Affordable housing

Rendering of The Peninsula affordable housing campus - WXY Architecture + Urban Design

Permits Filed for 1201 Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point, The Bronx

Permits have been filed for a 16-story mixed-use building at 1201 Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of Tiffany Street and Spofford Avenue, the corner lot is closest to the Longwood Avenue subway station, serviced by the 6 train. New York City Economic Development Corporation is developing the building as part of The Peninsula, a multi-building campus that will create 740 affordable housing units, 17,000 square feet of retail, 52,000 square feet of public open space, 56,000 square feet of light industrial space, 53,500 square feet of community facilities, an education center, and multiple health and wellness components.

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Rendering of 834 Pacific Street

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 834 Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

The housing lottery is now open for 834 Pacific Street, a six-story mixed-use development in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Developed by Happy Living Development and designed by Issac & Stern Architects, the building yields a total 84 rentals in a mix of studios, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. Available on NYC Housing Connect are the 34 apartments for residents at 130 percent of the area median income, ranging in eligible income from $65,143 to $183,300.

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Aerial rendering of 1159 River Avenue - Urban Quotient

19-Story Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground at 1159 River Avenue in the South Bronx

Construction has officially broken ground at 1159 River Avenue, a new 245-unit affordable housing project in the Concourse section of the South Bronx. Designed by Urban Quotient, the 19-story building will comprise 240,000 square feet. In addition to income-restricted and supportive housing, the structure will contain residential amenity spaces and a new ground-floor supermarket.

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The Charlotte’s Façade Rising Quickly at 25 Christopher Columbus Drive in Jersey City

Façade work is progressing on The Charlotte, a 57-story mixed-use skyscraper at 25 Christopher Columbus Drive in Jersey City. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects for Mack-Cali’s Roseland Residential Trust, the 626-foot-tall reinforced concrete superstructure topped out back in early September, and its glass and metal curtain wall has since risen more than halfway to the parapet. The property will yield 750 units with interior design by Fogarty FingerMelillo + Bauer Associates is the landscape architect, DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the structural engineer, AMA Consulting Engineers is the mechanical engineer, and KSS Architects is the designer of the school that will be located in the podium.

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