On September 28, we held a virtual topping off ceremony to celebrate the completion of the structural phase for Starhill. There were over 100 participants, which included Bronx Pro Group, construction partners, funders, community members and Services for the UnderServed (S:US) board members and staff.
Starhill Phase I will create 325 units of supportive and affordable housing at 1600 Grand Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.
(Bronx, NY) – Today, Services for the UnderServed (S:US) and Bronx Pro Group LLC (BPG) celebrated a housewarming for residents at the newly opened supportive and affordable housing complex at 1769 Jerome Avenue in The Bronx. A joint venture between S:US and BPG, the Jerome Court redevelopment marks the transformation of an old, two-story Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building into a brand-new 16-story, 144,000 square-foot mixed-use building. The building includes 175 total units, consisting of 105 supportive housing units, 69 affordable housing units and 1 superintendent’s unit. The supportive housing units will be home to a mix of households, including formerly homeless individuals and families leaving shelters who experience behavioral health challenges.
A joint venture between Bronx Pro and Services for the UnderServed has broken ground on Starhill Phase I, a 326-unit affordable development in the Bronx area of New York City. A total of 200 units will be set aside for individuals experiencing homelessness, while the remaining 126 units will be reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 Percent of the area median income
"Calvin Hemby didn’t know what awaited him following his 2019 prison release stemming from a fourth-degree grand larceny conviction, but his first goal was to find permanent housing. For two years, Hemby tried his luck at numerous housing lotteries but no dice... The 65-year-old’s fortune changed in January when he received a call from nonprofit The Fortune Society, who offered him housing at The Trinity-Reverend William James Senior Apartments, a new multifamily senior residence in Morrisania with a unique housing mission: reserving housing for formerly homeless and incarcerated seniors."
“Construction is expected to begin in January on Melrose North, a residential development that will bring 171 units of supportive and affordable housing to 925 Courtlandt Avenue in South Bronx’s Morrisania neighborhood. In a partnership between developer Bronx Pro Group and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the $92 million project will be built on a vacant NYCHA waste facility site.”
Peter Magistro’s Bronx Pro Group has closed on the latest deal by the New York City Housing Authority to have private developers build affordable homes on its land.
Called Melrose North, the $92 million project will create 171 units of supportive and affordable housing on a disused NYCHA waste facility on Courtlandt Avenue between East 162nd Street and East 163rd Street in the South Bronx.
Construction is expected to start in January on the site at 925 Courtlandt Avenue, a vacant lot that housed a trash compactor serving NYCHA’s Morrisania development. The site was awarded in July 2018 to Bronx Pro Group and Services for the UnderServed (S:US) and through a RFP and NYCHA entered into a ground lease with the developers.
“Residential development firm Bronx Pro Group, which specializes in the construction of affordable housing properties, has released preliminary renderings of a new, 16-story mixed-use building in Mount Hope, The Bronx. The proposed building is located at 1769 Jerome Avenue and could yield 175 rental units, along with 7,667 square feet for a retail tenant and community facilities. The project scope also includes the design of pedestrian areas and improved landscaping.”
“A planned housing development promises to bring more affordable housing to the Bronx.
The project, with 53 units, is being built on a currently under-utilized lot in Fordham.
The eight-story building would offer affordable units to a wide range of income levels, including a set aside for the formerly homeless, and employ innovative environmentally sustainable construction techniques.
Councilman Ritchie Torres and Bronx Pro Group revealed renderings of the development during a press conference at the site on Wednesday, January 23.”
“FORDHAM HEIGHTS -
A vacant lot in Fordham that has been called an eyesore will soon be undergoing a major makeover.
An eight-story building will soon occupy the lot at 4697 Third Ave., offering 53 affordable, multihousing units.
Councilman Ritchie Torres secured the $32.6 million investment, which will be developed by Bronx-Pro. It will be a mixed-use development containing nearly 9,500 square feet of ground floor retail.”
"The city has selected developers to build 400 units of affordable housing on 67 small, vacant and publicly owned lots.
The lots — grouped together into seven clusters in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan — will be the sites of 100% affordable housing, Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer will announce Monday.
'One of the key drivers of the housing plan is the creative use of public land, which is in increasingly short supply,' Torres-Springer said.
'Through new programs, (Housing Preservation and Development) is looking to unlock the development of its remaining small sites scattered across the city’s neighborhoods.'"
Delta Air Lines volunteers helped build a playground for Bronx kids in Morrisania (MICHAEL SCHWARTZ/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
"The nonprofits DreamYard and KaBOOM!, with help from volunteers from Delta Air Lines, built a play area in a single day Saturday on Washington Ave. near E. 166th St. in Morrisania that was dreamed up and designed by kids."
Diaz will fund several affordable housing units in his upcoming budget, including projects at 3363-3365 Third Ave. and at 1761 Walton Ave. (L-R)
"THE BRONX — Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. plans to spend more than $3 million to help build roughly 800 units of affordable housing throughout the borough in his budget for the 2017 fiscal year.
'From new units for low-income seniors, veterans, the formerly homeless and more, our allocations this year will help a wide range of individuals find and keep an affordable home, right here in The Bronx,' Diaz said."
2264 Morris Avenue, rendering via HPD
"The city and a group of developers broke ground Monday on an 11-story affordable and supportive housing development in the University Heights section of the Bronx.
Much of the building at 2264 Morris Avenue will house working-class families, but 31 units will offer supportive housing, according to a press release from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Of those 31 apartments, 17 will be reserved for young adults with mental illness aging out of foster care, and 14 will go to homeless adults struggling with mental illness. The 61 remaining units will rent to families who earn between $29,400 to $50,340."
"Jesica Blandon from the DreamYard Project organizes library books as she works to set up the Ideas Box, a portable multimedia center. PHOTO: CLAUDIO PAPAPIETRO FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
"An educational tool used in remote refugee camps from Lebanon to Burundi is coming to the Bronx.
The Ideas Box, a portable multimedia center, will be unveiled in Hayden Lord Park in the University Heights neighborhood Wednesday. Students from Middle School 390 have been invited to check out its offerings, which include books, cameras, tablet computers and laptops.
The project stems from a partnership between French-based nonprofit Libraries Without Borders, the Alexander Soros Foundation and the New York Public Library. Originally designed to provide web access and educational materials to refugees in isolated areas, the program has since expanded its scope—and reach—to France, Australia and now New York City."
"The Hawaii agency regulating development in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, has chosen New York’s Bronx Pro Group LLC to build a low-income rental project that will include smaller, efficient units such as micro-units, a spokeswoman for the agency confirmed to PBN.
The Hawaii Community Development Authority, which had issued a request for proposals for the project, chose Bronx Pro’s development team of EAH Housing, Sustainable Living Innovations LLC, Construction Management & Development Hawaii LLC and Swinerton Builders to develop the 10,400-square-foot parcel at 630 Cooke St., located between Sunshine Scuba and Baby Emporium, that’s currently being used as a surface parking lot.
The $33 million Nohana Hale project includes 105 low-income, energy-efficient micro-units in two separate 17-story towers set upon a two-level podium, which will house the lobby, living room, community spaces and management offices."
The colorful exterior of 3361 Third Avenue. PHOTO: ADRIENNE GRUNWALD FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
When Bronx residents watched a 300-foot crane lower 90,000-pound blue- and red-accented modules onto a former used-car lot, the construction process reminded them of a familiar childhood toy.
So the locals dubbed it the Lego Building.
Read MoreOn Veterans Day, The Mission Continues partnered with the Bronx Pro Group, The DreamYard Project, and the Sustainable South Bronx to embark on neighborhood revitalization at Hayden Lord Park and the Andrews Avenue corridor. The project was featured on MSNBC's 'All In with Chris Hayes.' Hayes sat down with Spencer Kympton of The Mission Continues to give an overview of the organization and tell about some of the projects they are working on such as the project at Hayden Lord Park and the surrounding area.
On Veterans Day, November 11, 2014 The Bronx Pro Group continued its partnership with The Mission Continues, The DreamYard Project, and Sustainable South Bronx for another amazing day of service to revitalize and beautify the Bronx. Veterans and community members gathered to enhance tree pits, create mosaics, and participate in community canvassing on the Andrews Avenue corridor between 175th & 176th Street.
Photo courtesy of Dancing in the Streets
"Bronx parks will play stage this August when Dancing In the Streets launches a series of site-specific performances called Dancing Through the Bronx.
The 30-year-old organization specializes in innovative public performances, which it will bring to three Bronx parks over the course of several days.
“Free, adventurous performances in unexpected places,” is how director Aviva Davidson describes the site-specific dances created to incorporate the environment.
Previously a city-wide program, Dancing in the Streets relocated to the south Bronx in 2011 and shifted its focus to promoting natural, architectural, and cultural treasures of the Bronx through dance, said Davidson.
Dancing in the Streets in committed to putting down roots in the Bronx, said Davidson, and they have been building relationships with other local organizations. In the case of the Dancing Through the Bronx series, the locations were chosen based on the involvement of organizations who wanted help bringing attention to certain areas.
One performance will be at Wave Hill in Riverdale; the second at Hayden Lord Park in Morris Heights, presented with Bronx Pro Real Estate Management; and the third at Owen Dolen Park in Westchester Square, presented by Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance and Westchester Square BID."
"A once vacant lot has officially opened as a brand new park in University Heights.
The Hayden Lord Park on Andrews Avenue and West 175th Street quickly filled Tuesday with kids and adults who wanted to check out the transformed space.
The opening ceremony saw tears and sadness for the park's namesake, Hayden Lord. The park was built from a collaboration between the Lord family and developer Peter Magistro, who has been building up University Heights for years.
The Lords say they find joy that this park will bring happiness to others, all in the name of their loved one's legacy.
The park has something for everyone, including a playground, a performance gazebo and an organic farm. It also has European-inspired mosaics, an artistic touch from nonprofit group The Dream Yard Project, which received funding from the real estate company Bronx Pro Group and JPMorgan Chase.
Magistro says he hopes the unique park will not only attract people from the Bronx, but also from all over the city."
