Developers break ground on Concourse affordable housing
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BY KYLE VUILLE
Residents of Tremont from
all walks of life will have an
opportunity to live in a stateof
the-art apartment building
in 2022.
Non-profi t organization
Unique People Services along
with Lt. Governor Kathleen
Hocul and other sponsors
gathered at the future site
of 2050 Grand Concourse on
Thursday, January 16 to kick
off the construction for the 96-
unit affordable housing.
The planned 13-story, 86,176
square foot multi-family building
sits on the northeast corner
of the Grand Concourse
and East Burnside Avenue.
The project is a mixed income
development targeted to
house families and individuals
in the community who are
fi ghting homelessness, drug
abuse and other personal
health/wellness issues, as
well as median income workers
in the community.
“As a transit-oriented
mixed-use, mixed-income
development, 2050 Grand
Concourse will provide
apartments for low-income
households being priced out of
the area, bring higher earning
Lt. Governor Kathleen Hocul stands alongside workers from Unique People Services and other organizations at
the groundbreaking ceremony at 2050 Grand Concourse in Tremont. The new 96-unit mixed use, mixed income
apartments are set to open in 2022. Photo courtesy of Paragon Image Studios
households into the area, and
leverage the spending power
of close to 50 (Unique Peoples
Services) employees to invigorate
local businesses,” according
to a UPS press packet.
Thirty units will be controlled
by NYC’s Human Resources
Administration to
house those in need.
“That is a good day for the
state of New York, to the life’s
we transform, people with
mental health issues who we
can take off the streets, people
with substance abuse issues,
people who have lived the life
of homelessness who will be
able to live in at least 30 of the
units we’re setting aside for
them, that is a good day for
those individuals,” Lt. Gov.
Hocul said.
“That is the day we take
care of the human spirit and
protect them from what happens
outside when they come
in this building, this is a place
that will be their home, but
also a place of security, to lift
them up out of poverty, give
them a sense of community,”
she concluded.
According to Jacqueline
Dudley, Deputy Commissioner
of HRA, 2050 Grand Concourse
will be the fi rst permanent location
for supportive housing
for the city agency.
The building received
awards before even being
built.
It was the recipient of the
inaugural New York’s Buildings
of Excellence Competition
for its innovative and ecofriendly
features.
The building has environment
friendly solar panels on
the roof to generate electricity
for the property to low-fl ow
plumbing fi xtures to conserve
water.
Sally Smith, a local Tremont
resident for over 50 years,
said she is ecstatic about the
project and a development
such as this is way overdue.
“I’m so happy to see this
project serve the people who
truly deserve it,” Smith said.
“We need to always look out
for the underdog.”
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