Architecture

Edwin's Place

Robert A.M. Stern-Designed Affordable Housing at 3 Livonia Avenue Approved by City Planning, Brownsville

Yesterday, the New York City Planning Commission unanimously approved a new affordable housing development for 3 Livonia Avenue, in Brownsville. This will be the fifth project in Brooklyn by the non-profit partnership of Breaking Ground and The African American Planning Commission Inc. The development, named Edwin’s Place, will create 125 rental units for homeless and low-income families, and comes as part of the Mayor’s housing initiative to build 80,000 new, affordable units over a span of ten years.

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225 Jamaica Avenue

Permits Filed for 222-25 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village, Queens

Only a few blocks away from the Queens Village LIRR station, and roughly an hour-long commute from Manhattan, permits have been filed for a large four-story commercial building at 222-25 Jamaica Avenue. The Queens neighborhood is famous for small picket-fence yards, so the new development will be a substantial change of pace.

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Stamford Urby

URBY Breaks Ground on Its Fourth Iteration in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut

Today YIMBY has the latest on RXR’s imminent opening of Atlantic Station in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut, but that isn’t the only news out of the city. Yesterday was the groundbreaking event for yet another new rental, by Urban Ready Living ( i.e. URBY), which will be building its fourth iteration, following others in Staten Island, Jersey City, and Harrison, NJ. The development occupies a 4.3-acre lot, and is being built by Ironstate Development Co., in a joint venture partnership with Brookfield Property Group. Stamford Mayor David Martin also participated in the event, and expressed joy for finally filling the space he referred to as the infamous “hole in the ground.”

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