A Boerum Hill parking lot is being eyed for affordable housing under the city's fast-track review program, Crain's New York reported Monday.
The fast-track program, run by the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, shortens the plan-exam timeline for affordable projects — a process The RFI Wire covered directly on October 30 when HPD trimmed plan-exam time for jobs using the program. This Boerum Hill site is the kind of project that program is built to move: a privately or city-owned surface lot proposed for conversion to housing, now running through a faster review clock than a standard filing would get.
Crain's reporting did not specify a unit count, a developer, or a construction timeline for the Boerum Hill site; the story is a siting and review-track item, not yet a filed building permit.
**What to do next:** GCs and subs working affordable-housing bids should watch for a DOB filing at this address — fast-track projects tend to move from siting news to permit filing faster than conventional review, which means a shorter runway to get on a bidders list once plans are public. Firms that already do fast-track-eligible affordable work should flag Boerum Hill addresses now rather than wait for a formal RFP.