Stone Quarry Apartments is a 35-unit rental housing development by the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) and PathStone Development, a non-profit developer. It is a mixed-income project for affordable and low to moderate income households. The units will be in one three‐story building and two rows of 2‐story townhouses. Site improvements will include a 37‐space parking area, pedestrian walkways throughout, a recreation area with a playground, basketball court, a lawn, and landscaping. The applicants are also proposing to install a sidewalk, tree lawn, and street trees along the property on Spencer Road.
Stone Quarry Apartments Project Description
April 30, 2013 // by Jason Henderson
Stone Quarry Apartments Updated Design Renders
July 14, 2014 // by Jason Henderson
The designs for Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Service‘s 35-unit Stone Quarry Apartments project have been further revised, and new renders were released for the final City Site Plan Review last month, as noted by BC on Ithacating. The plans remain largely the same for 400 Spencer Road, as INHS will be building:
16 three-bedroom Townhouses
2 three-bedroom Apartments
11 two-bedroom Apartments
6 one-bedroom Apartments
National contractor Lecesse Construction with an office out of Henrietta, NY has been tapped for General Construction, with sub-contracting bids currently being solicited this month.
Updated renders for Townhouse Units:
Apartment Building:
Design by HOLT Architects, Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects, and Elwyn & Palmer Consulting Engineers.
INHS Stone Quarry Apartments Revised Site Plan & Design
June 14, 2014 // by Jason Henderson
Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services has submitted an updated site plan and designs for the Stone Quarry Apartments project, on the site of the Ithaca Dispatch (behind Cole Muffler on Spencer Street). The updated plans are the result of new information on site conditions (existing soil), and constructability (design issues and cost projection).
The revised site plan shows the same unit breakdown, 6 additional parking spaces, modified site walkways, a new fence along Spencer and no rear doors exiting to Spencer due to the site grading requirements, and Mews (interior courtyards) between the buildings. The loading zones have been reduced in size (allowing for more parking) due to the change in zoning requirements, the balconies have been nixed in favor of windows, and the facades have been updated. The plan outlines the intention to resolve the final review this month, for a building permit issue in August to begin sitework in September this year. The development would build:
16 three-bedroom Townhouses
2 three-bedroom Apartments
11 two-bedroom Apartments
6 one-bedroom Apartments
The design has been completed by HOLT Architects, Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects, and Elwyn & Palmer Consulting Engineers.
Full PDF Here, original November 2012 submission here
Stone Quarry Apartments Pre-Sitework Photos
May 13, 2013 // by Jason Henderson
Located on Spencer St, this site sits roughly behind the Cole Muffler Shop and Mavis Discount Tire in the current car lot and station for Ithaca Dispatch (University, Yellow, Cayuga and Ithaca Taxi) and the future site of the Stone Quarry Apartments. The proposed site plans show the project expanding beyond the current parcel to include an area further North to be utilized as a small park and tenant parking.
Stone Quarry IURA Funding Proposal
May 9, 2013 // by Jason Henderson
INHS’s (Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services) Stone Quarry Apartments project is included in the IURA’s (Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency) HUD (Housing and Urban Development) Entitlement Program for $370k in funds to help develop this affordable rental housing project.