The Bronx is full of affordable and senior housing, but one non-profit is planning the city’s first affordable development for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors in Tremont. Plans were filed last month for the seven-story facility at 771 Crotona Park North, across from the huge park of the same name.
An anonymous Chelsea-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, 89,078-square-foot commercial-warehouse at 1302 Edward L. Grant Highway, located on the corner of West 169th Street, in the West Bronx’s Tremont section. There will be warehouse space across two sub-cellar levels and four above-grade levels. Office space will be located on the second floor. There will also be three loading berths and three off-street parking spaces. Virginia-based Butz Wilbern LTD is the architect of record. The 21,156-square-foot plot is vacant. The 167th Street stop on the 4 train is three blocks away.
Wilfred Realty Corp. has filed applications for an eight-story, 190-unit mixed-use complex at 1880 Bathgate Avenue, in the West Bronx’s Tremont section. The 173,627-square-foot project will include two eight-story components, a western one along Bathgate Avenue and an eastern one along Firefighters Boulevard. There will be 21,820 square feet of retail and 2,460 square feet of community facility space across the ground floors. The residential units above should average 786 square feet apiece, indicative of (likely below-market-rate) rental units. SLCE Architects is the architect of record. The 36,101-square-foot assemblage consists of multiple single- and two-story warehouses. Demolition permits were filed in August. The Tremont station on Metro-North Railroad is three blocks away.
Jamaica-based Phoenix Home Realty has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 2088 Bathgate Avenue, in the West Bronx’s Tremont section. It will measure 8,353 square feet and its residential units should average 821 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Gerald J. Caliendo’s Briarwood-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 33-foot-wide, 2,326-square-foot property is currently vacant. Metro-North Railroad’s Tremont station is located six blocks away.
Details and a rendering have been revealed for a seven-story, 82-unit affordable residential building planned at 775 Crotona Park North (a.k.a. 1784 Prospect Avenue), in the West Bronx’s Tremont section. Dubbed Crotona Senior Residences, it will comprise entirely of affordable housing geared specifically to LGBT seniors (although all elderly people, regardless of orientation, will be allowed to apply), Welcome2TheBronx reported. It will also include a supportive facility with services for residents in the building and around the community. New building applications have not yet been filed, but Magnusson Architecture and Planning is the design architect.
