NYC Parks has completed a $2.8 million reconstruction of Dawson Playground in Longwood, The Bronx. The capital improvement project was funded through the Mayor’s Community Parks Initiative, modernizing the playground with new recreational amenities, accessibility upgrades, landscaping, and infrastructure improvements designed to better serve local families and the surrounding community.
Construction has broken ground on The Willow, a six-story affordable senior housing development at 1033 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey. Designed by KNTM Architects and developed by the City of Hoboken in partnership with Community Investment Strategies, the project will deliver 36 deed-restricted affordable apartments for residents aged 55 and older, marking the first new 100-percent affordable senior housing development built in Hoboken in more than 30 years. The property is located at the southeast corner of Willow Avenue and 11th Street.
Developers have secured a $214 million financing package for Sol on Park, an affordable housing development at 3728 Park Avenue in Claremont, The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning and developed through a partnership between NYCHA, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), The NRP Group, Selfhelp Realty Group, and Foxy Management, the structure will deliver 229 permanently affordable apartments for older New Yorkers. The project is located at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and St. Paul’s Place, on New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Morris Houses campus.
Construction is complete on the Logistics Center at Hamilton, a 170,800-square-foot Class A industrial facility at 600 Horizon Drive in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. Developed by FRP Development Corp. in a joint venture with DWS, the approximately 15-acre project delivers modern warehouse space in the Hamilton submarket at the intersection of Interstate 195 and Route 130. It is the company’s first completed logistics development in the state.
Construction has broken ground on River Commons, a 17-story mixed-use affordable housing development on the campus of NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania at 1225 Gerard Avenue in Concourse, The Bronx. Designed by Bernheimer Architecture and developed by Type A Projects, BronxWorks, and L+M Development Partners, the $255 million structure will yield 328 affordable and supportive apartments. The project will also include a new healthcare facility, community space, and public open space. The property is located between East 167th and 168th Streets.
