Insulated Concrete Masonry Units Save Construction Time
On the streets of the South Bronx, the long-forgotten clamor of construction noise fills the air. To local residents, that disharmony sounds like the sweet melody of progress and hope. Most New York City dwellers would agree that of the city’s five boroughs, the Bronx has struggled the most with high crime rates, poverty, and stagnated growth. But fortunes are shifting for this previously overlooked section of the city. Fueled by renewed local pride and an affordable housing shortage, an economic and cultural resurgence is taking place in the Bronx.
Baez Hughes Development has been at the forefront of the city’s affordable housing efforts, and the contractors have most recently broken ground on Valdesia Gardens in the South Bronx’s Longwood neighborhood. Vice President Emanuel Kambanis, AIA, is the architect and general contractor for a much-anticipated 7-story, forty-five-unit apartment complex being constructed on Prospect Street. Kambanis, like other contractors, is under constant pressure to keep up with timelines while tackling the inevitable obstacles encountered in a high-density city like New York.