The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and 8th Regiment Partners have launched the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) for the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory in Kingsbridge Heights, The Bronx. Plans outline a two-phase project that will transform the historic site into a multi-use community hub. The project is backed by over $215 million in city, state, and federal funding and is expected to bring more than $2 billion in economic impact and over 3,300 jobs to the area.
The redevelopment’s first phase will repurpose the Armory’s 180,000-square-foot Drill Hall into a mixed-use space featuring an event venue, sports fields, cultural and commercial areas, over 25,000 square feet of community space, and an educational facility focused on workforce development. This phase is targeted for completion in 2030. Phase two will involve redevelopment of the adjacent National Guard site to construct approximately 450 units of permanently affordable rental housing, projected for completion in 2032.
Photograph of Kingsbridge Armory, via edc.nyc
Launching the ULURP follows a nine-month community engagement process involving over 4,000 Bronx residents and is guided by the “Together for Kingsbridge Vision Plan.” Construction will be carried out under a project labor agreement to ensure fair wages.
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All the huge roof facing SW should be covered in solar panels. City officials really need to start thinking solar panels.
They need to make that housing component as “invisible” as possible. No half-assed attempts to mirror the Romanesque architecture… Just clear minimal glass that gives a dramatic reflection of the armory.
Hard to see how the “adjacent National Guard site” could possibly yield 450 housing units, unless it was a super tall “sliver” building.
There’s two small structures adjacent to the site just north. Those would be demolished and the plan is for two large apartment buildings. That is the old render above.
Correction, one large apartment building with a massing that looks like two.
This white elephant has had so many failed plans, I can’t belive this one will succeed. I worked on a Macy’s commercial there 15 years ago, the basements / subbasements are completely flooded. Can’t imagine it’s in better shape now. good canditate for a facade-ectomy, tear down the drill hall keep the front, build aparments call it a day.
Any plan for this armory (and another in Brooklyn?) will be doomed as long as the local elected officials have the power to blackmail the developer into including costly “community development” projects, none of which will do anything but line the pockets of politically connected vendors. Sigh.
Yes and that’s why viable plans failed in the past. NYC politics can be really stupid sometimes