819 Grand Street
Kings County
Promoting Resilience and Energy Efficiency for Senior Housing in a Mixed-Use Campus
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819 Grand Street
14 Stories
217 Affordable units
167,786 Total sq ft.
- New Construction
- Anticipated Completion: 2027
- Total project cost: $90,825,000
- Total project cost per sq. ft.: $541.31
- Award: $1,000,000
- PHI Classic Certification
- Enterprise Green Communities
- Disadvantaged Community Location
Project Description
St. Nicks Alliance, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, Steven Winter Associates, and Dagher Engineering are leading 819 Grand, an affordable senior housing residence within a designated disadvantaged community in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn that will be a dynamic model for sustainability and energy efficiency. The 217-unit, 14-story, all-electric building is designed to Passive House standards and will utilize geothermal heating and cooling, a rooftop solar canopy, and strong resiliency measures, including an area of refuge with an indefinite energy supply for occupants in case of a power outage. Once complete, 819 Grand will connect to the adjacent building, a 150-unit affordable senior housing residence, to create campus-style affordable senior housing for 367 residents with over 11,000 square feet of amenities, 13,500 square feet of open space, and 5,000 square feet of neighborhood retail space.
Project Status: Schematic Design
Market Sector: High-Rise Multifamily
Developed by: St. Nicks Alliance (opens in new window)
Designed by: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects (opens in new window)
Notable Technical Attributes
- High-performance envelope
- Triple-pane windows
- Mineral wool insulation
- Heating/cooling - packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHP)
- Domestic hot water - air source heat pumps (ASHP)
- Centralized energy recovery ventilation (ERV)
- Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) 14 Filtration
- Heat pump clothes dryers
- Induction cooktop
Resilience, Passive and Active Survivability
- Building is located outside of the 500-year floodplain
- Mechanical ventilation supplied to common areas during power outages
- Outlets and refrigerator operational in common areas
- Area of refuge for residents
- Storm water managed through permeable and planted surfaces
Site Features
- Two electric vehicle charging stations
- Interior Bike Storage for 14 Bikes
- Within ¼ mile of a bus stop
- Within ½ mile of other mass transit
Media
Mark Ginsberg of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects discusses 819 Grand Street and Round 4 of the NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Competition.
The Buildings of Excellence Competition
The Buildings of Excellence (BOE) Competition is a $75 million competition that has distributed monetary awards over five rounds. Kicked off in early 2019, BOE recognizes and rewards the design, construction, and operation of resilience, climate-friendly multifamily buildings that are healthier for residents and their communities.
Designing and developing clean and resilient buildings that are good for both businesses and residents is at the core of this competition.
The honorees are visionary architects and developers who take the lead in achieving beautiful, zero-emission buildings that improve quality of life and inspire the industry to follow their example toward a climate-friendly future. Their projects are beneficial for the environment, highly profitable, and provide them a competitive edge in the marketplace.Join the Competition
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