by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | May 16, 2022 | Client News
Mixed-use and affordable housing development Caton Flats is now open in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project will provide 255 units of affordable housing capped at 40-130% of Area Median Income (AMI), along with 20,000 square feet of community space. ...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | May 11, 2022 | Client News
The affordable housing development Nevins Street Apartments opened today in downtown Brooklyn. Developed and managed by the Institute for Community Living (ICL), Nevins Street Apartments provides 129 affordable apartments, 78 of which are supportive homes reserved for...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Mar 31, 2022 | Client News
Phase One of the Peninsula, an affordable mixed-use housing development in the Bronx, is implementing a zero-waste strategy. As reported in Building Design + Construction and The Real Deal, the plan covers ways that both residents of the 740 residential units and...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Mar 31, 2022 | Firm News
Yesterday firm partner Christine A. Coletta served as a panelist for the Women in Housing & Finance – New York 2022 Women’s Executive Roundtable, a conversation with six women executives working in housing and housing finance from the architecture,...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Mar 30, 2022 | Client News
Multi-Housing News’ recent article “Affordable Housing Development Pushes On” explores the current state of affordable housing and ways that existing hurdles can be overcome to deliver much-needed developments. The author cites Sendero Verde as an...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Mar 18, 2022 | Client News
As reported in New York YIMBY, 100% affordable housing development Santaella Gardens recently had its grand opening. Developed by Acacia Network and Phipps Houses, the 249-unit building will provide housing for individuals and households earning between 30-90% of area...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Mar 14, 2022 | Firm News
The 2022 Women in Housing and Finance New York Executive Roundtable on March 30 will include HSE partner Christine A. Coletta, who will provide insights into both New York City housing development and her experiences in the legal profession. Christine will be joined...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Mar 1, 2022 | Client News
Recently opened in November 2021, the West 108th Street supportive housing complex developed by West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing (WSFSSH) has already been hailed as a “roadmap” for the approach New York City should follow to address...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Feb 24, 2022 | Client News
The affordable housing development at 6309 Fourth Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn has topped off. Developed by Fifth Avenue Committee and designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC, 6309 Fourth Avenue will provide 84 units of affordable...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Feb 22, 2022 | Client News
As reported in New York Real Estate Journal, Phipps Houses has closed on $116 million in construction financing for the fourth phase of its affordable housing project Rockaway Village in Far Rockaway, Queens. Phase IV will create two mid-rise buildings that provide...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Feb 16, 2022 | Client News
Construction has topped out at 55 Suffolk Street, the 30-story residential building developed by Gotham Organization. 55 Suffolk Street and The Norfolk Senior Housing Building at 64 Norfolk Street make up the forthcoming Broome Street Development, which will span...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Feb 14, 2022 | Client News
The Nevins Street Apartments, a residential apartment building developed by Institute for Community Living (ICL), is nearing construction completion. When finished, the 114,000 square-foot development will provide 129 affordable housing units and mental health support...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Feb 4, 2022 | Client News
New York Magazine’s recent article of innovative housing options for senior citizens featured three projects in which HSE served as counsel for the developer. In “New York’s Senior Housing Scene is Suddenly Far Less Bleak,” author Kayla Levy...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jan 25, 2022 | Client News
As reported in Multi-Housing News, BFC Partners has broken ground on the second phase of 1607 Surf Avenue, a mixed-use housing development on Coney Island. The $189 million, 10-story building will create 376 rental apartments, 9,000 square feet of community space, a...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jan 15, 2022 | Client News
As reported in Real Estate Weekly, BFC Partners has closed on what will become a 269-unit affordable housing development on the North Shore of Staten Island. The 100% affordable 475 Bay Street project will provide 131 units for individuals at or below 80% AMI and 138...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Dec 17, 2021 | Client News
American Theatre’s Editor-in-Chief Rob Weinert-Kendt’s recent article “A Big Table: What the New Irish Arts Center Means for New York” walks readers through both the design and the community impact of the new Irish Arts Center, including...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Dec 16, 2021 | Client News
In an opinion piece for Irish Central, Paul Keating details the time teaching at the original Irish Arts Center location at 553 West 51st Street and his impressions of the new space at 726 11th Avenue. Noting the high caliber of architecture, programming, and...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Dec 9, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Irish Central and New York YIMBY, the New York Irish Arts Center opened last night with an inaugural performance by artist Camille O’Sullivan. Of the Davis Brody Bond-designed building, Irish Central’s Niall O’Dowd writes, “The...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 30, 2021 | Client News
Peninsula 1A, the first phase of the redevelopment of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center into The Peninsula, opened this week with a ribbon-cutting celebration attended by stakeholders and community leaders. The 56,000 square-foot building will provide...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 23, 2021 | Client News
Ground has broken on the new Rheingold Senior Residences at 15 Monteith Street in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. When completed, Rheingold Senior Residences will provide 94 studio and one-bedroom apartments for low-income seniors. Developed by Southside United...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 17, 2021 | Client News
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the opening of The Corden, a 62-unit affordable housing development in the Bronx developed by New Destiny Housing. Formerly known as the Bryant, the Corden was renamed at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Carol Corden,...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 16, 2021 | Client News
As reported in The Real Deal, Gotham Organization has received $250 million in financing for 550 10th Avenue, which will be developed into a 430,000 square-foot mixed-use building. Approximately 30% of the building’s 453 apartments will be affordable. Amenities...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Beach Green Dunes, a 100% affordable housing development in Rockaway Beach, Queens, incorporates a “living street” landscape architecture approach that has kept the site and its residents dry even as the rest of the neighborhood flooded in Tropical Storm...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 2, 2021 | Firm News
Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP is pleased to announce that firm partners Christine Coletta and Stefanie Marazzi are featured in New York Real Estate Journal’s “2021 Women in Commercial Real Estate” issue. This special edition of NYREJ recognizes...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 2, 2021 | Client News
As reported in NIMBY, amenities for the new Gotham Point residential development have been revealed by the developers, the Gotham Organization and RiseBoro Community Partnership. Amenities for the dual-tower development will include a number of outdoor spaces,...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Nov 2, 2021 | Client News
Affordable housing development Sendero Verde has received a 2021 American Architecture Award (AAA). The AAAs are organized by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, the European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and Metropolitan...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Oct 31, 2021 | Client News
The New York Times has published an in-depth feature on the new Irish Arts Center, which is scheduled to open in December at its new location in Hell’s Kitchen. We are thrilled to have been part of the team that brought the next act of this important cultural...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Oct 21, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Patch, officials have broken ground on 811 Lexington, an affordable housing development in Bedford-Stuyvesant that will include 63 rent-stabilized apartments for senior citizens earning less than 60% area median income (AMI) and a superintendent’s...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Oct 13, 2021 | Firm News
The firm is pleased to announce that it will serve as project counsel for Stapleton Site A RFP, which will transform a City-owned site in Stapleton on the North Shore of Staten Island into 100% affordable housing. Stapleton Site A will be developed by Monadnock, the...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Oct 8, 2021 | Client News
Passive house affordable housing development Sendero Verde received an Award of Merit in the Multifamily Residence Category of the 2021 Connecticut Green Building Council Awards. Administered by the Connecticut Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, the Awards...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Oct 6, 2021 | Client News
As reported in New York Yimby, construction is progressing at the mixed-use buildings at 55 Suffolk Street and 64 Norfolk Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Together the two buildings will comprise the Broome Street Development, a 387,223 square-foot complex...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Oct 4, 2021 | Client News
A ribbon-cutting on September 29 marked the opening of the new 100% affordable senior housing development at 1490 Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, as reported in the Bronx Times, New York YIMBY, CityLand. The building provides 114 units for households making up to...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Sep 30, 2021 | Client News
The 709-unit Sendero Verde Passive House development was recently featured in the Multi-Housing News article “New-Generation Tools Redefine Energy Efficiency.” The article notes that when completed, Sendero Verde will be the tallest Passive House...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Sep 30, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Urbanize New York, construction started this week on The Eliza, a new multi-use building in Inwood at 4790 Broadway. When completed, The Eliza will provide a new home for the Inwood Branch of the New York Public Library as well as 174 affordable housing...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Sep 20, 2021 | Client News
Construction on the new Irish Arts Center has completed, as reported in New York YIMBY. When open, the Davis Brody Bond-designed Center will feature a 199-seat flexible theater, rehearsal studio classroom and rehearsal spaces, library classroom, exhibit areas, two...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Sep 14, 2021 | Client News
Real Estate Weekly, 6sqft, New York YIMBY published first-look renderings of the new Gotham Point towers that will be part of the Hunter’s Point South affordable housing development. Designed by Handel Architects, the two-tower Gotham Point will include...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Sep 14, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Sunnyside Post, The Gotham Organization announced that the first tower of the Gotham Point / Hunter’s Point South affordable housing development will be completed by the end of 2021. The South Tower, located on Parcel G between 2nd Street and...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Sep 7, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Bowery Boogie, construction progress is visible at 55 Suffolk Street, the site of the first phase of a new affordable housing complex. When completed, the 30-story building will be part of a development by the Gotham Organization and the...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Aug 26, 2021 | Client News
Construction on Bronx Point and the Universal Hip Hop Museum is progressing, as documented by Construction Equipment Guide. The article features construction photos and interviews with city officials and developer L+M Development Partners: “Bronx Point...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Aug 24, 2021 | Client News
The Far Rockaway Village and Archer Green affordable housing developments each earned a spot on Multi-Housing News’ “Top 5 Affordable Housing Projects Under Construction in NYC” list. The list is based on the size of affordable housing developments...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Aug 18, 2021 | Client News
Construction has started on Atrium at Sumner, an affordable housing development sited on the Sumner Houses campus in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Occupying a formerly vacant lot, the completed Atrium at Sumner will provide 190 apartments, 57 of...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Aug 8, 2021 | Client News
In the New York Times article “A Rebirth in the Bronx: Is This How to Save Public Housing?” author Michael Kimmelman compares two affordable housing developments in the Bronx – Edelman Houses and Baychester Houses – to highlight the differences...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jul 30, 2021 | Client News
As reported by Adventist Today and Adventist News, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today for Northeastern Towers Annex, an upcoming affordable housing development in southeast Queens that will be constructed adjacent to the existing Northeastern Towers senior...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jul 21, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Urbanize New York, permits have been filed for a 15-story residential building at 888 Fountain Avenue in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. Developed by L+M Development Partners and designed by Dattner Architects, 888 Fountain Avenue will...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jul 21, 2021 | Client News
An opinion piece in the New York Daily News cited the Bronx Point and Gotham Point / Hunters Point South affordable housing developments as examples of new developments that meet The Waterfront Alliance’s Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG).
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jul 20, 2021 | Client News
Phipps House has closed on $217 million in construction financing for the first phase of the Atlantic Chestnut affordable housing development, as reported by the New York Real Estate Journal. When completed, Atlantic Chestnut will be the largest project developed...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jul 20, 2021 | Client News
As reported in the New York Real Estate Journal, a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy was issued to the Doe Fund for the new affordable and supportive housing development at 1325 Jerome Avenue. Featuring 82 studio units, 92 one-bedroom units, 53 two-bedroom units, 27...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jun 29, 2021 | Client News
As reported in Real Estate Weekly, financing has closed on the second and final phase of Sendero Verde, a Passive House affordable mixed-use development in East Harlem. $223 million in Phase 2 financing included New York City Housing Development Corporation and New...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jun 28, 2021 | Client News
Phipps Houses has closed $217 million in construction financing for Atlantic Chestnut, an affordable housing project in East New York that Bklynr reported will be the largest development in the neighborhood since it was rezoned in 2016. The 14-story building will...
by Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP | Jun 23, 2021 | Client News
The Urban Land Institute New York has named Beach Green Dunes as one of three finalists for the 2021 Excellence in Affordable Housing Development award. The ULI New York Awards for Excellence in Development recognize every aspect of the development process, including...
