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CPC CEO Rafael E. Cestero and @monadnockdev ‘s Kirk Goodrich will record an episode of their hit podcast The Housing Problem *live* during the luncheon program at NYSAFAH’s 27th Annual Affordable Housing Conference today!
Their guest for this special episode is an equally exceptional one: Deputy Mayor of Housing Leila Bozorg.
We’re thrilled to offer a free live stream link—click the link in our bio or copy and paste the URL below to watch the podcast live!
Livestream: /studio/the-housing-problem-podcast
425 Grand Concourse is featured in the Leading Green Public Projects 2025 report by the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination and NYC Capital Green Building Program.
“As New Yorkers, we are so fortunate to live in a city that invests in sustainable, resilient, and elegant buildings… Dattner Architects is honored to be included in this body of work.”— John Woelfling, FAIA, LEED AP, CPHT, Partner, Dattner Architects
Designed by Dattner Architects, the 26-story, 300,000 SF mixed-use development brings 277 affordable homes to the Bronx, alongside a medical facility, supermarket, community support space, and a student services center for CUNY Hostos.
As one of the largest Passive House-certified projects in North America to date, 425 Grand Concourse demonstrates how affordable housing can advance environmental performance, resident wellness, and climate resilience. The project achieved PHIUS+ 2018 CORE certification, with up to 70% less energy use, a predicted site EUI of 22.1 kBTU/SF/year, and more than 30% indoor water use reduction.
Thank you to the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination and the NYC Capital Green Building Program for recognizing this project and its contribution to a more sustainable, equitable New York City.
Photos by: @albertvecerka
Click the link in our bio to read the full report!
Here’s our lineup of midday discussion panels for this year’s New York State Affordable Housing Conference! From financing and strategy to culture and history, you won’t want to miss these incredible conversations guiding us towards a stronger, more affordable New York for all.
Register for the annual conference at the #linkinbio 🔗
Have you registered for our 2026 New York State Affordable Housing Conference yet? We have an incredible lineup of experts discussing the numerous facets of creating more affordable housing in our state.
Check out this stellar lineup of morning discussion sessions, learn more, and register at the link in bio!
#affordability #affordablehousing #nyhomes
Join thousands of real estate pros on May 6 at our NYC #TRDForum in Manhattan.
Everyone's talking about the market. These are the people actually moving it.
Gain insider insights from Main Stage speakers like:
🎤 Dina Levy — Q&A with @NYCMayorOffice 's @NYCHousing Commissioner
🎤 TYKO Capital's Adi Chugh + @MadisonRealtyCapital 's @JZegen — where capital flows in NYC
🎤 @BallysCasinos ' Soo Kim — the rise of experience-driven real estate
🎤 @TheCorcoranGroup 's @PamelaLiebman + @BrownHarrisStevens ' @Bess.Freedman — the future of brokerage
🎤 @RelatedCos ' @BlauJeff — building NYC at scale
🎤 @Newmark 's Elizabeth Hart, CBRE's Stephen Siegel, @VornadoRealtyTrust 's Glenn Weiss — redefining office
🎤 @DMLeilaBozorg + @MonadnockDev 's Kirk Goodrich — unlocking the housing pipeline
Be in the room and experience next-level networking with the city's skyline-shapers.
📅 May 6
📍Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC
🎟️ Register at link in bio
The recently completed Utica Crescent project in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, contains 322, all affordable apartments (including 89 that are designated for seniors as part of New York’s Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) program).
The project occupies a site encompassing nearly half a city block that was formerly a surface parking lot for the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
Utica Crescent is part of the Vital Brooklyn initiative, which takes a holistic approach to improving health outcomes through access to housing, healthcare, healthy food, education, and economic empowerment.
In addition to the new affordable housing, the project will also contain a dedicated healthcare space for One Brooklyn Health, a proposed supermarket, a neighborhood services outreach space, and a new home for the 67th Precinct Clergy Council - a community-based violence reduction organization that has been operating in the neighborhood for decades
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The design leverages the large site and long street frontages, adding gentle concavity to the street wall. This disrupts the conventional, rectilinear ubiquitous to affordable housing while creating pools of space at the ground level, expanding the sidewalk and drawing people into the ground floor entrances.
Collaborators included Terrain, DeNardis Engineering, Dagher Engineering, Flux Studio.
📷: @ctc.creative
We’re thrilled to see the Greenpoint Library and 300 Huntington Street featured in @nycplanning ’s Principles of Good Urban Design guidebook.
At the Greenpoint branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, a tiered system of three immersive landscapes connect the building to its urban and ecological context. From @nycplanning : “Well-designed buildings invite the public in through attractive sidewalks, ample seating, natural light and family-friendly programming—and the Greenpoint Library is no exception.”
300 Huntington Street is the southern portal to a network of planned public spaces along the Gowanus Canal. “The project demonstrates a thoughtful urban design approach that builds upon the area’s industrial history while accommodating the needs of a growing and evolving neighborhood.”
🔗 Learn more about both projects at the link in our bio.
📷: @tycole
Utica Crescent, in East Flatbush, emerges.
This development, part of NYS HCR’s Vital Brooklyn initiative, contains 322 affordable residences and extensive landscape features (designed by @terrainnyc ) along with built-in resident services.
Completion is targeted for early 2026.
RNC is moving fast at New Providence. The 21-story affordable housing development in midtown Manhattan is close to completion.
@monadnockdev #nycconstruction #rncprojects
Yesterday, Gotham Organization joined Governor Kathy Hochul, Monadnock Development, and the Christian Cultural Center to break ground on Innovative Urban Village in East New York.
Phase I will deliver 385 affordable apartments—including 94 supportive housing units—while setting the stage for a new 10-building, 2,000-unit community that prioritizes affordability, sustainability, and opportunity for all.
We’re proud to help create a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable New York City.
To learn more about Innovative Urban Village, visit the link in bio.
To learn more about Gotham Organization, visit gothamorg.com
