LaMora senior housing under construction using modular units

Modular units are being put into place at the Yonkers Housing Authority’s (YHA) LaMora Senior Housing complex at 23 Mulberry St. in Yonkers. Groundbreaking for the development had taken place in October. The $44 million affordable housing development will have 60 apartments and they’ll be designated for people age 62 and older with incomes at or below 60% of the area median income.

LaMora module being lifted up.

 

Modular units being positioned in the construction of the Yonkers Housing Authority’s LaMora apartment building.

The building is due to have 57 one-bedroom units and three two-bedroom units. The plans call for 30 on-site parking spaces. The building is to be just under 52 feet tall, within the maximum of 65 feet that is permitted in the area.

Architect Stuart Lachs of the firm Perkins Eastman said that LaMora “showcases the balance between affordable and environmentally-conscious design.”

Rendering of the LaMora Senior Housing building.

LaMora has been designed to the energy efficiency standard known as Passive House. Buildings designed to that standard require comparatively little energy for heating or cooling. The apartments include low-flow plumbing fixtures, Energy Star appliances, individually controlled high-efficiency electric heat and cooling, and LED lighting and emergency generators that take over when there’s a power failure.

Construction is expected to be completed by spring 2024. LaMora is being built where the Longfellow School once stood. The school was closed in the mid-1970s and the abandoned building was demolished in 2015.