Affordable housing

Revealed: Eight-Story, 166-Unit Mixed-Use Affordable Project at 546 East 142nd Street, Mott Haven

6:30 am on January 23, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A rendering has been revealed of the newly planned eight-story, 166-unit mixed-use project at 546 East 142nd Street, a.k.a. 349 St. Ann’s Avenue, in the South Bronx’s Mott Haven section. The project, dubbed The Park Haven, will contain about 13,000 square feet of space for a grocery store, as well as 9,000 square feet of community space for a workforce development program, DNAinfo reported. All of the apartments, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, will rent at below-market rates. Thirty percent will be designated for homeless families, while the remaining 70 percent will be offered through the affordable housing lottery.

1350 Bedford Avenue. drawing by AECOM via DCP

Nine Stories of Affordable Housing Headed for 1350 Bedford Avenue, Crown Heights

7:30 am on January 19, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

A long-vacant lot at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Pacific Streets in Crown Heights is set to become a nine-story affordable rental building.

Revealed: 12-Story, 305-Unit Affordable Mixed-Use Project Planned at 443 East 162nd Street, Melrose

6:30 am on January 17, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Renderings have been revealed of the 12-story, 305-unit mixed-use project at 443 East 162nd Street, located on the corner of Brook and Elton avenues in the South Bronx’s Melrose section. The project’s developers—the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corp. (WHEDco.), BFC Partners, the the city’s Housing Preservation & Development (HPD)—broke ground on it last week, Curbed NY reported.

Façade Installation Underway on 25-Story, 714-Unit Mixed-Use Building at 300 Livingston Street, Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on January 13, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Façade installation is now up to the 17th floor on the 25-story, 714-unit mixed-use building, which topped out in October, at 300 Livingston Street, located on the corner of Bond Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The structure can be seen thanks to a photo posted to the YIMBY Forums. The latest building permits indicate the project will encompass 734,312 square feet and rise 250 feet to its main roof, or 271 feet to the top of the bulkhead.

125 Edgewater Street, rendering by Caliendo Architects

Revealed: 125 Edgewater Street, Three-Building, 400-Unit Residential Project in Rosebank, Staten Island

7:30 am on January 11, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

A massive residential development is poised to reshape a sleepy stretch of industrial waterfront in Rosebank, along the eastern shore of Staten Island. YIMBY has the first look at the complex, which will stretch across three buildings and 18 acres at 125 Edgewater Street.

NYCHA Proposes Up to 250 Affordable Residential Units at Harborview Terrace, 520 West 55th Street, Hell’s Kitchen

7:00 am on January 11, 2017 By Reid Wilson

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is reviving plans for an affordable residential building at the Harborview Terrace public housing complex at 520 West 55th Street, in Hell’s Kitchen. The new building, to rise on a parking lot next to the complex’s northern tower, would contain between 200 and 250 affordable apartments, DNAinfo reported. The city is scheduled to launch a request for expression of interest (RFEI) this spring after hosting meetings where the community can offer input. The selected development team would ground-lease the property for 99 years. Construction is projected to begin in 2019.

16-Story, 300-Unit Mixed-Use Building Planned at 533 Mercer Street, Jersey City

6:00 am on January 11, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Sequoia Development Group and GRID Real Estate are planning a 16-story, 300-unit mixed-use building at 533 Mercer Street, located on the corner of Jordan Avenue in the McGinley Square section of Jersey City. Dubbed 289 Jordan, it would include apartments ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, of which 56 units, or roughly 19 percent, would be designated as affordable. There would also be 4,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, Jersey Digs reported. Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects is responsible for the design. Before the as-of-right project can rise, a collection of single- to three-story mixed-use structures must first be demolished.

902 Jennings Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: Eight Stories of Supportive Housing for the Homeless at 902 Jennings Street, Crotona Park East

7:30 am on January 10, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Supportive housing serving homeless victims of domestic violence is coming to Crotona Park East, in the southwestern Bronx.

Permits Filed: 96 New Lots Avenue, 300-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Brownsville

7:30 am on January 9, 2017 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Albany still hasn’t resurrected the 421-a tax exemption program, and developers of big affordable housing projects have become tired of waiting for a tax break that may not return. Now Procida Companies is pushing forward with one of those developments, a 300-unit affordable housing complex at 96 New Lots Avenue in Brownsville.

City Launching Plans for New Inwood Library with Affordable Housing Component at 4790 Broadway

11:45 am on January 6, 2017 By Reid Wilson

The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is partnering with the New York Public Library and the Robin Hood Foundation to explore redevelopment opportunities at 4790 Broadway, the site of the two-story Inwood Library, The Real Deal reported. A new building would retain the existing library and 100 percent of its residential units would be designated as affordable, although the scale of the project is unclear. The city will launch a request for proposals once workshops, where community members can give input, are held later this month. The proposal will have to be approved through the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP).

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