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Who Should Actually Solve This? Rethinking How Housing Gets Built in New York
Either the public sector builds housing — funding it, managing it, and owning it — or the private sector is given enough incentive to do so at scale.
For decades, the city has relied primarily on the private market. There is an illustrious if limited history of nonprofit housing development, but it is not currently in wide use. Programs like 421-a, and now 485-x, are designed to bridge the gap between what it costs to build housing and what the market can support.
The Labor Crisis Nobody Is Talking About: Who Is Actually Building New York
Part 3: Michael explores how labor availability, immigration policy, and rising construction costs are adding another layer of constraint to New York City’s housing-production challenges.
The 99-Unit Loophole: How 485-x Is Reshaping What Gets Built
Part 2: Michael considers how 485-x is influencing development patterns, with project sizes increasingly clustering below key labor-cost thresholds.
NYC is Building More Housing Than in the Past 60 Years, Why Aren't Developers Optimistic?
Part 1: Michael Goldblum examines the gap between improving housing-production data and the continued caution he is hearing from developers navigating New York City’s regulatory and financial environment.
Shore Hill Apartments Renovation of Public Spaces Complete
We are thrilled to share with you these photos from our recently completed renovation of the public spaces at Shore Hill Apartments in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Michael Goldblum featured in Crain’s Business
Here’s a short opinion piece by partner Michael Goldblum that was published last week in Crain’s NY Business. He discusses one of our perennial struggles, the approvals process at the NYC Department of Buildings…
Upgrades to Harlem Tenement Block for Jonathan Rose Companies
Since 2018, BSA has been working with noted developer, Jonathan Rose Companies [JRCo]; to upgrade their ten-building , 198-unit complex on West 135th Street, a storied Harlem block capped by the Schomburg Library on …