The New York City Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC) will soon relocate to the Equitable Building, a historic office tower at 120 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District. As the agency’s new headquarters, the two-floor suite totals more than 109,000 square feet on the building’s second and third floors.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1399 Myrtle Avenue, a nine-story mixed-use building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by Angelo Ng and Anthony Ng Architects Studio and developed by Yao Zhang under the 1397 Myrtle LLC, the structure yields 49 residences, 34 enclosed parking spaces, ground-floor commercial space, and community facility space on the second floor. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 15 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $66,000 to $187,330.
Permits have been filed to convert a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 1654 Grand Avenue in Morris Heights, The Bronx. Located between West 174th Street and West 176th Street, the lot is near the 176th Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Isaac Friedman is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is finishing up on Eagle + West, a pair of stepped and cantilevering 30- and 40-story residential towers at 227 West Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by OMA and Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Brookfield Property Partners and Park Tower Group, the project yields 745 units in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 224 residences designated as affordable housing. Marmol Radziner is the interior designer, DeSimone Consulting Engineers served as the structural engineer, Thornton Tomasetti was the façade consultant, and Highbury Concrete constructed the property, which is located at the corner of Eagle and West Streets. James Corner Field Operations designed the adjacent riverfront esplanade to the west.
The affordable housing lottery is closing and applications are due for Trio, a ten-story mixed-use building at 27-19 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Apply now via NYC Housing Connect for 11 units, eligible to residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in income from $88,835 to $187,330. Gross monthly rents for studios are $2,591, one-bedrooms are $2,738, and two-bedrooms are $3,223, and all residents get two months of free rent on the initial lease term for all units. The structure is developed by Thomson Development and designed by Andres Escobar, and yields a total of 30 residences and 5,039 square feet of lower-level retail space.
