Location: Bronx, NY
Owner/Developer: Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) and BFC Partners
Project Architect: Danois Architects and WXY Studios
Location: Queens, NY
Developer: BRP Companies
Owner/Investor: BRP Companies, Goldman Sachs
Architect: FXCollaborative
Located directly across from Jamaica Terminal’s major transit hub, The Crossing at Jamaica Station is a new mixed-use affordable rental housing development consisting of a soaring 30-story tower and a 14-story midrise building featuring a striking modern building façade designed by FXCollaborative. The site, bounded by the overhead Long Island Railroad tracks and underground MTA subway system to the south, made for a uniquely challenging planning and construction process. Ultimately, the Crossing successfully integrated the best of building planning and sustainable design into a remarkably groundbreaking affordable housing project in Jamaica Queens, which has swiftly become one of New York’s fastest growing communities This 816,055-square-foot transit-oriented development offers 669 affordable apartments, ranging from 40% of AMI to 165% of AMI, as well as community facility and commercial space. The High-Rise building includes retail space at the building base, 539 rental apartments with residential amenity spaces at the 4th and 25th Floors. The Mid-Rise building includes 2 stories of community facility space at the building base (The Learning Experience) and 130 rental apartments with residential amenity spaces. Amenities for both buildings include lounges, laundry rooms, roof/outdoor plazas and landscaped terraces, fitness rooms, mailrooms, and children’s playroom. The development is designed for LEED Silver certification, as well as NYSERDA certification. Overall, The Crossing serves as a prime example of how a public/private partnership can achieve the goals of a community planning process and city and neighborhood priorities through high-quality, sustainable development.
Location: Queens, NY
Developer: LaGuardia Gateway Partners
Owner: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Architects: WSP and HOK
Long derided as one of the worst airports in the country, New York’s LaGuardia Airport was long overdue for a major renovation. In 2015, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) embarked on a major modernization and redevelopment program to position LaGuardia Airport as a world-class gateway to New York that is internationally recognized and meets the needs of the 21st century. With the recent completion of the Airport’s Terminal B in January of 2022, LaGuardia has achieved that international recognition. The Terminal B project, at a cost of $5.1 billion, is one of the largest public-private partnerships in American history. The new Terminal B includes a brand-new parking garage and an 8-mile roadway network and is anchored by a new 903,00-square foot Arrivals and Departures Hall that welcomes visitors to New York. Perhaps one of the most striking features of the new facility is the pair of pedestrian skybridges that link the main hall to two island gate concourses – the first airport in the world to feature dual skybridges. While traveling from the main hall to the concourses, passengers can enjoy extraordinary works of public art, indoor pocket parks, a variety of shops, a multitude of locally inspired dining options, and two children’s play areas. In addition to thoughtful design, the project met specific sustainability benchmarks for energy efficiency, water conservation, site selection, material selection, and waste reduction – and recycled nearly 100% of the construction debris to be used for new construction. Terminal B is the first airport terminal to achieve LEED v4 Gold certification under the more stringent LEED v4 requirements. Water-saving plumbing fixtures and LED lighting result in water savings of 43% as well as an 18% reduction in energy costs. In response to climate change-induced threats such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events, critical systems were placed on upper levels or underground in concrete; and to further mitigate impact of climate change, LaGuardia’s long-term operations plan calls for reducing the airport’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030 and net zero by 2050. It stands to note that these achievements were accomplished using more than $2 billion in contracts to Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MWBE) and more than $800 million in contracts awarded to local Queens businesses. Needless to say, the sky is the limit for the new LGA.
Location: New York, NY
Developer/Owner: Hudson River Park Trust
Lead Landscape Architect: OLIN
Location: New York, NY
Developer and Owner: Brookfield Properties and Qatar Investment Authority
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Location: Queens, NY
Owner: 7G Group and In Good Company
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects
Location: New York, NY
Owner: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Developer: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and MSK Design
Architects: Perkins Eastman Architects in association with Ennead Architects
Location: Queens, NY
Owner: New York Proton Management, LLC
Developer: Murphy & McManus
Architect: Stantec Architecture
The New York Proton Therapy Center in East Harlem is the first facility of its kind in New York State and the largest free-standing proton center in the U.S. This state-of-the-art, 135,000-square-foot facility—a collaboration between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Montefiore Health System, Mount Sinai Health System, and ProHEALTH Proton Management LLC—offers patients in the Tri-State area an advanced form of radiation treatment that targets and destroys cancer tumors while reducing the risks of harmful side-effects. The center’s design prioritizes access to daylight and creating a natural interior environment based upon a biophilic design philosophy featuring design elements to promote health and well-being amongst patients and staff. The center provides space for pre-treatment with private dressing rooms and quiet seating, treatment planning, clinical areas for exams and consultations, and an abundance of staff amenities. The expansive lobby offers space for financial counseling, patient education, a café, and a colorful play area for children. The exterior and interior design palettes were developed in line with LEED guidelines favoring utilizing, wherever possible, recyclable materials, materials with a high percentage of recycled materials, and sustainably sourced materials. The holistic design of the New York Proton Center breaks from the traditional inward facing design of proton centers to create a state-of-the-art outpatient cancer treatment center that promotes healing and prioritizes patient care.
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Developer/Owner: Brookfield Properties, Park Tower Group/Greenpoint Landing Developers
Architect: Handel Architects
One Blue Slip is a 359-unit mixed-income residential building that is the first tower and fourth building completed in the Greenpoint Landing development. This LEED Silver and NYSERDA certified development is built on an industrial site that originally served as a lumber yard, surface parking, and an auto yard. Greenpoint Landing serves to take a piece of waterfront land that was once blocked off to the community and turn it into a place for residents to enjoy. Not only do locals have access to the five acres of open space from the nearby Newtown Barge and Box Street Parks, but they can also enjoy four additional acres of lawns, picnic areas, and gardens created as part of the project. Given its waterfront location, natural disaster prevention was at the forefront of the project with elevating terracing and a gradient slope down to the waterfront helping to protect the building from future storm surges and keeping the entrances above the current FEMA flood elevation. The exterior of the building embraces the history and essence of Greenpoint with its red brick exterior and black metal framing being reminiscent of the factories that used to populate the area and of the brick townhouses nearby. Each brick in the building is irregular and hand-fired, which allows for an array of rich colors from red to purple. On the north and south faces of the building, serrated bay windows punch through the brick façade providing a sense of movement and giving residents unparalleled views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Residents have access to countless amenities including a game room, media room, co-working space, and a 7,000-square-foot exterior deck with an outdoor kitchen. The ground-floor retail space is occupied by Bridges General, a store which focuses on providing more nourishing alternatives to average convenience store food. Since the building opened to its first resident in 2018, it has been quickly leasing both its market-rate and affordable units. Above all, One Blue Slip has become a place where both tenants and neighbors can embrace all that the Greenpoint Landing waterfront has to offer.
Location: Bronx, NY
Developer/Owner: Brookfield Properties
Architect: Hill West Architects
Third at Bankside is a 458-unit mixed-income residential building located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. Upon acquisition, Brookfield Properties had to complete an extensive remediation project to remove contaminants and chemicals that were in the groundwater and soil because of the property’s many years spent as a brownfield site. This process resulted in the excavation of 17,750 tons of contaminated soil and debris, which was replaced with clean soil and stone. Once the site was ready to be developed, a three-tower building was constructed with a mix of weathered masonry, brick, glass, and metal that echoes the neighborhood’s historic industrial legacy. Inside the building, residents can enjoy sweeping views of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx, and amenities such as a pool deck, fitness center, and creative makerspace. Targeting LEED Silver certification, Third at Bankside has sustainability features throughout including landscaped green roofs, a timed lighting system, and a VRF system to eliminate the use of a cooling tower. Green space is easily accessible to both tenants and neighbors through a 34,000-square-foot public park that is the first of its kind in the Mott Haven neighborhood. The park creates a naturalized waterfront promenade and allows the community to have access to the waterfront for the first time in over a century. The retail space at Third at Bankside has been leased to the Empowerment Center, which will serve the community by providing professional development services, community events, workspace, and a coffee shop. As part of the development process, Brookfield sought to incorporate the community by partnering with Building Skills NY to provide out-of-work individuals with skills training and pairing them with subcontractors. Over 65 men and women from the South Bronx have completed this program and work on the Bankside development project. As just the first phase in a 4.3-acre development project, Third at Bankside marks the beginning of an investment in the shining future of the Bronx.
Location: New York, NY
Developers: Delancey Street Associates (a JV of L+M Development Partners, Taconic Investment Partners, BFC Partners, the Prusik Group, and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group)
Architects: SHoP Architects, Beyer Blinder Belle, Cetra Ruddy, Studios Architecture, Handel Architects
Located in the heart of Manhattan’s historic Lower East Side, the nine-site, 1.9-million-square-foot mixed-use Essex Crossing development is rising on six acres of formerly vacant land, representing one of the City’s most significant projects. Phase two adds three new buildings to the development, containing hundreds of apartments, a senior housing center, and office space. Phase two also marked significant progress on the Market Line, a natural light-filled concourse spanning the cellar level of three sites offering a wealth of curated local dining, art, music, and retail. Acting as a connecting thread, the Market Line begins in an expansive food hall and continues east for two blocks to connect buildings 2, 3, and 4. Designed by CetraRuddy, building 3 is a 14-story mixed-use space that includes 83 market-rate condominiums built atop a podium that contains 175,000 square feet of class A office space. The office space (dubbed, the Offices at Essex Crossing) spreads into the adjacent building 4, designed by Handel Architects. Rising above a 5-story, 178,000-square-foot office podium is a 19-story residential tower that includes 263 residential apartments with 121 of the units designated as affordable. Built on the site of the former Essex Street Market, 140 Essex is a new eight-story mixed-use tower designed by Beyer Blinder Belle that contains 92 fully affordable senior housing units and 9,600 square feet of ground floor retail. Residents and office tenants will have direct access to the Market Line, as well as Broome Street Gardens, a 9,000-square-foot landscaped atrium. Essex Crossing is designed to feel both familiar and grand, communicating continuity with the surrounding neighborhood using contextually relevant materials, while giving the market a new setting that reflects its pivotal role in the history and ongoing culinary tradition of New York City.
Location: New York, NY
Developer: The Howard Hughes Corporation
Architect: SHoP Architects
Location: New York, NY
Developer/Owner: L&L Holding Company
Architect: Foster+Partners
Location: New York, NY
Owner: CommonWealth Partners
Developer: Cove Property Group LLC
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Location: New York, NY
Owner: Macklowe Properties
Architect of Record: SLCE Architects
Master Plan Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
One Wall Street, the crown jewel of Ralph Walker’s brilliant architectural collaborations, contains two parts: the landmarked North Tower originally completed in 1931 by Ralph Walker; and the South Annex, completed in 1963 (not landmarked). Robert A.M. Stern Architects, and subsequently Acheson Doyle Partners Architects, the Preservation Consultants for the project, obtained Landmarks Preservation Commission approval for Macklowe Properties to renovate the historic bank tower into a 566-unit condo building. The building, once configured for office use, now features 1.2 million square feet of residential, 100,000 square feet of residential amenities and 170,000 square feet of public retail space. A five-story, vertical addition on One Wall Street’s South Annex was implemented to knit together the North Tower and the South Annex, which span two distinct architectural eras. The terraced vertical expansion is clad with historically sensitive pre-cast concrete panels matching the building’s Indiana Limestone and features four full floors of luxury residential layouts with private outdoor terraces that step up toward the North Tower. In the largest office-to-residential transformation project in the city’s history, One Wall Street has fully leased its 170,000 square feet of retail space to two lifestyle-focused retailers, including Whole Foods Market and Lifetime Athletic Club – a third retailer has been confirmed but not announced. By making a comprehensive investment toward attracting long-term residents to the Financial District, the One Wall Street project demonstrates a knowledge of – and commitment to – the contemporary and future needs of the surrounding community. Taking One Wall Street from office to mixed-use residential mirrors the dynamic and exhilarating transformation taking place in the Financial District as a whole.
Location: New York, NY
Owner/Managing City Agency: New York City Economic Development Corporation
Owner/Developer: Midtown Equities
Owner/Operator: Cipriani
Project Architect: Marvel
Location: New York, NY
Developer/Owner: Aurora Capital Associates and William Gottlieb Real Estate
Architect: BKSK Architects LLP
Location: Staten Island, NY
Developer: Kimco Realty Corp.
Architect/Designer: S9 Architecture