logo CityLand
      • Home
      • About CityLand
      • CityLand Sponsors
      • Filings & Decisions
      • Commentary
      • Archive
      • Resources
      • CityLaw
      • Current Issue

    Affordable and Environmentally Friendly Senior Housing Project Opens in Queens

    Senior Housing  •  Corona, Queens

    HANAC Corona Senior Residence at 54-17 101st Street, Queens. Image Credit: Alexander Severin/HANAC Inc.

    The development provides housing and supportive services to formerly homeless seniors. On May 29, 2019, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced the grand opening of HANAC’s $36 million Corona Senior Residence at 54-17 101St Street in Corona, Queens. The newly constructed eight-story housing project is environmentally friendly and comes with 67 affordable studio and one-bedroom residences, 21 of which are for formerly homeless seniors. The building features an early childhood education center on the ground floor administered by the New York City School Construction Authority. The “Passive House” building was designed by Think! Architecture and Design in consultation with the Association for Energy Affordability. (read more…)

    Tags : “Passive House” standards, 54-17 101st Street, affordable housing, Corona, Energy efficient housing, Enterprise Green Community Standards, HANAC Housing, HANAC Inc., HPD's Senior Affordable Rental Apartments Program, Low-income senior housing, NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Standards, Queens, senior housing
    Date:06/11/2019
    Category : Department of Housing Preservation & Development
    Leave a Comment

    Private Development of City-Owned, Blighted Property to Bring 54 Units of Affordable Housing

    ULURP  •  Melrose, Bronx

    Rendering of proposed new nine-story building at the corner of Brook Avenue and East 156th Street in the Bronx. Image Credit: CPC/Dattner Architects.

    The development seeks to activate the streetscape in the area by removing the existing dangerous condition posed by a long-abandoned railroad trench. On March 27, 2019, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and developer Phipps Houses that will bring 54 units of affordable housing to the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. The application calls for the disposition of City-owned property, a rezoning, the grant of a special permit and designation of the proposed development site as Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Option 1. The development site is located at the corner of East 156th Street and Brook Avenue, across from Via Verde, a relatively recent environmentally-conscious residential complex, also built by Phipps Houses. (read more…)

    Tags : 156 Brook, affordable housing, City Planning Commission, Disposition of City-owned property, Enterprise Green Community Standards, Housing for the formerly homeless, HPD, HPD ELLA Program, MIH, Phipps Houses, Phipps Neighborhoods, ULURP
    Date:04/18/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
    Leave a Comment

    HPD and Private Developers Partner to Bring 235-Unit Affordable Building to Bedford-Stuyvesant

    ULURP  •  Bedford/Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Rendering of proposed 14-story development at 1921 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. Image Credit: CPC.

    The project will be financed under an HPD program that requires low and extremely low income affordability and set-asides for the formerly homeless. On March 27, 2019, the City Planning Commission voted to approve an application that will bring a 14-story affordable mixed-use development with 235 residential units to 1921 Atlantic Avenue in the Bedford/Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The application was brought by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in conjunction with DTF Atlantic, a joint venture between two developers, Dabar Development Partners and Thorobird Companies. City Planning held a public hearing on the application on February 27, 2019. (read more…)

    Tags : 1921 Atlantic Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, City Planning Commission, Enterprise Green Community Standards, HPD, HPD ELLA Program, Rezoning, Saratoga Square Urban Renewal Plan, Special Mixed use District, UDAAP, Urban Pathways
    Date:04/02/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
    (1) Comment

    Subscribe To Free Alerts

    In a Reader

    Desktop Reader Bloglines Google Live Netvibes Newsgator Yahoo! What's This?

    Follow Us on Social Media

    twitterfacebook

    Search

    Search by Category

      City Council
      CityLaw
      City Planning Commission
      Board of Standards & Appeals
      Landmarks Preservation Commission
      Economic Development Corporation
      Housing Preservation & Development
      Administrative Decisions
      Court Decisions
      Filings and Decisions
      CityLand Profiles

    Search by Date

    © 1997-2010 New York Law School | 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212.431.2100 | Privacy | Terms | Code of Conduct | DMCA | Policies