CB2 supports Whitlock housing
Board approves letter to HPD to expedite work on the affordable housing
BY JASON COHEN
After a four year battle to construct
affordable housing at 1125 Whitlock
Ave., it appears the project may fi nally
come into fruition.
Community Board 2 recently threw
their support behind the Stagg Group,
the developers that purchased the property
back in October.
On Dec. 2, the Board’s Housing and
Land Use Committee approved a letter
of support to the NYC Department
of Housing Preservation and Development
to expedite the process. The letter
came after CB2 previously red fl agged
two other developers who were looking
into the property.
In 2017, the City Council agreed to rezone
the property, transforming it from
a manufacturing area to a residential
zone. Now under the guidance of Stagg,
the community will receive the same
project it approved but with a more concrete
plan for time, execution and collaboration.
The Stagg Group did not
proposed further changes to the building
height, envelope or overall square
footage other than what the community
board approved in 2017.
CB2 District Manager Ralph
Acevedo said he was glad Stagg took the
reigns of the project, but felt it needed
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A rendering of the affordable housing planned for 1125 Whitlock Ave.
Rendering courtesy of Stagg Group
to be built sooner rather than later.
“We’ve been waiting for this for
four years,” he said. ‘The two buildings
could have been built already. How
long do we have to wait? Another year?
We’re excited this is happening now.
We want to see this project move.”
Plans for the site include 15,000
square feet of commercial space and
a 10,000 square foot community facility.
The project will consist of two
phases and is set to employ more than
150 people.
The property is zoned for low income
housing under the city’s Extremely Low
& Low-Income Affordability (ELLA)
Program. The ELLA Program funds
the new construction of low-income,
multi-family rental projects in which a
minimum of 80 percent of the units are
at low income rents affordable to households
earning up to 80 percent of Area
Median Income (AMI).
Up to 20 percent of the units may
have rents affordable to moderate income
households earning between 90 to
100 percent of AMI. At least 15 percent
of units must be set aside for formerly
homeless households.
Units will include 108 studios, 217
one-bedroom, 136 two-bedroom and
81 three-bedroom units. Green space
will also be incorporated into the
building design.
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