WHEDCo - Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation

What’s In the Pipeline

WHEDco, along with Bluesea Development Corporation, has been selected by the NYC Department of Planning to construct The House That Jazz Built on one of the last urban renewal sites in the Bronx. The 350,000 square foot development will be located in the Melrose Commons neighborhood of the South Bronx, on the west side of Elton Avenue, between East 162nd and East 163rd Street.

The project will mobilize a “creative class” of musicians and artists to drive economic development and spawn a related cluster of new businesses within the community. It will serve as a cultural destination that attracts music and dance performances, community events, production and multimedia activities, and brings an intergenerational oral history project to the community. Plans include an arts-based public school for grades 6-12, performance and event space, retails space and a rooftop urban farm.