Affordable housing

105 West 108th Street. Rendering courtesy of Dattner Architects.

Construction Breaks Ground At 105 West 108th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Last week, construction broke ground on 105 West 108th Street, a forthcoming 13-story affordable housing building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by The West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing, the project will yield 84 permanent senior housing units for adults 62 years and older, with 40 units reserved for adults 55 and over who have experienced homelessness and are living with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder. The upcoming structure is part of phase two of the WSFSSH campus, and is being built on an interior lot by the corner of West 108th Street and Columbus Avenue.

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Housing Lottery Launches at 2700 Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2700 Atlantic Avenue, a 14-story mixed-use building in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Designed by Peter Pizzimenti and developed by Joel Schwartz under the 2700 Atlantic LLC, the structure yields 227 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 60 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $35,692 to $175,000.

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356 Fulton Street. Photo by Michael Young.

Construction Equipment On Site At 356 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn

Construction appears to be imminent at 356 Fulton Street, an upcoming mixed-use residenital skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Developed in a joint venture between Rabsky Group and Spencer Equity, the structure is planned to yield nearly 200 condominium units, 299 rental apartments, and 20,000 square feet of commercial space. The $400 million development will rise from a site bounded by Fulton Street, Smith Street, and Red Hook Lane. It’s unclear if MdeAS Architects and SLCE Architects, the original designers, are still part of the project, which called for a 43-story, 496-foot tall, 475,000-square foot tower with 421 units of market-rate and affordable housing, and 100,000 square feet of commercial space.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 2404 Cortelyou Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2404 Cortelyou Road, a seven-story residential building in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by Amr Ouda of Jay Architect & Engineering and developed by Cheskal Retek of A Plus 1 Management Inc., the structure yields 24 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are eight units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $98,195 to $227,500.

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Mayor Mamdani Announces Launch Of Neighborhood Builders Fast Track

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg, and HPD Commissioner Dina Levy have announced the new Neighborhood Builders Fast Track, a program intended to speed affordable housing development on City-owned land across New York City. The initiative will allow HPD to pre-qualify affordable housing developers and shorten the Request for Proposals process by about eight months for certain projects, cutting the developer selection timeline by nearly half. City officials said the first three sites slated for the program are 784-800 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, 1337 Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, and 109-43 Farmers Boulevard in Queens.

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