McLean Place Tops Out At 1139–1145 Webster Avenue in Morrisania, The Bronx

 

Construction has topped out on McLean Place, a 15-story residential building at 1139–1145 Webster Avenue in Morrisania, The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture & Planning and developed by New Destiny Housing, the structure will yield 72 supportive housing units in a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts. Forty-three of the apartments will be set aside for domestic violence survivors and their children exiting the shelter system. The property is located near the corner of Webster Avenue and East 167th Street.

The project is named after New Destiny’s founding executive director and long-term board member, Charles E. McLean, Jr., who died in July 2023.

McLean Place topping out ceremony. Photo courtesy of New Destiny Housing.

The renderings in the main photo and below depict the main eastern elevation, showing a multifaceted massing incorporating setbacks topped with landscaped terraces. The design will feature multiple fenestrations, including an irregular grid of floor-to-ceiling windows grouped in two-story increments with protruding metal frames and bronze-hued spandrels. Behind the setbacks, the building will be clad in dark gray brick with a more conventional grid of square windows. The structure will culminate in a landscaped roof deck topped with a photovoltaic canopy

McLean Place. Rendering courtesy of Magnusson Architecture & Planning.

The rear western profile, pictured below, will be clad primarily in dark gray brick. The roof terrace will offer panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline to the south.

Residential amenities will include a community room, a common kitchen, a library lounge, an outdoor courtyard, a fitness room, and security. On-site supportive services will include mental health counseling, case management, and recreational activities for adults and children alike.

McLean Place was designed to achieve Passive House certification and will be fully electric

Financing for McLean Place includes a mix of public and private funding, including $25 million from the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Supportive Housing Loan Program, $9.7 million from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s Homeless Housing and Assistance Program, and a $14 million construction loan from Capital One. Hudson Housing Capital syndicated $16 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit for the project, and acquisition and pre-development funding was made possible thanks to the Corporation for Supportive Housing and Deutsche Bank’s Supportive Housing Acquisition and Rehabilitation Effort.

The project will receive operating funds from Section 8 project-based vouchers as well as New York’s Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative.

The closest subways from the project are the B and D trains at the 167th Street station to the west along the Grand Concourse. The Melrose station on the Metro-North Railroad’s Harlem Line is also about a 10-minute walk to the south along Park Avenue.

McLean Place’s anticipated completion date is slated for early next year.