Affordable Housing Symposium - First Panel

Hosted by Historic Districts Council and Pratt Institute’s Historic Preservation Graduate Program
Co-sponsored by AIA Brooklyn, AIANY Historic Buildings Committee, and Higgins Quasebarth & Partners LLC
Panel 1:
Mark Zimet, Director of Development at Dunn Development Corp. will present on the award-winning conversion of the T Building in Jamaica, Queens, an art deco, former tuberculosis hospital, into a 200 unit supportive and mixed income development.
Ward Dennis, Partner at Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, and Christoph Stump, Vice President of Design & Construction for Trinity Financial, will present on the rehabilitation and restoration of the A. Philip Randolph Houses, 36 five story Old Law tenement buildings, which saw the gut-rehabilitation of the existing units into three interconnected buildings with central circulation, elevator access, and new community amenities.
Chris Cirillo, Executive Director/President of Ascendant Neighborhood Development Corporation and HDC Board Adviser will moderate this panel.