20B — June 23 - July 13, 2017 — Owners, Developers & Managers — M id A tlantic
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Largest post-Hurricane Sandy housing resiliency project in Manhattan breaks ground CTA Architects design $11 million Haven Plaza Resiliency Building N EWYORK,NY — Ha- ven Plaza Square LLC , an afiliate of of the residential complex located on Avenue C between 10th and 13th Sts. onManhat- tan’s east side. tricity, heat, or water. Men and women of the National Guard shared their field ra- tions with residents until the power returned.
the Association of New York Catholic Homes and the New York Institute for Human Development (IHD) ; CTA Architects ; and the managing agent The Wavecrest Management team have just broken ground for a $9.89 million natural disaster-resistant infrastruc- ture building and associated resiliency upgrades at the affordable housing complex known as Haven Plaza. Haven Plaza Square LLC is the owner
This new two-story struc- ture plus basement and the upgrades throughout the com- plex are in direct response to 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, when the nearby East River overflowed its banks, the Con Edison East River Generating Station adjacent to Haven Pla- za exploded, and, as a result, Haven Plaza lost all electricity and steam for heat. Residents – many elderly – were trapped without elevator service, elec-
The New York City Depart- ment of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) awarded nearly $10 million to Haven Plaza Square LLC for the project through the New York City Build It Back program. Build It Back was launched in 2013 to assist homeowners, landlords, and tenants in the five boroughs whose homes and properties were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. It was designed to support those whose needs were not met by the City’s Rapid Repairs program, New York State- sponsored buyouts, private insurance reimbursements, or federal loans. The funds for Build It Back, including those for the newHaven Plaza build- ing, were provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Devel- opment Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program. Haven Plaza was built in 1968 as part of New York City’s initiative to combat urban blight. The 460,000 s/f complex has 371 affordable rental units. Haven Plaza consists of three high-rise buildings, a two-story building with 11 townhomes, and a 185- car garage. The complex also houses a supermarket and a medical services facility. Haven Plaza Square com- missioned CTA, which has completed many projects at Haven Plaza over the past 14 years, to perform a resiliency study shortly after Hurri- cane Sandy. CTA, which has significant experience in in- frastructure and building ser- vices planning, organized an experienced architectural and engineering team that recom- mended the building of a new, dedicated heating plant for the complex, in order to eliminate the need to rely on ConEd. The team included the structural engineer R obert Silman Associates Structural En- gineering ; mechanical, elec- trical, and plumbing (MEP) engineer Collado Engineer- ing ; geotechnical engineer Langan ; and civil engineer Cameron Engineering & Associates . n
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