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Markham Gardens honored by HPD & HDC in 5 borough tour celebrating historic milestone in Mayor Bloomberg's Affordable Housing Marketplace Plan
May 3, 2010

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Park Lane at Seaview awarded 2010 NYSAFAH Project of the Year
April 29, 2010


Mixed-Income Senior Apartment Complex Rises on Site of Historic Former Tuberculosis Hospital
January , 2010

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Park Lane Apartments at Sea View presented with NYS 2009 Historic Preservation Award
November , 2009
Park Lane Apartments at Sea View recognized for an outstanding adaptive use project and commitment to community revitalization
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Arker Companies Receive 2009 Innovation Award at NYC Big Apple Brownfield Awards Ceremony
April 13, 2009
On April 13, 2009 the NYC Brownfield Partnership hosted its first annual Brownfields Award Ceremony and recognized The Arker Companies for the 2009 Innovation Award for their work at 2040 White Plains, Bronx, NY.
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NY1 News Clip: New York Living Real Estate Report
January 29, 2009
With new construction projects being stopped in their tracks, one company is managing to keep things moving. The Arker Companies own and manage over 3,000 units of affordable housing across the city, from projects in Staten Island to the Bronx.

Arker Companies honored by New Destiny Housing Corporation
March 1, 2007
The Arker Companies were honored for their efforts in providing safe, stable housing for women and children made homeless by domestic violence.
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City to Fund Affordable Housing in the Bronx
April 14, 2006
Two new apartment buildings will be built with $29 million in tax-exempt bonds from the city's Housing Development Corp.
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Bronx BP Carrion Presents The Arker Companies an Environmental Stewardship for Brownfield Remdiation at 2040 White Plains Road
May 14, 2008
The Arker Companies, a leading developer of affordable housing in New York City, has set two new standards for brownfield redevelopment in its transformation of a once-contaminated Bronx brownfield site into 100 units of high-quality, affordable housing.
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City To Name Development Team for Markham Houses
June 29, 2006
The 63-year-old complex will be knocked down, rebuilt with $60M in new apartments and houses

Deal Signed to Develop New Markham Gardens
December 30, 2006
25 Two-Family Homes For Sale, 240 Rental Units and Recreation Center Are To Be Built in West Brighton
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White Plains Courtyard featured in Brownfield News
April 2, 2006
Brownfield development in the Bronx
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Arker Companies Plan to Maintain Expiring Tax Credit Property's Affordability
December 28, 2006
The Arker Companies & The Domain Companies purchased Spring Creek Gardens, the 582-unit expiring-tax credit affordable housing complex located in Brooklyn's East New York section, with the intention to maintain affordability for the next 33 years.
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New Housing in the Bronx (Crain's)
January 5, 2009
Despite freezing conditions in teh construction financing market, work has begun n a 75,000 square-foot affordable-housing complex on Westchester Avenue in teh Longwood section of the Bronx.
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Markham Gardens Houses to be demolished in 2007
October 28, 2006
The New York City Housing Authority is awaiting final approval from the federal government to turn over ownership of the vacant Markham Gardens Houses public housing complex to a private developer, who will construct nearly 300 units of low-income housing for renters and buyers.
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White Plains Courtyard wins brownfield clean-up award
May 8, 2008
The site of a former Shell station at 2060 White Plains Road has been given a new breath of life.
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2271 Washington Avenue Financing Completed
January 2, 2008
The Arker Companies has completed financing on a 118-unit development in the Bronx that will include 20 units set aside as supportive housing for the mentally disabled.
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Developers Can Still Tap 421-A Certificates
July 16, 2008
Sol Arker's RE Weekly byline about 421-a tax certificates
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White Plains Courtyard Profiled in MultiFamily Executive
July , 2006
Affordable Housing Blooms on a Bronx Brownfield
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Markham Gardens Financing Plan Finalized - Real Estate Weekly
January 10, 2007
The Arker Companies, The Domain Companies and Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island announced the closing of financing for the rental component of the $60 million redevelopment of Markham Gardens on Staten Island.
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Sea View Housing a Lease Closer to Reality
October 18, 2007
The Arker Companies and The Domain Companies announced yesterday that they had signed a lease with the city Health and Hospitals Corp. (HHC) after three years of planning and after securing the financing necessary to convert the historic nurses' residence on the campus of Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home into 104 apartments for seniors.
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Cityfeet.com profiles Markham Gardens announcement of development team
July 5, 2006
The City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) have selected The Arker Companies, The Domain Companies and Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island (NHS) to undertake a $60 million redevelopment of the Markham Gardens public housing development located in the West Brighton neighborhood on Staten Island’s north shore.

The Arker Companies closes $24.4m financing for 83-unit Hewitt House apartments
January 13, 2009
The Arker Companies, a leading developer of affordable housing in New York City, has finalized financing for the 83-unit Hewitt House Apartments in the Longwood section of the Bronx.
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Arker Companies wins 'Award for Excellence' from NYSAFAH
July 19, 2006
The Arker Companies receives 2006 Award for Excellence/Project of the Year from NYSAFAH
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Sea View senior housing gets more thumbs up - Staten Island Advance
June 20, 2007
City Council subcommittee and CB2 approve plans for 104 rental units for residents 55 and up
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Overlook at West Hill (Ithaca) Opens
September 8, 2006
The Overlook at West Hill, promoted as the first development in New York using a mix of energy-efficient designs in multifamily housing, was ceremonially opened Thursday by state and local elected officials and the companies involved in building it.

Rev. Ruben Diaz Apartments
December 1, 2006
A new mixed-use $26 million, ground up construction gets under way.
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Arker closes on $24 million package for apartments
December 17, 2008
The Arker Companies finalizes financing for 83-unit Hewitt House Apartments in the Bronx
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The Overlook at West Hill - Ithacatimes.com
February 22, 2006
The need for affordable housing in Tompkins County is about to be alleviated - slightly...

White Plains Courtyard
May 23, 2006
A new housing development is transforming something the Bronx has in abundance - contaminated industrial land - into something the entire city needs more of - affordable housing.
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Arker Companies Leading $60 Million Staten Island Affordable Job
July 5, 2006
HPD & NYCHA select The Arker Companies, The Domain Companies and NHS of Staten Island to undertake a $60 million redevelopment of Markham Gardens in West Brighton, Staten Island
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Arker Companies Maintain Affordability in Coney Island
July 27, 2006
Sea Park Apartments, in Coney Island, underwent a $77 million redevelopment. 816 units will remain affordable to NYC's residents.
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Affordable Housing Sector Shops Around for Retail Partners
November 1, 2006
The 100-unit White Plains Courtyard includes both workforce housing units and a retail component. It is one of several such properties that The Arker Companies is developing in New York City.
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Arker to Convert Brownfield Into 100 Affordables
May 3, 2006
The Arker Companies has launched development of White Plains Courtyard, a $27 milliion project that will transform a former Shell gas station site in the Morris Park area of the Bronx into a modern, 100-unit affordable housing complex and retail center.
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Sea Park in Coney Island to Undergo $80 Million Rebuild
October 18, 2004
Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC) Chairman Charles A. Gargano today announced the sale of Sea Park, a low-income housing project one block from the Boardwalk in Coney Island by New York State to the Arker Companies and the Related Capital Company. The private development team plans to spend $80 million to refurbish the apartments.

Rebirth for a Decaying Housing Project
June 30, 2006
$60M plan to transform Markham Gardens into quaint affordable houses
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