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Willets Point development project
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Andrew Kimball details the ambitious Willets Point development project, highlighting its scale and potential impact on the surrounding area.
- Described as a once-in-a-lifetime public-private partnership
- Plan to build a mixed-use neighborhood from the ground up
- 2,500 units of affordable housing, the city's largest affordable housing project in over 40 years
- $750 million privately financed, world-class all-electric soccer stadium for New York City Football Club
- Project to include a new school and dedicated open space
- Expected to generate 16,000 jobs and $6.1 billion in economic impact for the city
Andrew Kimball
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At Willett's Point, we're making history through a once in a lifetime public private partnership to build a mixed use neighborhood from whole cloth.
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This project includes 2,500 units of affordable housing, the city's largest affordable housing project in over 40, and a $750,000,000 privately financed world class all electric soccer stadium for the New York City Football Club.
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The stadium, housing, a new school and dedicated open space will generate 16,000 jobs and $6,100,000,000 in economic impact for the city.
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Jumping back inland, earlier this year the mayor and EDC unveiled El Centro Kingsbridge, an ambitious new plan for the future of Kingsbridge Armory to redevelop the historic and long underutilized site and create new economic opportunities in the Bronx.
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Phase one of the project envisions a vibrant mixed use development with a state of the art event, venue space, sports field for local youth academies, cultural and cultural space, and over 25,000 square feet of dedicated community space, an educational facility focused on workforce development and more.