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The workers at Stiegelbauer%u2019s create a variety of theatrical illusions in their Brooklynworkshop. (Phoenix/Cohen Photo)Published by Serif Press, Inc.395 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn NY 11217Visitors and Exhibitors at Brooklynworks will be taking our September issue back to the office with them. Make sure they take w , your advertising message with them too. reProud_______ ^ T V s f t %u00a9For information call:718-643-1400Brooklyn._____inci _ . c i _____1 1 1> / \\ n rr u i l u i m i i i w nReach them inArt Director Tom Targounyk stands in front of the finished fireplace that is under construction in the top photo. (Phoenix/Kirk Photos)Mike and his fattier have been relativelyhappy with their Front Street shop, at theend of this year they plan to relocate to theBrooklyn Navy Yard.They are presently involved in negotiations with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation over a long-term lease ona 29,000 square foot building which is nearlythree tim es the size of their present space.Mike is reasonably confident that theformer ship building shed can be had for|2.00 to $2.50 per square foot, or about halfthe $4.00 per square foot rent they are nowpaying real estate developer David Walentas for their Front Street space.%u201cJobs don%u2019t always come when you wantthem,%u201d Mike Stiegelbauer notes, %u201cveryoften they come all at once. As a result,we%u2019ve been forced to turn down business,which I hate doing. With our new prem iseswe won%u2019t be caught in that position.%u201dMike hopes to relocate the operation andits ten full-time em ployees during the falland anticipates that it will take roughly amonth to set up the new shop. He is adamant about staying in Brooklyn. Manhattan, he says, is too crowded and the rentsare exorbitant.Looking ahead, he hopes to wrest a biggerpiece of the Broadway pie, luring businessaway from Showtech, the Connecticut-basedshop which is now the largest Broadwaycontractor.%u201cThe gadgetry and the technical andcreative challenges of Broadway productions have always excited m e,%u201d Mike says.In addition, he would like to set upBrooklyn%u2019s first commercial sound stage atthe firm%u2019s new prem ises in the Navy Yard.%u201cWhen you%u2019re renting out a sound stage at$1,000 a day, it can%u2019t hurt your business.%u201dA UNION SHOPOne factor in bidding for some jobs is thatStiegelbauer operates a union shop with hisworkers members of the International Association of Theater and Stage Employees(IATSE). And the young Stiegelbauer adm its it is often impossible to beat non-unionshop bids on sm all productions, like set construction for off-Broadway shows wherebids usually have a 15 to 20 percent markup. Stiegelbauer occasionally will do offBroadway jobs at cost, to attract the repeatbusiness.The company%u2019s vice president contendsthat aside from price, union shops have itall over the non-union ones in terms of skilland efficiency.%u201cOur guys do everything,%u201d he boasts.%u201cThey%u2019re carpenters, electricians, machinists and plumbers.%u201dAlthough right now the company%u2019s totalbillings are lower than most of the 35theatrical construction firms in the NewYork City area, Stiegelbauer does not thinkthings will stay that way for long.%u201cStiegelbauer is still the new kid on theblock,%u201d says its young vice president.Who knows, the day may not be far offwhen one of the Hollywood studios selectStiegelbauer Associates%u2019 Navy Yard soundstage for the shooting of %u201cThe Bloody Batsof toe Brooklyn Bridge (Part II).%u201dComing Next Month:Everyone is gearing up for the 3rd Annual Brooklynworks Business-to-Business Exposition, and BROOKLYN,INC will be there.The Voice ofBusiness & Commercein America%u2019s FourthLargest City %u2014Brooklyn.There are 32,000 companies doing business right in your own backyard.August 14,1986, THE PHOENIX/BROOKLYN.INC SECTION TWO, Page 9