A new interchange and four new bridges serve the more than 78,000 daily vehicles that access area industrial and commercial properties, including the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, and remove thousands of trucks from local streets.
Bronx Logistics Center will be 585,000-sq-ft on two-levels on a 14.2-acre site that offers flexibility, cutting-edge design and fast access to Manhattan.
A $349M public-private investment in Bronx, N.Y. set to house the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the borough where the music genre started, also adds 3 acres of public esplanade and park space sorely needed in the community.
In spite of 2020 challenges that included shuttering non-essential construction sites, the construction sector in New York and New Jersey completed scores of noteworthy projects—a number of which achieved recognition as ENR New York 2021 Best Projects.
In just 60 days, the project team converted three hospital floors into a 120-bed intensive care unit to meet New York City’s urgent need for COVID-19 treatment facilities.
The Bronx’s Hunts Point district has a front-row seat for the cutting edge of community-driven urban redevelopment as the $300-million, 850,000-sq-ft Peninsula completes the first of three phases that will transform its neighborhood and redraw the local map.