Garden Towers Apartments, a 149-unit affordable senior housing development, recently completed construction in Morrisania, The Bronx. The development, which is made up of two residential buildings located at 1323 Boston Road and 1332 Clinton Avenue, was designed by Newman Design Architects. It was developed by Foxy Management working in partnership with HANAC Inc and JLD Advisory LLC.
Garden Towers New York City: Lendlease served as general contractor for Garden Towers, an affordable senior housing community in the Bronx developed by Foxy Management, in partnership with HANAC, Inc. and JLD Advisory LLC. (Credit: David Joshua Ford)
Each building in the Garden Towers project was designed to meet Passive House standards and Enterprise Green Communities criteria. Efficiency-oriented features include electric MEP systems, upgraded insulation, and a rooftop solar array. The two buildings are connected by a glass greenhouse walkway and offer a variety of amenities, including multipurpose rooms and a social services suite. Thirty percent of all units have been reserved for homeless seniors, and all apartments have been designated as affordable to households earning at or below 50 percent of the area median income.
Garden Towers Greenhouse Walkway: Garden Towers’ two residential buildings are connected by a glass greenhouse that serves as both a walkway between the structures and focal point for residents and visitors. (Credit: David Joshua Ford)
“Lendlease has proven time and again to be the preeminent construction partner for our affordable housing projects. Garden Towers is a state-of-the-art, health-focused senior housing complex, completed on time and on budget thanks to the close collaboration between ownership and Lendlease,” said Jeff Fox, principal of Foxy Development.
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What a great project! More of this, please.
All these new affordable buildings look like hospitals. But kudos to them for making the lobbies attractive, which they never bothered to do in the old affordable Projects.