The Tree House

Bronx, New York

Type: Residential, Community

Units: 240

Gross SF: 312,000

Status: Finalist - Decision Pending

The Tree House

Affordable and Supportive Housing in the Bronx

This project was submitted in response to an RFP issued by NYC seeking an affordable housing solution to a complex site in the South Bronx that abutted the elevated subway and two major roadways. Working with Architecture in Formation as the design architect, Coconut and its development team proposed a bold structure that housed 150 units of affordable housing for low-income families and over 80 units of recuperative housing for homeless and other compromised individuals requiring supervised care following discharge from a hospital. Coconut partnered with Urbane Development to program the multiple community facilities in the building, including an LBGTQIA Performing Arts Theater, a fresh food market, and a job-training facility.