Urban Horizons – WHEDco‘s Affordable Housing and Community Development Center in the Bronx Area

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URBAN HORIZONS

A stunning historic building transformed from an abandoned hospital to a thriving community hub

WHEDco opened Urban Horizons in the Concourse/Highbridge section of the Bronx in 1997. Read about our award-winning energy retrofit.

This housing and economic development center includes:

132 energy-efficient and affordable apartments
The Early Childhood Discovery Center, a Head Start program
Family support services
A commercial kitchen that incubates small food businesses
The Institute for Primary Health, a healthcare center operated by a partner nonprofit

Urban Horizons has earned numerous awards including:

TD Charitable Foundation Housing for Everyone Award for the Energy Retrofit (2010)
American Planning Association HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award (2000)
Fannie Mae Foundation Maxwell Award for Excellence for the Production of Low-Income Housing (1998)
Municipal Art Society Livable Cities Award (1996)

The building was featured in Bronx by Design: High-End Architecture Inspires Low-Income Home-Making, a 2004 photo exhibit at the National Arts Club.

It was also described in an article entitled Bronx By Design: Why Beauty Matters in the Spring 2004 issue of Shelterforce.

REAL RESULTS

The Urban Horizons energy retrofit, begun in 2007, will save 4,150 million BTU (British Thermal Units) per year.

The retrofit will save $164,228 in reduced water and energy bills in the first year.

Because of the retrofit, tenants’ electricity bills are down 6.1% (while bills of other New York City residents are up 8.2%).

Since opening in 1997, Urban Horizons has been fully rented.