From 1983 until 1985, Mr. Trascher was Construction Manager for Perez Architects and their subsidiary, Lafayette Land Company, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. At that time, Perez Architects was listed in the Top 200 architectural firms in the U.S. Projects included a seventeen-story hotel, an aerial tramway crossing the Mississippi River, a historic restoration of a factory into commercial space, an outpatient surgical center, and a retail commercial center.

During 1985 until 1990, Mr. Trascher worked within a family of related companies. He began as Project Manager for 700 South Peters Corporation, a real estate development subsidiary of Yankee Bank of Boston, then went to the parent company Yankee Bank to analyze real estate projects that were requesting construction loans or had non-performing loans, and ultimately worked as a troubleshooter for the CEO of Yankee Companies, a publicly traded holding company with operations in energy, environment and finance.

Mr. Trascher was a part of Yankee Companies when Yankee changed the corporate name to National Environmental Group. Assignments while working directly for the CEO of the New Jersey-based National Environmental Group included closing down operations of a national demolition and asbestos abatement subsidiary based in College Park, Georgia and selling a national hazardous waste volume reduction subsidiary based in Folcroft, Pennsylvania.

Of note:
The aerial tramway project involved obtaining approvals from 32 separate regulatory agencies; using a French and an American contractor, briefly closing the Mississippi River to commercial traffic, and completion in 220 days to coincide with the 1984 Louisiana World’s Fair. The 285 foot high tramway carried over 2.8 million riders during the World’s Fair.

The 700 South Peters project involved renovating a six-floor casket manufacturing company into 93 luxury condominiums. The completed project received awards in 1986 from the US Department of the Interior as “exemplary” involving Historic Restoration. Mr. Trascher was recognized in Landscape Architecture Magazine for the project. The six-month schedule was completed only two days before a repeal of the investment tax credit went into effect, thereby allowing the limited partner investors to share a $2.5 million tax credit.

Lafayette Land Co. / Perez Ltd.- Construction Manager New Orleans (1983-1985)

Sugar House Hotel - New Orleans

Mississippi Aerial River Transit Cable Car -New Orleans

Chicory Factory Commercial Center - New Orleans

Battery Point Condominium Complex - New Orleans

Magazine Quarters Retail Center - New Orleans

Southern Medical Center - New Orleans

DevServ (Perez Ltd.)- Project Manager Denver (1985)

Greeley Hotel and Convention Center - Greeley, Colorado

Yankee Bank of Boston FSB- Project Management - Boston (1985-1988)

700 South Peters Condominium Complex - New Orleans

City Lights Night Club - New Orleans

123 Walnut Medical Complex - Chicago (consultant)

Traverse City Hotel - Traverse City, MI (consultant)

Lake Club and Marina Hotel Resort - Montauk, LI, NY

Perry Hotel - Petoskey, MI (consultant)

National Environmental Group- Assistant to CEO - New Brunswick, NJ (1989-1991)

American Demolition (14 contracts in 7 States) Atlanta, GA (Subsidiary)
National Environmental Remediation (18 contracts, Folcroft, PA (Subsidiary)