PRESENTATION
Project details and innovative unit mix for 581 Grant Avenue
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Thomas Campbell presents the specific details of the 581 Grant Avenue project, highlighting the innovative unit mix and focus on family-sized apartments.
- 73 mixed-use, mixed-income housing units
- First affordable housing project to offer four 4-bedroom apartments
- Pilot program for larger family units in affordable housing
Thomas Campbell
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Yes.
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Thank you, Annabelle.
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And thank you to the council for hearing us this morning.
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Really appreciate your time.
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Councilman Nurse, thanks.
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Great to be here with you again.
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Really excited to get to this point.
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You've noticed we were awarded in 2019.
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Took us a while to get here, so very excited to be here this monumental time.
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Great to be with our partner at HPD.
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As Annabelle mentioned, our partners, Bangladesh American Youth and Development Services, our zoning attorneys, Ackerman, and, of course, our architect, ThinkArchitects, fortunately, our buildings don't look like affordable housing.
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They serve and feel, like they can serve anywhere in New York City.
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Very, excited to, deliver a specifically targeted project for this city line, community.
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Very excited about it, and excited to tell you about it.
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73 units, as Annabelle mentioned, of mixed use, mixed income housing.
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In within that mix, there's actually a pilot mix of, a litter of four bedroom apartments.
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We're excited to be the first affordable housing project to ever offer four four bedroom apartments.
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I know there was a comment earlier about family units.
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This is the first.
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We're excited about that, and it's a pilot.
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So hopefully it goes well, then we could challenge ourselves to do more of it.