Entertainment) through internet marketing at Jive Records and Zomba Label (1999–2000, campaigns for Britney Spears and *NSYNC), to a luxury fashion brand (SANG A Inc., 2003) and a community banking founding role (Solera National Bancorp, 2003), before arriving at TechDad and eventually Techmenity. That non-linear path produced a founder who understands how a technology company operates within a broader business ecosystem. not just a technician who became an entrepreneur.
Techmenity is a member of Brick and Wonder, an architecture, design, and real estate professional collective in NYC. The firm was credited by Lang Architecture as Technology General Contractor on the Galerie Gmurzynska project. an external validation from a respected NYC architecture firm that reflects the project-team integration model Propp has built. In March 2025, Propp and the Techmenity team presented to AECOM’s MEP engineering division on how a boutique TechGC complements large-scale MEP firms. a positioning conversation that most boutique integrators never have with a firm of AECOM’s scale.
What Makes Techmenity Different
Six structural advantages specific to Techmenity in the NYC market.
- The TechGC model. single point of accountability. AV, IT, access control, cybersecurity, and smart building automation are managed together from Day 0 through post-occupancy support under one contract. No vendor finger-pointing. No scope gaps. One principal who answers for every connected system in the building. This is not how most NYC integrators operate. It is how Techmenity operates, and it is why the firm gets brought into projects at the design phase rather than as a retrofit sub-trade.
- Digital Foundation(TM). trademarked and first of its kind. Officially trademarked in 2024, Digital Foundation is Techmenity’s proprietary infrastructure methodology: converged, scalable network as the central nervous system of every project, with conduit and riser planning, MDF/IDF layout, and scalable architecture built in from the start. No other known Manhattan integrator has trademarked a smart building infrastructure framework. The trademark is not a marketing exercise. it is a documented, repeatable process that protects clients from the change orders that happen when network infrastructure is treated as an afterthought.
- IT-first foundation that pre-dates the AV integration practice. Techmenity’s AV and integration work is built on an IT company foundation (TechDad, 2013–2022), not a traditional low-voltage or AV installer foundation. The team holds CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, Cisco CCNA, AWS, and Azure certifications. This produces demonstrably different network engineering rigor in dense urban high-rises and corporate offices where the network is load-bearing for every other system in the building. An AV-first firm that adds networking is a different firm than an IT-first firm that adds AV.
- NYC co-op and condo board relationships that cannot be quickly replicated. Techmenity has accumulated multi-year relationships with NYC co-op and condo boards, managing agents, and building MEP engineers. These relationships give the firm access to buildings where a new entrant cannot operate effectively. not because of technical capability, but because the board’s insurance requirements, the managing agent’s vendor approval process, and the building staff’s expectations for how a technology firm behaves in their building are all relationship-dependent. A Bergen County firm serving a client’s Manhattan pied-a-terre directly would face these friction points on every project. Techmenity faces them once, on the first job in each building.
- SBaaMS (Smart Building as a Managed Service). named, ongoing post-occupancy service. Techmenity coined and operates a named ongoing managed service offering: monitoring, maintaining, and continually optimizing converged building networks after construction. The Warren Street Tribeca project runs SBaaMS as an ongoing managed service engagement. Named in the project case study. Most integrators install systems and depart. Techmenity stays in the building.
- Future-Ready Building Method (FRBM). five-phase process that protects budgets. Techmenity’s proprietary project framework. Use Cases and Basis of Design; Schematics and Engineering; Contract-Ready Specs and Procurement; Construction and Commissioning; Systems Training and Ongoing Support. locks technology scope before construction begins. The AECOM Lunch and Learn (March 2025) and Digital Ramble Podcast appearance (Episode 43, September 2019) both document how this framework positions Techmenity as a design partner for large MEP firms, not just an installation sub-trade.
Specializations and Coverage
Manhattan luxury residential, multifamily, and commercial buildouts.
Techmenity’s primary market is Manhattan, all neighborhoods. The firm has documented project history from Tribeca through the Upper East Side, West Chelsea, and beyond. Brooklyn commercial work is confirmed through a 2025 collaboration with Restrepo Innovations. Service area overlap with Restrepo in Westchester is noted, and the consulting and RFP administration service is available as a standalone engagement for clients anywhere in the world.
99-101 Warren Street
220-unit, two-tower condominium. 12,000 sq ft amenity floor redesign: lounge, theater, conference room, gym, wellness spa, smart kitchen, playroom, and outdoor zen garden. Savant control (11 touch panels), 11 audio zones, Sonance 9.2 surround, Ruckus WiFi, Kastle Systems access control, Honeywell BMS, Aprilaire 13-zone HVAC, Yealink VoIP, POLY videoconferencing. Completed January 2021. Ongoing SBaaMS managed service.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Museum Mile
Historic townhouse conversion to private art gallery for Lang Architecture. 9-zone Sonos audio to 20-plus Sonance invisible speakers; 13 Ruckus WAPs; Lutron Homeworks with custom Meljac faceplates; Meljac custom elevator call buttons; Brivo access control with Siedel intercom; firewall security. Techmenity listed as TechGC on Lang Architecture’s own project page.
Wrap-Around City Views Condo
Techmenity named as preferred technology partner for the building. Lutron motorized shading for wrap-around windows, programmable lighting scenes, engraved Lutron keypads, Sonos soundbars, smart camera surveillance with conditional notifications. Design philosophy: invisible by design.
Brooklyn Commercial with Restrepo
A 2025 Brooklyn commercial project executed in collaboration between Techmenity and Restrepo Innovations, documented by Restrepo on LinkedIn in October 2025. Pre-building rack assembly offline for consistent on-site integration.
Westchester and Tristate
Service area overlap with Restrepo Innovations in Westchester. For tristate clients with NYC residences and NJ primary homes, both firms share programming standards to unify the technology experience across addresses. Global consulting and RFP administration available as a standalone engagement.
Brands and Certifications
Verified platform depth across AV, IT, access control, and smart building systems.
Techmenity’s platform breadth reflects the TechGC model: single-contract accountability across every connected system requires certified depth across all of them. The following are verified from public project documentation, company website, and confirmed deployments.
- Lutron (Caseta, Ketra, Homeworks). Active deployment verified. Lutron Homeworks confirmed in the Galerie Gmurzynska project with custom Meljac faceplates. Lutron motorized shading confirmed in the Chelsea Condo project and Techmenity’s residential services page.
- Savant Core. Certified, active deployment. Savant control system with 11 in-wall touch panels deployed at Warren Street Tribeca (220-unit project). Savant Core certification confirmed on Techmenity About page. Specific Savant dealer tier not independently confirmed from Savant’s own partner listings.
- Crestron. Active deployment via Restrepo Group partnership. Crestron programming on Group projects is delivered through Restrepo Innovations’ Elite Pro dealer standing. Techmenity’s own independent Crestron dealer tier has not been separately confirmed.
- Control4. Automation Programmer Certification. Confirmed on Techmenity Careers page.
- Brivo. Team-certified, active deployment. Brivo access control deployed at Galerie Gmurzynska project. Confirmed on Techmenity About page.
- Ruckus WiFi. Active deployment. 13 Ruckus WAPs at Galerie Gmurzynska. Ruckus WiFi infrastructure at Warren Street Tribeca.
- Kastle Systems. Active deployment. Surveillance and access control at Warren Street Tribeca.
- AVIXA CTS-I, URC CCgen II, PDK, ButterflyMX. Team-certified. All confirmed on Techmenity About page.
- CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+, Cisco CCNA, AWS, Azure. Team-certified. Full IT certification stack confirmed on Techmenity About page. This is the IT-first foundation that differentiates Techmenity from AV-first integrators.
- PMP, CSM, CSPO, OSHA. Project management and safety certifications. All confirmed on Techmenity About page. OSHA-certified team members with site safety plans per project.
- Sonance, Sonos. Active audio deployment. Sonance invisible speakers at Galerie Gmurzynska and Warren Street. Sonos at Chelsea Condo and residential projects.
- L-Acoustics. Active deployment with Restrepo Group. Referenced in Restrepo Innovations’ Techmenity partner page as an active Group collaboration platform.
Inside The Restrepo Group
Why Restrepo refers Manhattan projects to Techmenity. and the logic that makes it precise.
Restrepo Innovations is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey. The firm has clients whose technology needs span both New Jersey and Manhattan. a Bergen County primary residence here, a Tribeca pied-a-terre there. Without a Manhattan partner, serving those clients means either dispatching from Bergen County for every NYC service call (logistically inefficient for a seven-person firm), or directing clients to an unknown New York integrator with no accountability to the Group standard. Techmenity eliminates both problems.
The referral logic goes beyond logistics. NYC high-rise and co-op/condo work demands a set of non-technical capabilities that a Bergen County firm cannot replicate efficiently across the Hudson: COI compliance for specific building addresses, co-op board approval navigation, managing agent relationship management, MEP coordination within constrained urban construction environments, and 24/7 ongoing service capacity inside buildings with their own facility staff and management structures. These are relationship-dependent capabilities. Techmenity has them. They were built over years, building by building, board meeting by board meeting. A Bergen County firm with strong Crestron programming skills and an excellent residential portfolio cannot substitute for that operational infrastructure on a Manhattan project.
The handoff between Restrepo and Techmenity is calibrated. Restrepo leads on Bergen County estates and NJ primary residences where Crestron Elite Pro engineering and infrastructure complexity are the primary constraints. Techmenity leads on Manhattan pieds-a-terre, co-op and condo renovations, multifamily buildouts, and commercial fit-outs where board politics, building access, and managing agent coordination are equally important as technical execution. For tristate clients who hold addresses on both sides of the Hudson, both firms share programming standards so the client’s technology experience is unified. one engineering standard, two trusted firms, no duplicated onboarding. That is what The Restrepo Group architecture is designed to produce.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about Techmenity and The Restrepo Group Manhattan partnership.
What is Techmenity and what does a Technology General Contractor do?
Techmenity is a New York City-based Technology General Contractor (TechGC) that manages AV, IT infrastructure, access control, cybersecurity, and smart building automation as a single unified scope. holding the same coordinating accountability in a technology buildout that a general contractor holds across all construction trades. Founded by Jamie Propp in 2013 and operating under the Techmenity brand since 2018, the firm uses a proprietary Digital Foundation(TM) methodology (trademarked 2024) and a Future-Ready Building Method that locks technology scope before construction begins, protecting budgets and eliminating change orders.
What is Techmenity’s Digital Foundation trademark?
Digital Foundation(TM) is Techmenity’s trademarked (2024) infrastructure methodology: a converged, scalable network designed as the central nervous system of every project, with conduit and riser planning, MDF/IDF layout, and scalable architecture built in from the start. No other known Manhattan integrator has trademarked a smart building infrastructure framework. The methodology treats the network as the primary asset. not the AV or control system on top of it.
What projects has Techmenity completed?
Verified projects include: 99-101 Warren Street (Tribeca). 220-unit condominium, 12,000 sq ft amenity floor, Savant control, Ruckus WiFi, Kastle Systems, ongoing SBaaMS managed service; Galerie Gmurzynska (Upper East Side, Museum Mile). historic townhouse conversion to private art gallery, Lutron Homeworks, 13 Ruckus WAPs, Brivo access control, credited by Lang Architecture as TechGC; West Chelsea Luxury Condo. Lutron motorized shading, engraved keypads, smart surveillance; Brooklyn commercial project with Restrepo Innovations (2025).
Why does Restrepo refer Manhattan projects to Techmenity rather than servicing them directly?
NYC high-rise and co-op/condo work demands non-technical capabilities a Bergen County firm cannot replicate efficiently: COI compliance, co-op board approval navigation, managing agent relationships, MEP coordination in constrained urban environments, and 24/7 service capacity inside buildings with facility staff. Techmenity has multi-year relationships with NYC co-op and condo boards, managing agents, and building MEP engineers. built project by project, board meeting by board meeting. Those relationships give the firm access to buildings where a new entrant cannot operate effectively.
What certifications does Techmenity hold?
Verified team certifications include: Lutron, Savant Core, Control4 Automation Programmer, AVIXA CTS-I, URC CCgen II, Brivo, PDK, ButterflyMX, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+, Cisco CCNA, AWS, Azure, PMP, CSM, CSPO, and OSHA. Crestron Elite Pro engineering on Group projects is delivered through Restrepo Innovations.
How do I engage Techmenity through The Restrepo Group?
Reach Restrepo Innovations at 201.405.2022 or office@restrepoinnovations.com. For Manhattan luxury residential, multifamily, or commercial projects, Restrepo will coordinate with Techmenity. For tristate clients with NYC and NJ addresses, both firms share programming standards to unify the technology experience across properties. one engineering standard, two trusted firms, no duplicated onboarding.
Manhattan luxury residential or commercial technology project?
Techmenity is The Restrepo Group’s Manhattan Technology General Contractor. Digital Foundation(TM) methodology, Warren Street Tribeca (220 units), Galerie Gmurzynska on Museum Mile, and the COI compliance and board relationships that Manhattan projects require. Reach Restrepo Innovations at 201.405.2022 or office@restrepoinnovations.com.
Engineering anchor: Restrepo Innovations • Manhattan TechGC via Techmenity • office@restrepoinnovations.com