PRESENTATION
Adam Beckerman Present the Melrose Concourse NCP Project
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Adam Beckerman, a senior planner at HPD, presents the Melrose Concourse NCP project aimed at constructing affordable rental units in the Bronx.
- The project seeks land use actions to facilitate the construction of 71 affordable rental units and 1 super unit.
- It is located in the Mauritania and Claremont Neighborhood of the Bronx.
- The development team consists of Selman Housing Fund And Beachwood organization.
- HPD requests several land use actions, including the designation of urban development action area and approval of the disposition of city-owned property.
Adam Beckerman
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Jessica, please bring up the presentation.
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Next slide, please.
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Good morning, and thank you council members for the opportunity to present to you today on the Melrose Concourse NCP project.
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I'm Adam Beckerman, a senior planner at the Department of Housing Preservation And Development.
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I'm joined today by my HPD colleagues in the development team.
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We are seeking land use actions today to facilitate the construction of approximately 71 affordable rental units and 1 super unit to be built over 3 vacant and full sites.
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Located in the Mauritania and Claremont Neighborhood of the Bronx.
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The cluster went through HPD's Nighthawk's NCP request for qualifications which identified hard to develop city owned infill sites and match them with qualified development teams.
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The current team was designated in 2018.
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Development team today is Selman Housing Fund And Beachwood organization who both have extensive experience building affordable housing in the Bronx.
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Facilitate the project, HPD is requesting the following land use actions, designation of urban development action area, approval of the urban development action area project, approval of the requisition of Block 2389, Block 47, approval of the disposition of city owned property, and article 11 approval.
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The project was originally certified on November 27th, and since we received approval from Bronx Community Board 3 on January 23rd, approval of modifications from the Bronxboro, pressed on February 23rd, and CPC approval on March 20th.
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I'll now hand it over to Jocelyn Torio from Solomon Housing Fund speak more about the project.