The affordable housing lottery has launched for 266 West 96th Street, a 23-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Fetner Properties, the structure yields 171 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 52 units for residents at 70 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $40,526 to $198,250.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Mount Hope Walton Apartments, a 14-story mixed-use building at 1761 Walton Avenue in Mount Hope, The Bronx. Developed by Procida Development Group and Mount Hope Housing Corporation and designed by Aufgang Architects, the structure yields 103 income-restricted apartments and a 9,500-square-foot community gymnasium. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 86 units for residents at 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $24,515 to $140,080.
At number 12 on our year-end countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is The Brook, a 575-foot-tall residential skyscraper at 589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Witkoff Group and Apollo Global Management, the 51-story structure will span 557,973 square feet and yield 591 rental units with an average scope of 827 square feet, with 30 percent of the inventory reserved for affordable housing, as well as 68,693 square feet of retail space, a cellar level, and two floors of recreational and sports amenities. Bonetti Kozerski is the interior designer and Suffolk Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is bound by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Flatbush Avenue diagonally to the east, and Bond Street to the west.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 81-07 Kew Gardens Road, an eight-story mixed-use building in Kew Gardens, Queens. Developed by FBL Development, the structure yields 51 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 16 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $107,658 to $198,250.
Construction is rising on Jasper, a 13-story residential building at 2-33 50th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by S9 Architecture and developed by The Domain Companies, LMXD, and The Vorea Group, the 125-foot-tall structure will span 550,000 square feet and yield 499 units in studio to three-bedroom layouts with 150 reserved for affordable housing, as well as 40,000 square feet of retail space, 503 square feet for a community facility that will be built as part of the Brownfield Award, 111 enclosed parking spaces, and a 30-foot-long rear yard. Congress Builders is the general contractor for the $370 million project, which is alternately addressed as 49-20 5th Street and bound by 49th Avenue to the north, 50th Avenue to the south, and 5th Street to the east.
