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    Council Subcommittee Hears Application for Affordable Homeownership Project in Bedford-Stuyvesant

    UDAAP  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Image Rendering of proposed building at 816 Herkimer Street, Cluster 2 Image Credit: City Planning

    HPD’s Open Door Program a key facet of Rochester Suydam application. On February 26, 2020, the City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions heard the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and BJF Development’s application for the disposition of City owned property, the designation of an Urban Development Action Area and the approval of a property tax exemption under Article XI of the Private Housing Finance Law. The approval would facilitate the development of seven new buildings and 78 affordable homeownership units in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The application was approved by the City Planning Commission on February 19, 2020. To read CityLand’s prior coverage of the Rochester Suydam project click here.

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    Tags : Adrienne Adams, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brookyln, Council Member Adrienne Adams, HPD, HPD Open Door Program, I. Daneek Miller
    Date:03/09/2020
    Category : City Council
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    HPD Proposes Affordable Homeownership Project in Bedford-Stuyvesant

    ULURP  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Rendering of Proposed Development at 35-37 Rochester Avenue Image Credit: City Planning

    Affordable homeownership project receives generally positive feedback. On January 22, 2020, the City Planning Commission heard an application by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development for the disposition of city-owned property and to designate three areas in the southern portion of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn as Urban Development Action Areas. The UDAAP designation would help facilitate the construction of seven new buildings and 78 affordable homeownership units. Felipe Cortez, a borough planner at HPD and Jack Heaney from Fulcrum Properties presented the application.

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    Tags : affordable homeownership, Anna Hayes Levin, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, HPD, HPD Open Door Program, ULURP
    Date:02/06/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Rezoning to Bring 330 Affordable Units to Unionport Area of Bronx

    Rezoning  •  Unionport, Bronx

    Illustrative rendering of the proposed development at 2069 Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx. Image Credit: Aufgang Architects/CPC.

    The new development will bring an affordable ownership building and a larger rental building, both financed under HPD programs. On March 13, 2019, the City Planning Commission approved an application for a rezoning in the Unionport neighborhood of the Bronx. The rezoning will facilitate a 100 percent affordable development comprised of two new buildings, containing approximately 330 units, at 2069 Bruckner Boulevard. The application was presented to City Planning by Frank St. Jacques of Akerman, LLP and Guido Subotovsky of Azimuth Development Group LLC at a public hearing held on February 27, 2019. (read more…)

    Tags : 2069 Bruckner Boulevard, Bruckner Boulevard Rezoning, City Planning Commission, HPD Mix and Match Program, HPD Open Door Program, MIH, ULURP, Unionport rezoning
    Date:03/29/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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