Gail P. Duke Senior Residence

Location: BrooklynNY

Client: Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation

Type: Senior Housing

Size: 138,000 SF

Units: 142

Part of a multi-site development along Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn (including Livonia C2), this 138,000-square-foot, mixed-use building offers 142 affordable apartments for seniors and provides the Brownsville community with a full-service Older Adult Center (approx. 8,500 gsf) that can also serve as a resiliency resource during energy disruptions, flood-related events, or extreme heat.

With ambitious sustainability goals, the all-electric building will be Passive House certified and meet the criteria for the 2020 Enterprise Green Communities. The development includes heat pump water heaters for domestic hot water, a central VRF system for space conditioning, energy recovery ventilators, a solar PV system for on-site energy generation, and battery backup for resilience. Landscaped amenity spaces are designed with native and drought-resistant plant species and shading features, as well as stormwater planters to promote evapotranspiration, which will cool the microclimate.