Select YRG Projects: New Victoria Center, NYC


Address: 235 West 125th Street, New York City
Architect: Perkins Eastman
Client: Danforth Victoria Development Partners
Owner: Harlem Urban Development

PROJECT SUMMARY
32-story 345,000 SF, muti-use development in the historical heart of Harlem. The project encompasses a jazz club, jazz museum, two smaller theaters, a community center with convention facilities, offices, retail on the main floors, and a high rise luxury hotel and residential tower. The New Victoria Center is a restoration of the Victoria Theater, sister theater and adjacent to the world famous Apollo Theater. The project will be restoring part of the original facade and merging the historical architecture with the modern glass design of the high rise tower.

YRG SERVICES

  • Setting the sustainability goals for the project
  • Design support
  • Technical assistance and research support
  • LEED-NC certification coordination
  • Energy analysis
  • Incentive coordination

STRATEGIES AND RESULTS

  • Green roof
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • Low VOC materials
  • Adaptive reuse and historic preservation
  • Community gathering spaces

Targeting LEED-NC Silver level certification



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