Construction Begins at Affordable Housing

Bridge Rockaway, an unusual kind of mixed-use affordable housing development is in the works in Brownsville, bringing 174 affordable apartments and nearly 40,0000 square feet of light manufacturing space to the neighborhood.

The $118 million project, part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan for housing reform, will include 87 permanent supportive housing units for formerly and chronically homeless New Yorkers, and, when finished, is expected to create 35 new industrial jobs and 2o jobs in the residential portion of the building.

“We as New Yorkers, unfortunately, are too familiar with the crisis of street homelessness currently facing the city,” said Susan Wiviott, CEO of The Bridge, the social services organization that will manage the apartments. “It’s a very difficult situation right now for New York, and it’s actually a real tragedy for those people experiencing it.”

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WQCLT Looks to GMDC Lease Model for Inspiration

It may sound very dry, but the most exciting aspect of this building is that it would be a place for people to make stuff at affordable rents. We’ve looked for inspiration to the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, which is an interesting organization premised on this idea of providing below-market rent to people such as woodworkers, metal workers, and small light manufacturers that need this type of space.

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GMDC Manufacturing Advocacy Makes an Impression in Portland

Lloyd Center already has loading docks, where Macy’s and Nordstrom once took delivery of racks of clothes. But there’s more, as Steve Jobs used to say. You could turn the upper floors into housing for workers on those docks. There could be a BIPOC-owned food court. And a library branch. You could even add small manufacturing, the way a company called Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center is doing in New York City.

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How a Place-Based Approach to Economic Development Won 2016

December 30, 2016

“If there is one economic development fix that equity-minded cities are taking into 2017, it’s the importance of a place-based approach that is shaped locally, by the industries, people and infrastructure that already exist.”

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NYC Effort to Make Space for Manufacturing Jobs Inches Longer

December 22, 2016

“Earlier this month, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced GMDC as the first awardee of a new Industrial Developer Fund, created to support nonprofit and mission-driven industrial development in NYC.”

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Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center To Develop Industrial Site in Queens, NY

December 13, 2016

“GMDC will develop 90,000 sq. ft. of industrial space in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The project will have the capacity for 24 businesses and 80 living wage jobs.”

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NYCEDC and GMDC to Bring Modern Industrial Workspace to Ozone Park, Queens

December 8, 2016

“New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced the selection of Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC), a nonprofit developer of industrial space in New York City, as the first awardee of the City’s Industrial Developer Fund (IDF). With the support of the IDF, GMDC will develop 90,000 sq. ft. of industrial space in Ozone Park, Queens, with capacity for 24 businesses and 80 living wage jobs.”

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GMDC Plans for a $37M Industrial Park to Bring 24 Manufacturing Firms to Queens

December 8, 2016

Announcing GMDC’s latest project in Ozone Park: “Today’s award is a huge milestone in the City’s efforts to build a firm foundation for new job growth through non-profit ownership and management of industrial space” said Adam Friedman, Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development and Chair of the national Urban Manufacturing Alliance. “GMDC is a nationally recognized model for the creation of manufacturing jobs by providing affordable industrial space and EDC’s Industrial Development Fund is critical to the expansion of the GMDC model in New York City.”

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GMDC Success Story Featured in the US Treasury: Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) Final Impact Report

November 8, 2016

“Responding to the decline in urban manufacturing and high paying jobs in New York City, GMDC leases space to small artisanal manufacturing businesses. The businesses create good jobs with an average salary of $52,000, and 35 percent of those jobs go to employees for whom English is a second language.”

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