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3. Aufgang Architects | 14 projects | 1,638,262 square feet
This powerhouse firm has made the top half this list for three years running. Aufgang filed plans mostly for projects in the Bronx and Queens this year, but there may be changes at one of its Manhattan developments. For developers Maddd Equities and Joy Construction, Aufgang had planned a 30-story, 544,000-square-foot project with 611 residential units and about 62,000 square feet of commercial space at 3875 Ninth Avenue in Inwood.
Now the developers say they might axe that plan for affordable and low- or middle-income units, which depended on a 2018 rezoning, in favor of an as-of-right industrial project, in light of a Manhattan judge overturning the rezoning this month.
Ariel Aufgang is the principal at Aufgang Architects, founded in 1971 and based in Suffern.
You can’t go near a subway stop and find something to build anymore,” because of the prohibitive cost, said Ariel Aufgang, an architect for the project, who has designed several affordable buildings in the city. Despite the distance from the train, the developer anticipates tens of thousands of applications for fewer than 1,200 units.
Ariel Aufgang, an architect active in affordable-housing development, believes the value attached to home ownership is an anachronism from post-war America, when it was believed that property values would rise inexorably, representing a no-brainer investment for families that tended to stay in one place.
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In New York, one of the most expensive cities for new development, there are acres of vacant land on irregular lots considered too narrow, too shallow or too onerous to build on. Like the offal left after the prime cuts of meat, they are the odds and ends that take the most skill to manipulate.
Back in October 2018, YIMBY revealed a batch of fresh renderings and site plans for a proposed affordable housing development in the Westchester Square community of The Bronx. Today, the project is expected to move forward as intended following strong support from neighborhood residents, small business owners, and local union members.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 267 West 126th Street in Harlem, Manhattan. Located between Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, the interior lot is one block east of the 125th Street subway station, serviced by the A, B, C, and D trains. New York City’s Housing Preservation and Development agency is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Just a few doors down from Harlem’s renowned Apollo Theater resides another theater that never quite rose to such fame, but still made its mark. The recently restored space may have its second shot at stardom, however, now that it’s home to a major hotel brand, among the first in the area.
The curtain is finally rising on the long-planned redevelopment of Harlem's Victoria Theater. A recent visit to the construction site at 233 West 125th Street, which partially touches the Apollo Theater, reveals that the 28-story endeavor has reached street level. The $200 million project is being led forward by the Lam Group, Exact Capital, and Danforth Development Partners. The Empire State Development Corporation (ESD) is also helping fund the venture.
The gradual redevelopment of Harlem’s 125th Street corridor isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Construction is starting to rise above ground level for a 26-story hotel and 25-story residential tower at 233 West 125th Street. The project is best known for its connection with the Victoria Theater, which will be restored and integrated with the Marriott. The Lam Group is the developer.
A housing lottery launched this week for 105 mixed-income units at a newly constructed building in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx. Designed by Aufgang Architects, the more than 110,000-square-foot complex at 2028 Creston Avenue features 114 residential units and space for retail and community activities
Plans to replace JPMorgan Chase’s current headquarters at 270 Park Avenue with a much taller tower at the same site is facing opposition from architecture and preservation buffs, shortly after the proposal was announced.
An entity called 37-21 30th Street Corp. filed plans for this mixed-use building in Astoria that would span 135,378 square feet, split between 133,452 square feet of residential space and about 11,000 square feet each of manufacturing and commercial space. Aufgang Architects was tapped to design the building, which would contain 199 residential units and stand 75 feet tall.
Designed by Aufgang Architects, the 328,000-square-foot building will feature 363 rental apartments, 73 of which will be affordable units, according the architects’ website. The residences will range in size from studios to two-bedrooms
Our robust affordable housing design activity is continuing in 2018. We have considerable design work on the boards, affordable as well as market rate and luxury. In 2018, affordable housing projects will be getting bigger. Our work underway includes a number of very large affordable projects, such as three in the Bronx and Brooklyn totaling 600 units. These involve our urban planning team as well as architectural design ...
Aufgang Architects | Number of projects: 15 | Total sf: 1.5 million
Aufgang’s largest project this year was 1755 Watson Avenue, a 283,346-square- foot mixed-use building in the Bronx. A majority of the space — nearly 256,000 square feet — is slated for residential use. Roughly 16,600 square feet will be set aside for retail and commercial use on the ground floor, according to documents filed with the DOB. Azimuth Development Group filed plans for the project in mid-December. According to New York YIMBY, the site was rezoned to allow for a larger project. Aufgang didn’t make ‘s 2016 ranking. A majority of its projects this year are planned for Brooklyn and the Bronx.
| Aufgang Architects | 74 Lafayette Ave, Suite 301 | Suffern, NY 10901 | 845-368-0004 | info@aufgang.com |
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