Six stories of affordable housing are headed for a stretch of Westmoreland Avenue in White Plains currently occupied by industrial warehouses, after Westchester County officials this week announced more than $10.27 million in funding to get the $114.7 million project moving. The development, called The Sheffield, will bring 154 income-restricted apartments, roughly 5,000 square feet of neighborhood retail, and 238 parking spaces to a roughly one-acre site at 90-114 Westmoreland Avenue.
According to Daily Voice, Westchester County officials announced the funding on Tuesday, confirming the county will put up to $8.81 million toward acquiring the property and up to $1.56 million more toward infrastructure before handing the land to the developer for just $1. That infrastructure money is slated to cover structured parking, sidewalks, curbing, paving, drainage, stormwater management, sanitary sewer and water work, lighting, signage, and landscaping, the outlet reports.
The unit mix breaks down to 26 studios, 92 one-bedroom apartments, and 36 two-bedroom apartments, all reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the county's Area Median Income, per the same account. Those affordability restrictions are set to stay in place for at least 50 years. Under 2026 HUD guidelines, Westchester's AMI sits at $170,000 for a four-person household, which places eligibility for a family of four roughly between $51,000 and $136,000 a year, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A Dairy Site's Second Act Near Kittrell Park
The name itself is a callback: The Sheffield nods to Sheffield Dairy, which once ran a milk distribution facility on the property, according to Westfair Communications. The parcel sits immediately next to the newly renovated Kittrell Park, the outlet notes, and the one- and two-story warehouse buildings currently on site are slated for demolition to make way for construction.
Designed by Warshauer Mellusi Warshauer Architects, P.C., the building will take a U-shaped footprint bounded by Home Street, Westmoreland Avenue, and Intervale Street, with a central parking entrance on the north elevation, a fifth-floor setback with outdoor terraces, and an elevated interior courtyard between the two residential wings, according to New York YIMBY.
The site falls within White Plains' Light Industrial-Mixed Use district, a zoning category the Common Council created specifically to transform the formerly industrial Westmoreland corridor into a transit-oriented residential neighborhood near the Metro-North train station, per the City of White Plains. That framework is what cleared the way for the kind of urban infill The Sheffield represents, according to filings from Cuddy & Feder LLP, the White Plains land-use firm representing the development team.
Jenkins Frames Project as Housing Relief
Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins, who announced the funding, said the development is part of the county's broader effort to tackle housing affordability, according to Daily Voice. Jenkins said The Sheffield will create housing opportunities for working families, young professionals, seniors, and others seeking to remain in Westchester.
Jenkins took office in January 2025 after former County Executive George Latimer was elected to Congress, then won a special election that February to become the first Black County Executive in the county's history. He previously served as Deputy County Executive and Chairman of the Board of Legislators, per the county government's own biography.
The Sheffield is being built through a partnership of White Birch Development LLC, Marathon Development Group, and Lashins Development Corp., with Cuddy & Feder providing legal counsel. The project is expected to draw financing from New York State Homes and Community Renewal, the New York State Housing Finance Agency, federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, the New York State Empire Development Momentum Fund, and the City of White Plains Affordable Housing Fund, according to Daily Voice's reporting.
Regulatory Shortcut Speeds Up the Timeline
Westchester County planning officials have determined that The Sheffield is exempt from a full State Environmental Quality Review Act review, thanks to recent state legislative reforms that streamlined environmental reviews for qualified housing developments, Westfair Communications reports. That exemption stems from 2026 New York State budget amendments that expanded SEQRA carve-outs specifically for affordable housing projects.
Daily Voice reports that county officials have not revealed a construction start date or anticipated completion date.
Why the County Keeps Making This Bet
The math behind projects like The Sheffield traces back to a steep regional shortfall. Westchester County faces a current shortfall of about 21,000 total housing units, according to Welcome Home Westchester, with regional planners projecting that gap could widen to between 44,000 and 77,000 units by 2040 without intervention.
