Seneca West 110th Street
New York County
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Seneca West 110th St.
31-33 West 110th Street, New York, NY
22 Stories
105 Affordable units
146,460 Total sq ft.
- New Construction
- Anticipated Completion: 2028
- Total project cost: $92,600,000
- Total project cost per sq ft: $666.40
- Award: $700,000
- Phius CORE
- ENERGY STAR®
- Multifamily New Construction
- DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program
- US EPA Indoor AirPlus
- Enterprise Green Communities
- Disadvantaged Community Location
- NYS DEC Potential Environmental Justice Area Location
Project Description
Seneca West 110th Street is an approximately 147,000 square foot, mixed-use affordable new construction housing development located on the site of the Former Lincoln Correctional Facility in Harlem. Located within a NYS designated disadvantaged community, this project will create 105 new affordable homeownership units for households earning 80% and 100% AMI and will deliver vibrant cultural and educational uses to the neighborhood. At 22 stories, Seneca will be the tallest 100% affordable homeownership project meeting Phius CORE certification in New York City. The project’s all-electric design and innovative heating and cooling systems will significantly reduce building-wide energy usage, serving as a replicable model for implementing highly sustainable, resilient practices in a cost-effective manner that maximizes long-term benefits for future homeowners and residents.
Project Status: Design Development
Market Sector: High-Rise Multifamily
Developed by: Infinite Horizons, LLC, L+M Development Partners LLC, Urbane Development Group, LTD, and Lemor Development Group, LLC
Designed by: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
Notable Technical Attributes
- High performance envelope
- Triple pane windows
- Continuous exterior insulation
- Mineral wool cavity insulation
- Heating/Cooling – Centralized air-source heat pump chiller
- Domestic hot water – Air source heat pump (ASHP)
- Centralized energy recovery ventilator (ERV)
- Minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV) 13 filtration
- Heat pump clothes dryer
- Building Monitoring System (BMS)
- Demand Control Sensors for domestic hot water
- Water Leak Detection Monitoring in Units and/or Common Areas
- Onsite solar photovoltaic (PV) system
Resilience, Passive and Active Survivability
- Mechanical ventilation supplied to dwelling units and common areas during power outages
- Critical loads maintained through use of backup power or use of energy storage in combination with renewable energy generation during a power outage include fire alarm system, auxiliary radio communication system (ARCS), emergency lighting fixtures in common areas, stairwells, and utility rooms, an elevator, elevator sump pump, ventilation/AC for elevator machine room, elevator cab lighting and receptacle, sewage ejector pumps and energy recovery ventilators (ERV)
- Area of refuge for building residents, facilities staff and other onsite staff
- Storm water managed through
- Green Roof(s)
- Green Roof(s)
Site Features
- Interior Bike Storage for 10 Bikes
- Within ¼ mile of a bus stop
- Within ½ mile of other mass transit
The Buildings of Excellence Competition
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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.
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