Affordable housing

Foundation Work Underway For 16-Story, 522-Unit Residential Building At 325 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg

4:00 pm on February 16, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In May of 2015, excavation work kicked off at 325 Kent Avenue on the first building in Two Trees Management Company’s Domino Sugar Refinery mega-development, in western Williamsburg. Excavation has since wrapped up and foundation work is well underway, as seen in photos courtesy of Tectonic. A 16-story, 401,246-square-foot mixed-use building is being built and will include a total of 522 residential units, 105 of which will be rented at below market-rates through the affordable housing lottery. The apartments will average 712 square feet apiece. Additionally, there will be 9,378 square feet of retail space broken up into multiple spaces on the ground and second floors. SHoP Architects is the design architect and completion is expected in 2017.

126-30 Locus Manor Lane, image via Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 126-30 Locust Manor Lane, South Jamaica, Queens

7:00 am on February 16, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

D&F Development Group is working on four residential buildings in a far-flung piece of South Jamaica, Queens, and now they’ve filed plans for the fifth piece of their project at 126-30 Locust Manor Lane.

80-Story, 815-Unit Condominium Tower Rises Above Street Level At 252 South Street, Lower East Side

4:00 pm on February 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In October, complete renderings were revealed of Extell Development’s 80-story, 815-unit condominium tower at 252 South Street, in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side. At the time, foundation work was the main focus, but now the core of the tower is beginning to rise and is above street level, Bowery Boogie reports. The project is dubbed One Manhattan Square and being designed by Adam Associates. It will include 90,000 square feet of amenity space in total and a separate 13-story, 205-unit affordable residential building. There will also be roughly 20,000 square feet of retail space. Completion is expected in 2019.

200-Unit Affordable Complex Coming to 1000 Fox Street & 960 Simpson Street, Longwood, Bronx

8:00 am on February 12, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Plans have been filed for two affordable rental buildings in the Longwood section of the South Bronx, close to the Simpson Street stop on the 2 and 5 trains.

City Council hearing on Zoning for Quality and Affordability. photo by Rebecca Baird-Remba

City Council Questions Extra Height, Parking Reductions for Affordable & Senior Housing

8:00 am on February 11, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The city’s top housing officials spent Wednesday trading barbs with the City Council, defending sweeping changes to the zoning code that would allow taller buildings and smaller parking lots for affordable and senior housing projects.

680 Baltic Street courtyard, rendering via SLCE Architects

Park Slope Key Food Developers Unveil Details for 120 Fifth Avenue at Contentious Public Meeting

7:00 am on February 11, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

During a raucous and packed public meeting on Tuesday night, developer Avery Hall Investments laid out their plans for a seven-story apartment building with retail and a grocery store, which will replace a Key Food at 120 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

City Planning Director Carl Weisbrod, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and HPD Commissioner Vicki Been testify about Mandatory Inclusionary Housing during a hearing on Tuesday.

City Council Demands Lower Income Apartments, Union Labor for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing

7:30 am on February 10, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The City Council held its first day of hearings Tuesday on mandatory inclusionary housing, a major citywide policy that will mandate affordable units in all new developments planned on rezoned land. Several council members grilled Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, HPD Commissioner Vicki Been, and City Planning Director Carl Weisbrod on the program, railing about the lack of low-income units and union labor and demanding better protections against tenant harassment and displacement.

Rendering showing the HFZ Capital's Moshe Safdie-designed mixed-use tower with the Empire State Building behind it. (Rendering presented in October)

HFZ’s 64-Story Moshe Safdie Tower Hinges On Restoration Of Gilsey House

7:00 am on February 10, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Back in October, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard a proposal that would remake a good chunk of West 29^th Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue. It would include restoring two landmarks and construction of a 64-story mixed-use tower. The hearing in October was paused because of the late hour and lack of quorum, and when it resumed on Tuesday, it became clear that one aspect of it was the big stumbling block.

First Look At 11- And Six-Story Affordable Residential Project At 1766-1768 Second Avenue, Upper East Side

6:30 am on February 10, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In December of 2014, YIMBY reported on applications for an 11-story residential building at 1766 Second Avenue and a six-story one at 1768 Second Avenue, in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side, on the corner of East 92nd Street. Now, Curbed NY has on-site renderings of the project, which has received the go-ahead by the Department of Buildings. The latest filings call for 30,127 and 14,104 square-foot buildings, respectively, with a combined total of 25 residential units, all of which would rent at below-market rates. Units will average 1,348 square feet apiece and will come in two- and three-bedroom layouts. There will also be a total of 3,676 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Extell Development is developing and Curtis + Ginsberg Architects is the architect of record. Two five-story tenement buildings were demolished in December and completion is expected in mid 2017.

Seven-Story, 50-Unit Mixed-Use Building Wraps Up Construction At 260 West 153rd Street, Harlem

6:00 am on February 10, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In Early 2015, YIMBY revealed renderings of L+M Development Partners’ planned seven-story, 50-unit mixed-use building at 260 West 153rd Street, in Harlem. Since then the project has wrapped up construction, according to DNAinfo. The 75,484 square-foot structure is completely clad in brick façade and its windows have been installed. There will be 14,331 square feet of community facility space on the ground and second floors, which will be occupied by a day care and offices for a local community organization. The apartments above will all rent at below market-rates. Thirty-four of them – studios, one-, and two-bedrooms – are already listed on the affordable housing lottery. Curtis + Ginsberg Architects is behind the design and occupancy is expected within the coming months.

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