Eco-friendly 13-story Bedford Green House tops off
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A rendering of the completed Bedford Green House building at 2865
Creston Avenue. Photo courtesy of Hollister Construction Services
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BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A non-profi t is one step
closer to completing a new affordable
and supportive apartment
building with exciting
new green features.
Bedford Green House, developed
by Project Renewal,
held a topping off ceremony
on Wednesday, March 13 for a
new 118-unit apartment complex
edging its way towards
completion in Bedford Park.
The project, located at 2685
Creston Avenue, is the fi rst
phase of a two-phase project,
which will total 208 units, as
well as a medical clinic and
playground, said Eric Rosen-
baum, Project Renewal president
and CEO.
The 13-story, 83,000 square
foot building features 47 units
of affordable housing for area
residents earning up to 60 percent
of Area Median Income
and supportive housing that
is permanent for those transitioning
from homelessness
and in need of services, said
Rosenbaum.
Bedford Green will afford
residents the opportunity to
grow their own vegetables in
a rooftop garden and greenhouse
and cultivate edible fi sh
within the building’s design.
The rooftop growing areas
will make use of a vertical
farming system, aquaponics,
which allows residents to
raise fi sh and vegetables in an
eco-friendly way, with waste
from the fi sh becoming fertilizer
for the vegetables.
The ecosystem will produce
tilapia fi sh that are edible.
Rosenbaum said raising
food and fi sh is symbiotic
with a six-month culinary
arts work readiness program
which serves the formerly
homeless.
Paul Woody, Project Renewal
director of real estate
said that the as-of-right project
is located on land purchased
from a real estate developer
years ago. A large rock outcrop
on the site initially prevented
development.
Instead of blasting the rock
away, it was incorporated into
the design of the fi rst three
stories of the building, the developer
explained.
The building is LEED Certifi
ed Gold, which is an environmentally
sustainability
rating, said Woody.
The second phase of the
project will include 90 units
located at 2880 Jerome Avenue,
and work will begin on
that building sometime after
phase one is completed later
in 2019 or early 2020.
Project Renewal also runs
Marsha’s House, a shelter
for LGBTQ adults for 18- to
30-years-old in Fordham, said
Rosenbaum, and a number of
other programs in the borough.
According to Project Renewal
no local elected offi cials
provided funding allocations
for the fi rst phase.
The new development will include rooftop facilities that will afford residents
the opportunity to grow their own vegetables and cultivate fi sh.
Photo courtesy of Hollister Construction Services
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