The affordable housing lottery has launched for Grace’s Place Senior Apartments, a nine-story residential building at 13–04 Nameoke Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens. Designed by NTD Engineering Consultant LLC and developed by Brisa Builders, the structure yields 57 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 56 units for residents at 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $64,800.

A long-vacant site along the Chicopee River is set to become a vibrant residential community, as MassHousing announced the closing of $37.3 million in affordable housing financing for the development of 105 mixed-income rental homes in Chicopee.

The new project, known as Singing Bridge Residences, is being spearheaded by a joint venture between Sydney Capital Group LLC (Syd Cap) and Brisa Builders Development LLC (Brisa).

A Joint Venture between Sydney Capital Group LLC (Syd Cap) and Brisa Builders Development LLC (Brisa) is developing the Singing Bridge Residences in a new eight-story, all-electric building designed to Passive House standards.

Brisa Builders Development LLC and PMG Affordable have secured $51.7 million in financing to begin construction of 19-19 Cornaga Avenue, a nine-story, 92-unit affordable and supportive housing project in Far Rockaway, Queens, N.Y. The project is underway and slated for completion in late 2026.

The property at 19-19 Cornaga Avenue is a development site located in Far Rockaway, Queens. The site is earmarked for a residential project comprising 92 units with a total area of 53,496 square feet.

Plans are underway for a new residential building in Far Rockaway that will provide a total of 92 affordable housing units to some of the city’s most vulnerable populations and other local residents upon completion.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Brisa Builders Corp. Chairperson/CEO Ericka Keller appeared before Community Board 14 to present the plan for the planned 65,000-gross-square-foot building, which will be located at 19-19 Cornaga Ave. For this development, Brisa Builders Corp. is working with the city and receiving funding from the state with a 9% tax credit allocation.

Brooklyn, NY Jamie Smarr, president and CEO of the NYC Housing Partnership and Adolfo Carrion, commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development presented Ebenezer Urban Ministry Center (EUMC), Brisa Builders Development LLC, Procida Development Group LLC and Evergreen City LLC with the Innovation Award for their development, Ebenezer Plaza at the non-profit’s Housing Partnership’s 41st anniversary luncheon gala on Wednesday, October 23rd.

The development, with $300 million in underwriting, also offers expanded community services, including a soup kitchen, food pantry, educational programs for adults and children, computer training and family counseling.

An affordable housing lottery has started for 165 truly affordable apartments in an under-construction Brownsville building, with one-bedroom units starting at $484 per month.

The lottery is for the third and final building in the 100 percent affordable Ebenezer Plaza complex, developed in a partnership between Ebenezer Urban Ministries Center (formerly the Church of God of East Flatbush) and a group of other affordable housing developers.

Brisa Builders broke ground on 82 units of affordable senior housing at 13-38 Central Ave. in Far Rockaway. The project, titled Grace’s Place, is a senior housing development for affordable housing in Edgemere. The project has the support of community partners and government agencies.

Funding Will Support Nearly 30 Projects Statewide to Protect and Expand the Affordable Housing Supply, Provide Supportive Services, and Assist Local Development Initiatives

Builds on Governor Hochul’s Agenda to Address New York’s Housing Crisis by Increasing the Housing Supply

Effort Expected to Enable $500 Million in Private Construction Lending to Minority-Owned Affordable Housing Developers Through Partnership With Goldman Sachs and Community Preservation Corporation

As Adams Administration Doubles Down on Commitment to Fight Housing Crisis, City Needs More Tools from Albany to Build Affordable Homes for New Yorkers

Faith-based organizations are unlocking their real estate to develop affordable housing, but they face challenges from reluctant local residents, wary lenders and strict zoning laws.

As Albany struggles — and struggles — to pass measures foster more affordable housing development, some federal housing officials are encouraging churches to fill in the gap.

The New York City Housing Authority has selected a development team to make $246 million worth of repairs at a pair of South Bronx public housing projects and bring them under private management through its Permanent Affordability Commitment Together program.

NEW YORK - The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) today announced that capital repairs totaling $246 million will be addressed for nearly 1,500 residents living at Moore Houses and East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue through the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program, significantly improving living conditions at the developments. Following months of review and engagement with residents, NYCHA and a Resident Review Committee have selected Mega Group Development and Brisa Builders to provide comprehensive repairs to 684 apartments across four buildings at the two Bronx developments. Mega Group Development and Brisa Builders Development, a Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), will serve as co-developers. Mega Contracting Group will be the general contractor, and Cornell Pace will manage the properties after they convert to Project-Based Section 8.

Brooklyn, NY Residents and business owners of Brownsville gathered together with Glenmore Manor Managers LLC to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Glenmore Manor. Brisa Builders Development (BBD) is the leader of the joint venture entity Glenmore Manor Managers LLC. Composed of BBD, African American Planning Commission Inc., and Lemle & Wolff Companies, Glenmore Manor Managers LLC is responsible for the project that will bring affordable housing and economic development to Brownsville.

The development project will create 232 affordable housing units and an entrepreneurial hub.

Local officials are celebrating the start of the construction phase of Glenmore Manor in Brownsville, a game changing affordable housing development.

Construction is now underway at 97 Glenmore Avenue, the site of a forthcoming affordable housing development in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The building will debut as Glenmore Manor led by private real estate company Brisa Builders Development, non-profit community developer African American Planning Commission Inc., and affordable housing owner-developer Lemle & Wolff Companies.

The real estate development industry has long been dominated by white-owned companies, with only a small fraction of the 112,000 firms in the United States being Black-owned.

However, Black real estate developers are proving to be just as successful as their white counterparts, and they are also more likely to hire Black owned businesses.

LEWISTON — Brisa Ventures, a New York investment and development firm based in Brooklyn, acquired Place Ste. Marie this week, a 40-unit affordable housing apartment complex on Oxford Street, for an undisclosed price.

Permits have been filed for a nine-story residential building at 4-44 Beach 67th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens. Located between Beach Channel Drive and Thursby Avenue, the lot is near the Beach 67th Street subway station, serviced by the A train. Ericka Keller-Wala of Brisa Builders Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — A massive affordable housing development in Brownsville has reached its final stages.

The Ebenezer Plaza project — which will bring more than 500 affordable apartments along New Lots Avenue — broke ground this week on its final phase of construction, a 208-unit complex on Christopher Street.

When completed, the complex will mark the final step in the $364 million project, which officials have worked on since at least 2014 as a way to address Brownsville's housing crisis.

Ebenezer Plaza is a three-phased project—comprising of 523 units of affordable housing, 40,000 s/f of community facility and 25,000 s/f of commercial/retail, we commenced construction in July 2018, and we completed the first two phases in November 2021 consisting of 316 units of family housing, 47,500 s/f of community facility and commercial retail core and shell. Aside from the co-developer, we served in the CM role for this project located in Brooklyn, NY, not far from where I grew up.

February 25, 2022, New York, NY – Enterprise Community Partners, with support from Goldman Sachs, today announced the launch of a new Roundtable that will develop a shared policy platform to include recommendations to confront the challenges faced by Black women affordable housing developers in New York City.

The Roundtable will meet over the course of 2022 and will comprise six for-profit and nonprofit Black women developers: Ericka Keller, Brisa Builders; Dawanna Williams, Dabar Development Partners; Alexis McSween, Bottom Line Construction & Development; Nnenna Lynch, Xylem Projects; Bernell Grier, IMPACCT Brooklyn; and Yvonne Stennett, Community League of the Heights. Participants will ascertain and discuss the unique barriers that they encounter in developing affordable housing in New York City, identify policy priorities to address those barriers, and collectively work to advance and support a shared policy platform.

This 88-unit senior residence is named for the founders of the Evangelical Crusade Christian Church, a nearby Haitian religious community that originally owned the property and advocated for the project for decades. In 2019, the church and Brisa Builders broke ground on the residence, which opened this past spring. BPHN meets sustainability standards and has a live-in super. The apartments have stainless-steel appliances and a video buzzer. Offices for Selfhelp, a senior-support nonprofit, are on the second floor, and there’s a private outdoor terrace and a community room with a TV. The church plans to open a senior center next door, where it will run yoga programs and host food pantries.

BELCHERTOWN — A recently awarded $250,000 state grant will allow the town to remove a building from the former Belchertown State School and remediate the site.

The money comes courtesy of the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund, which is administered by MassDevelopment. It will go toward removing the old power plant structure from the site of the Belchertown State School on Carriage Drive and cleaning up the one-acre site on which the structure sits.

Hundreds of new affordable housing units have come to Brownsville, thanks to a local church that spearheaded the long-in-the-works Ebenezer Plaza development.

The first phase of the project opened Friday atop two lots — one at 672 Powell Street and the other at 96 New Lots Avenue, containing a combined 315 units of affordable housing units.

The units at 672 Powell Street are reserved for households with earnings at or below 60 percent of the Area Median Income.

HARLEM, NY — A stunning theater in Hamilton Heights that has suffered from years of neglect could be saved and redeveloped into affordable housing — but a community board pushing the restoration must first raise millions of dollars to make it a reality.

The Department of City Planning (DCP) is now reviewing proposals to construct two new affordable housing properties for seniors and a charter school in Arvene, Queens, a waterfront neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula. The proposed buildings will take shape along Beach 67th Street between Beach Channel Drive and Thursby Avenue.