Permits have been filed for a 10-story mixed-use building at 2429 Morris Avenue in Fordham Heights, adding another 56 apartments to a fast-growing cluster of new construction near the Fordham Road subway hub in the Bronx. The proposed concrete building would rise 95 feet and include a cellar, a 20-foot-long rear yard, and 5,606 square feet of community facility space alongside its residential floors.
The filing was reported by New York YIMBY, which detailed a project totaling 274,988 square feet, including 269,382 square feet of residential space, with residences averaging 714 square feet each — a scope the outlet notes is likely to translate into rental units. Leandro Nils Dickson Architects is listed as the architect of record, and Steven Westreich is named as the owner behind the applications. No demolition permits have been filed for the site yet, and no estimated completion date has been announced.
Westreich is associated with Westorchard Management, and his broader company, Westbridge Realty Group, has been on something of a filing spree in the neighborhood. Just days before the 2429 Morris Avenue application, Westbridge submitted permits for three buildings with 254 units in Fordham Heights, according to real estate analytics publisher PincusCo. The 2429 Morris Avenue lot is described as having 377 residences in total, including the 56 residences proposed in the new building.
A Familiar Developer-Architect Pairing Across the Bronx
PincusCo has tracked Westreich's New York City commercial real estate holdings. Leandro Nils Dickson Architect, meanwhile, was ranked the second most active architecture firm in New York City in 2024 by real estate outlet The Real Deal, based on 12 major project applications totaling nearly 258,000 square feet, according to the same report's data cited by PincusCo.
The Westreich-Dickson pairing has become something of a signature in recent weeks. Hoodline previously reported that the pair filed plans for a 297-unit development split across three separate buildings at 831 Rosedale Avenue in Soundview — a project Hoodline covered in a story on the developer splitting units across towers to navigate wage thresholds tied to New York's 485-x tax incentive program, which was enacted by New York State in April 2024 and imposes affordability tiers and wage rules based on unit counts, per the city's Housing Preservation and Development agency. The available project information does not specify 485-x benefits, the share of the 56 units that would be income-restricted, or how the community facility space would ultimately be used.
Track Record Includes a 93-Unit Ryer Avenue Building
Westreich's standing in the borough was formally recognized in June 2025, when City & State New York named him to its 2025 Bronx Power 100 list, citing his footprint across the Bronx including a completed 93-unit residential building at 2077 Ryer Avenue. Westreich and Westorchard Management have also drawn Hoodline coverage before, including a filing for a mixed-use tower in Kingsbridge earlier this year.
The Morris Avenue site sits between East 184th Street and East Fordham Road, close enough to the Fordham Road subway station — served by the B and D trains — that its buyers or renters would have a short walk to the transit hub. That proximity places the project squarely within a stretch of Fordham Heights that has seen a steady run of mid-rise construction, including a 12-story, 54-unit building filed for 2260 Morris Avenue in May 2025, reported by New York YIMBY.
Neighborhood Pressures Mount Alongside New Construction
Just blocks away, permits were filed in late August for a four-story, 12-unit rental building at 333 East 188th Street, another infill project near the same transit corridor that Hoodline covered as the vacant lot's transformation neared approval. The pace of new units arriving in Fordham Heights comes amid broader changes in the immediate area.
New construction in the area may also have to contend with sanitation rules. The available information does not specify whether any containerization requirement would apply to the 56-unit building planned for 2429 Morris Avenue once it is completed.
