Project Description
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), on behalf of Mega Development LLC, the project sponsor, is seeking the disposition of City-owned property, project approval and designation as an Urban Development Action Area Project (UDAAP), and site selection and acquisition approval to facilitate a mixed-use development (the Proposed Project) at 101 East 118th Street (Block 1767; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 168, and 169) (the Project Site) in East Harlem, Manhattan, Community District 11. The Proposed Project would be a 19-story building (203-foot tall to the top of the bulkhead). It would include up to 315,831 gross square feet (gsf) of floor area, including 341 dwelling units (DUs), 340 of which are affordable DUs and 99 of which would be affordable supportive housing units, 19,683 gsf of community facility spaces including 3,239 gsf for a supportive services office and 16,444 gsf for the Afro Latin Music and Acts (ALMA) Center including a 275-seat theater, as well as 75 parking garage spaces for the NYPD that would replace the existing parking on the site. The Proposed Project would be financed through HPD and the New York City Housing Development Corporations (HDC) Extremely Low & Low-Income Affordability (ELLA) program.