Parkview Commons

Location: Bronx, New York. Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area

Parkview Commons is a new mixed use affordable housing development located on Elton Avenue fronting East 161st Street in the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area. Built on a former brownfield site, this nine story apartment building will contain 110 rental apartments for households of low income, 8,000 square feet of commercial space, and 29 on-site parking spaces. The building is configured so that the commercial space fronts East 161st Street with the residential portion wrapping around a landscaped plaza on Elton Avenue. Resident amenities include a residential lobby, community room, and an attractively landscaped recreational open space. The laundry facility is located on the ground floor and faces the outdoor play area designed for the children of Parkview Commons. The building's construction is a combination of concrete block bearing wall and concrete plank, structural metal stud walls and an exterior consisting of polychrome brick and reinforced masonry.

Transect Zone(s): T6 core.
Status: Complete
Project or Plan's Scale: Building
Features: Affordable/subsidized housing, Bus transit, Civic buildings & parks, Mixed uses, Rail/fixed guideway transit, Transit oriented development.
Total built area (in sq. ft.):
Total project cost (in local currency):
Retail area (in sq. ft.): 8000
Office area (in sq. ft.):
Industrial area (in sq. ft.):
Number of hotel units:
Number of residential units (include live/work): 110
Parks & green space (in acres):
Residential types: Mid-rise/loft.
Project team designers: Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC
Project team developers: Nos Quedamos, L+M Equity Participants, Melrose Associates

Previous site status: Brownfield (former industrial)

Starting/Ending date of construction/implementation: -