Façade Work Nears Completion on Edgemere Commons Building B1 in Far Rockaway, Queens
Exterior work is nearing completion on Edgemere Commons’ second all-affordable housing building at 5119 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Tishman Speyer’s TS Communities, the company’s affordable housing development platform, the 247,000-square-foot structure will yield 237 rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 36 reserved for the formerly homeless, as well as 8,000 square feet of retail space and 7,500 square feet of community facility space. The property, also known as Edgemere Commons Building B1, is located between Beach 50th and Beach 53rd Streets, across from its sister development, Building A1.