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AvalonBay's East Harlem Project to Bring Affordable Housing to New Heights
February 8, 2017

The New York City Educational Construction Fund and AvalonBay Communities are navigating through the city’s special approval process to build a 1.14-million-square-foot mixed-use development in East Harlem. The proposal is planned on a full-block site at 321 East 96th Street, between First and Second Avenues, and is directly across from the 96th Street station of the newly-opened Second Avenue Subway. The ambitious project proposes two new school buildings for three different schools, 20,000 square feet of retail, a rebuilt playground, and a soaring 68-floor residential tower that may yet be the tallest building to contain affordable housing in the city.

PROPOSAL, PICTURES & INFO in the post here.