Construction is set to begin on the first phase of 1920 Turnbull, a 22-story affordable and supportive housing development at 1920 Turnbull Avenue in Soundview, The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning and developed by Gilbane Development, Strada Development LLC, and the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS), the nearly $170 million building will contain 228 affordable rental apartments, including 137 permanent supportive housing units for formerly homeless individuals and families. The property is located between Pugsley Avenue and White Plains Road.
The development will also include approximately 3,500 square feet of on-site office space operated by CUCS, providing residents with case management, behavioral health support, benefits assistance, employment services, and other supportive programs. Planned amenities include a 24-hour staffed lobby, outdoor recreation areas, a fitness room, community room, bicycle storage, laundry facilities, and additional resident-focused spaces.
The rendering looks west at the building, previewing a multifaceted massing with a series of stepped setbacks topped with landscaped terraces around its midpoint. The lower levels will be clad in gray paneling, while the upper stories above the setbacks will feature a white envelope. A canopy, likely with a photovoltaic array, is depicted atop the flat roof.
1920 Turnbull Avenue, via Google Maps.
A second planned building beyond 1920 Turnbull is expected to add 207 additional affordable apartments, with 15 percent of units designated as supportive housing. Together, the two phases will create a deeply affordable housing community in The Bronx.
The project is being designed to meet Passive House and Enterprise Green Communities standards and will feature fully electric heating and cooling systems, high-performance insulation, and other energy-efficient measures. The site is also participating in New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program.
Construction is slated for completion in 2029.
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This is exactly what we should be building across the outer boroughs near transit corridors (subway/rail stations and streets served by multiple bus routes) and in areas packed with commercial amenities (this is a major commercial corridor in the Bronx for example, Bruckner Plaza/the Shops at Bruckner). To the passive house standard and aesthetically pleasing.
This project was originally 14 stories, I believe the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity enabled the height increase. Correct me if I am wrong. Good density, good infill, excellent. Much more if this NYC.
Agreed, this is great!