A vacant lot near the University Heights Metro-North station is slated for a 19-story residential tower, after permits were filed for a project at 330 West Fordham Road that would bring 506 apartments and 295 enclosed parking spaces to the site. The proposal calls for a 216-foot-tall building with nearly half a million square feet of residential space, situated near the intersection of Cedar Avenue and West Fordham Road in the Bronx.
The filing was reported by New York YIMBY, which lists Brad Zackson of Dynamic Star LLC as the owner behind the applications. The site sits close to the University Heights Metro-North train station, which is served by the Hudson Line, according to cedarnews.net. New York YIMBY names Bradford Perkins of Perkins Eastman Architects as the architect of record.
The building would yield 495,346 square feet of residential space, per cedarnews.net's account of the filing. With an average unit size of 978 square feet, the publication's report estimates the residences are likely to be rentals, though that characterization is an article estimate rather than a confirmed designation. Plans call for a cellar and a concrete-based structure, and demolition permits are likely not needed since the lot is vacant.
No Timeline Yet for Construction
No estimated completion date has been announced for the project, the report notes.
Separately, state environmental records identify the address as Brownfield Cleanup Program site C203173. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the agency has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program application, a draft Remedial Action Work Plan, and a Remedial Investigation Report for the site. A separate zoning record on file with the NYC Zoning Application Portal describes a West Fordham Road proposal with different specifications — 17 stories and roughly 600 dwelling units — underscoring that project details for this stretch of University Heights have shifted across filings over time.
Part of a Bigger Waterfront Push
The new filing lands amid a broader wave of development activity along the nearby Harlem River waterfront. Dynamic Star's larger Fordham Landing South project, also designed by Perkins Eastman, is described on the firm's project page as including three 18-story residential towers alongside a supermarket, a waterfront café, residential amenities, and parking, according to Perkins Eastman. That plan also calls for public waterfront access via an esplanade along the river.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $55 million state investment in Fordham Landing South, according to the Bronx Times, which also reported that the development is meant to reconnect Bronx residents to the waterfront through a promenade stretching more than a mile, plus a small commercial dock. The same outlet reported that Dynamic Star plans to develop Fordham Landing North as well, pending a rezoning application. Elsewhere, 6sqft has reported that upgrades near the University Heights Metro-North station — including an expanded platform and a new pedestrian bridge connecting to the development — are part of the broader Fordham Landing vision.
Unit counts and descriptions for the wider Fordham Landing effort have varied considerably across reports. 6sqft has described the South project as a 100-percent affordable development with roughly 927 homes, while Perkins Eastman's own project page cites 549,000 gross square feet and 504 affordable units. A newsletter by Daniel Trubman has put the plan at 921 income-restricted apartments across four towers spanning 330 and 360 West Fordham Road, and Multi-Housing News previously reported an earlier 405-unit version of the project including 153 affordable apartments. None of those figures has been confirmed to apply to the 506 residences now proposed for 330 West Fordham Road.
Dynamic Star's broader Fordham Landing undertaking includes the South project and a planned North development. Whatever the final scale of the surrounding waterfront plans, the newly filed 330 West Fordham Road tower represents one more concrete step toward reshaping this stretch of University Heights, even as the completion date remains unannounced.
