Development Type
- Affordable Housing
- Office, Retail and/or Community Facility
Specialties
- New Construction
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Joint Venture Development
- General Contracting
Sustainable Features
- Transit-Oriented Development
- VRF HVAC
Completion
- 2024
A Community-Driven Transfortmation of a Former Juvenile Detention Center
The Peninsula is the transformation of the former Spofford Youth Detention Facility into a vibrant, mixed-use campus in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. Through a competitive bid process, NYCEDC, designated the redevelopment of the Spofford Facility to Hudson along with its partners, Gilbane, and Mutual Housing Association of NY (MHANY). The mixed-use program includes affordable housing, light industrial space, commercial and community facility uses, as well as 52,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The 740 one to four-bedroom units of housing will be affordable to residents earning up to 90% AMI with a variety of AMI tiers.
PROJECT TEAM: WXY Studios, BLA Associates, Skyline Engineering, Bright Power, Wells Fargo
815K
Square Feet
740
Units
55K
Industrial Square Feet
The Peninsula Press
All Press
Spofford Jail Demolition Makes Way for New Community Center
NY1- Nov. 3, 2018
Crews break ground on new project at site of former Hunts Point detention center
News 12 The Bronx- Nov. 2, 2018
Bronx Detention Center's Conversion to Affordable Housing Gets Underway
Curbed New York- Nov. 2, 2018
Burning Down the Big House
The Real Deal- May 1, 2018
Momentous Redevelopment Of The South Bronx’s Spofford Juvenile Detention Center Approved
New York YIMBY- March 16, 2018
The Peninsula is on the Horizon
Hunts Point Express- Oct. 7, 2017