The New York City Council has approved the development of One45, a sprawling residential complex in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by Bruce Teitelbaum, the $600 million project will consist of three separate structures: a 32-story building with 502 units; a 30-story building with 408 units; and an eight-story building with 90 affordable senior housing units. Of the complex’s 1,000 total rental units, 338 will be reserved for affordable housing. The property is located at the southwest corner of West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue.
The above main rendering looks north along Lenox Avenue at the two tallest towers, showing their perpendicular alignment. Their façades appear to be composed of green terracotta paneling surrounding staggered grids of tall rectangular windows. The eastern structure rises from a three-story podium with a contrasting earth-toned façade and a landscaped terrace. This building also features a glass-clad upper pavilion.
The eight-story structure is not pictured, and it’s unclear where it will be located within the plan.
The 32-story tower will house 126 units reserved for families earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), which is currently $145,800 for a family of three. The 30-story building will contain 122 affordable apartments for those earning 80 percent of the AMI.
About 30 percent of the 910 units in the 30- and 32-story towers will come in two- and three-bedroom layouts. The senior housing will be available in studio and one-bedroom configurations.
Community benefits will include renovations of the Brigadier General Charles Young Playground, a new technology center, and 30,000 square feet of commercial, retail, and community facilities. Twenty percent of these will be set aside for Harlem businesses with a 20 percent minimum for local hiring.
The project was first announced in 2021 with plans for two 361-foot-tall towers yielding 915 rental units, with half designated as affordable housing. However, its affordable housing component was deemed insufficiently accessible for the income character of the neighborhood, and the plan was eventually shelved. The developer instead opened a truck depot that operated on site for the next several years.
The development site is located directly adjacent to the 3 train at the 145th Street station.
A construction timeline for One45 has yet to be announced.
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I don’t understand – you mean to tell me that the AMI is $145,800 at 145th & Lenox? Really. I know that in my life I never earned anywhere near that figure – of course I am retired, but still…
Probably not. To qualify for this program, they are allowed to use a figure that can be used throughout NYC. The numbers are very high and include Wall Street bankers, etc. It is a median income, but again, specifying for a 3-person household allows it to go above $150k while the median income for all Manhattan families is just over $100k. The devil is in the details. ONE45 should be renamed Gentrification.
Doing just a little research and that particular area has a median household income around $50k.
There are a lot of properties ripe for development in Harlem.
Rents are climbing while huge lots sit empty everywhere.
Exactly. But this is everyone’s fault. The neighbors fight hard to block any developments. More housing would bring rents down.
Looks good!
I’m glad this big build is finally happening but this appears to be the dullest iteration of the design we’ve seen so far.
Reminds me of those new Journal Square towers.
Here we go again, luxury apartments in our neighborhood for the rich and nothing for those of us who need and deserve a decent safe place to live in our community.
Please define affordable. Also, help me to understand why retired seniors and low-income individuals can’t afford to be safe and live comfortably in the community we helped to build. We the elderly shed blood, sweat, tears, and paid our taxes while we worked, raised our families,
and worshiped in this neighborhood.
We deserve to stay in our community and live peacefully in homes that are safe and affordable for our income.
I’m confused 🤫Why do wealthy or well-to-do people need affordable housing?🤷🏽♀️
This is not luxury, They are all affordable, low income, and senior housing, all below market rate.
Sam,
I certainly hope you are right, but actual rent numbers aren’t mentioned and by using HUD’s NYC aggregate values, it is reasonable to foresee rents exceeding the entire income of most of that area’s residents. This has certainly happened throughout NYC for years.
Peterinthecity, it doesn’t even matter. As far as it’s below the market rate then it’s better for those residents. Plus, it’s still subsidized by tax payers so I don’t understand the sense of entitlement here
The sense of entitlement knows no bounds. NO One – repeat no one – owns any New York neighborhood. My family had to flee the Bronx because of the decline and crime. Before that they lived on … west 136th .. now the site of a NYCHA project.
Did you even read the article that says 428 units will be subsidized housing ? subsidized by other New Yorkers via higher taxes and market rate rents here. Here is a little memo: it costs a ton of money to build and run housing in New York City. these are underutilized lots and market rate hardly means “luxury” it just means what the market will bear. hardly “rich” just New Yorkers who do not expect a handout by others. also – where is anyone getting evicted? not if you are rent stablized, controlled, SCRIE,DRIE, NYCHA, Section 8, etc etc. Enough with the lies and distortions. At least we know who you Jackie are voting for mayor.
Hey Chollo Nick! How’s it been hanging?
It’s beyond sick to call disenfranchised poor people entitled.
You are uninformed. You most certainly can be evicted on any of those programs. You also don’t realize that black people have never had a fair shake, equal access or an even playing field. Crime goes up when people don’t feel they have any real stake in a neighborhood or it’s development.
Anyone can look at the white neighborhoods and see that there’s a disparity in resources and education as well as opportunities between those neighborhood and black neighborhoods. It’s racists like you who think all black people are just born being criminals. Yet these neighborhoods stand as they are for a reason. It’s called redlining, banking discrimination and housing discrimination. If you don’t understand the history of New York and how neighborhoods were formed, then you shouldn’t be commenting. Especially on the rich history of black neighborhoods like Harlem, which you clearly know nothing about.
Affordable housing meaning more affluents high income moving in. This creating hard to qualify. How many people in Harlem making that kind of money. A reason we are losing our neighborhood also happening in downtown Brooklyn the neighborhood is completely difference now.
If we are to believe our billionaire gods, well paying mid-level jobs like finance and high tech will soon be replaced by AI. Only low-paying menial jobs and a few executive positions will remain.
Getting rid of that annoying middle class was the plan all along.
They should invest in the renovation of the dilapidated buildings in the HPD Til Program buildings and make them affordable low income housing for the residents of Harlem.
Attention needs to be at the City Council representative for district 10. Past Council member Richardson knew what the district needed and that’s why this monstrosity was never approved by her. Think of the transformation it will put on the people who have lived in this community for decades. Has the MTA surveyed the congestion on the subway line?
That subway platform is tiny compared to others. On the exit side especially. They will definitely have to do something about that to make it viable.
With the construction of the second avenue subway and ever increasing prices further south, the ‘gentrification’ of Harlem is inevitable. Quite frankly, I’m surprised how well Harlem has resisted it, but they can’t keep that up forever.
Looks completely isolated from the neighborhood. NOT a good idea.
So…big buildings bad…only small buildings…or even better no buildings?
These apartments in the affordable housing program will go market rate usually withing 15 to 20 years that is the usual agreement. They get tax breaks but you have to be able to pay the rent very few have section 8 . You can’t even have a co signer in most cases . In theses building you will have to make in the $87,000 range to qualify for an affordable apartment.
The base looks better than the towers, and against the street.
I thought this was a site that discussed architectural designs. Always enjoy those comments. These are getting a little tiring.(not dismissing the validity of the comments. I just prefer to get my political statements on appropriate sites.)
C’mon, this is exactly the appropriate site for these discussions!
To Cholly,
Not entitled, Harlem has always been predominantly black and welcoming to all.
When these developers, builders, and bankers have meetings, buy land, and discuss what will be built and where, they don’t care about who will be displaced. It’s all about the Benjamins (Money)
Most of us are not being evicted because we already know we can’t and won’t be able to afford the high rent so we get out before the eviction proceedings start.
No, they’re not called luxury buildings (I think the term used is AFFORDABLE) but the rent for most in the area will be UNAFFORDABLE. Let’s call it what it is affordable buildings with uber luxury rent.
Most people including myself are not looking for a handout. Some who can’t afford the luxury rent prices don’t live in NYCHA or have Section 8.
Cholly, you don’t know who I will vote for in the mayoral election just like I don’t know if you work with and are being paid by those trying to get rid of Harlem and it’s Rich History.
Make Your Ancestors Proud!!!
displace whom? it’s an empty land dude. As far as it’s below the market rate, it means it’s being subsidized by tax payers and it’s good for the existing residents.
Excuse me, his name is Chollo, please address him correctly.
JK, Dide, displaced from what we know and love.
Family, Friends, and Our Community.
It’s much more than empty lots and overpriced apartments (It’s All About Our Beloved Harlem)
HARLEM STRONG!
lol are you kidding me? You’d prefer an empty lot over a building just because the building’s residents have income that might be higher than the median of Harlem? Give me a break
No one has mentioned the impact the additional population will have on the bus and subway in this area. Subway at 145 and LENOX
is a very short platform. Crosstown bus is usually packed when it hits Lenox from both directions.
Great news! We need more affordable housing for the seniors. I’m 61 1/2 and have an annual income of $30,108 I hope I qualify when the building is ready and applications are out. I just want a clean, affordable safe place to live! Please could you provide me with a one bedroom apartment application? Much appreciated!
JK, No I do not perfer empty lots but i do care what goes on the lot.
Harlem and the other boroughs have plenty of brand new apartment buildings, restaurants, and bars. Let’s build what’s needed affordable, I repeat affordable homes (apartments) for seniors, and those in need, state of the art schools,
trade school, and community centers for all (especially our young people)
Enjoy your evening. (It’s time for me to have dinner and prepare for a peaceful night sleep)
Jackie, what you hope is very impractical. Many people – including those you mentioned – are getting priced out from Manhattan and the trend has been going on for decades. What you are saying makes sense only if you’re actually not welcoming new comers (including those in need) and only keeping the current residents somehow and that means either heavy government subsidy or the current residents suddenly getting richer. Or just building more housing to welcome all without increasing the overall rent
Here go, Harlem come
This could uproot Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters. His organization is currently located on the proposed development site. BTW, Bruce Teitelbaum is a developer of the site and served as the Chief of Staff for then-NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Why did NYC Council Member Yusef Salaam agree to this type of monstrosity of a residential development? I’m very disappointed in the man who is one of the Exonerated 5, now a member of the NYC Council. Where can Rev. Sharpton set up shop if that happens? Real estate in NYC is getting more expensive, even for a civil rights organization like National Action Network.
Please stop building buildings in Harlem. Let Harlem rest and be a landmark. Half the residents here cannot afford the rent increases. Harlem is too overcrowded and overpriced. We do not need anymore buildings. Stop. No more. We are at capacity.