Renderings of Hunters Point South (Source: Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office)
[Update: 2:04 p.m.] Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled renderings for the new Hunter’s Point South development in Queens this morning. The project is the largest new affordable housing complex in the city since the 1970s, according to the mayor’s office. The development is slated to include roughly 5,000 residential units, 3,000 of which will be set aside for middle-income residents. Also planned for the complex is a five-story, 1,071-seat middle and high school. Developer Related Companies was awarded the on the $360 million Long Island City project. Bloomberg said that the development is an important addition to his New Housing Marketplace plan, which aims to build 165,000 total units of affordable housing in the five boroughs. “Not only will we build the largest new affordable housing complex in more than three decades, we’ll do it on long-vacant waterfront property that has incredible views,” Bloomberg said of the development. TRD
