Note: This could be a very large project. With many towers. The renderings provided are somewhat visionary, and may be subject to change.
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Bronx waterfront parcel could be next mega development for a cool $30M
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A nearly abandoned lot in University Heights could soon become the Bronx’s next residential haven.
Realtors are wooing bidders for a prime tract of north Bronx waterfront they say would be perfect for hulking towers. Asking price: a cool $30 million.
A developer could build nearly 1 million square feet of residential space on 320 W. Fordham Road in University Heights — known to some as “Fordham Landing” — just off the Major Deegan Expressway and steps from the Harlem River, according to the listing by Massey Knakal, which took over the site earlier this year.
Karl Brumback, the firm’s vice president, envisions four or five towers with a mix of market-rate and affordable housing and parking for the waterside unit.
“This is a game-changer for the north Bronx,” said Brumback.
There’s one potential pitfall: The privately owned parcel is located directly across the street from a planned residence that includes a homeless shelter.
Manhattan-based nonprofit Bowery Residence Committee wants to build a shelter, with 200 single rooms for homeless residents alongside 132 affordable units, in space on Landing Road space currently used by Dallas BBQ as a parking lot, the News reported in July.
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Karl Brumback, of the real estate firm Massey Knakal, envisions four or five towers with a mix of market-rate and affordable housing and parking for the waterside unit
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BY BEN KOCHMAN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2015470