Aufgang Architects reports 9,000 multifamily units in NYC in its design pipeline

Manhattan, NY Aufgang Architects, a New York architectural firm, has nearly 9,000 multifamily units in its design pipeline throughout the city in various stages of development.

“Our substantial multifamily design pipeline includes affordable, supportive, senior and market-rate projects for leading commercial real estate developers. We are committed to addressing New York’s housing crisis through thoughtful, environmentally sustainable designs for diverse communities,” said Ariel Aufgang, AIA, principal of Aufgang Architects. 

“They are in a range of development from permit filings through nearly completed construction, providing much-needed homes for New Yorkers,” said Aufgang. 

Aufgang is the second busiest architectural firm in NYC measured by new Department of Building permit applications, which totaled over 3.3 million s/f for the firm in 2024.

Ariel Aufgang identified some of his firm’s notable affordable residential design projects: 

• Edgemere Commons in Rockaway, Queens, with 2,050 100% affordable units, many with ocean views, along with urban planning on a nine-acre site developed in multiple phases by Tishman Speyer. The first two Aufgang designed buildings are completed.

• North Cove Apartments on the Harlem River waterfront in Inwood, upper Manhattan, with 611 100% affordable units developed by MADDD Equities and Joy Construction. 

DWTN on Tillary St. in Brooklyn, with 473 units, developed by MADDD Equities and Joy Construction 

450 affordable units in a residential building adjacent to the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx under an RFP approved by NYC EDC

Kay’s Place nearing completion at 487 4^th Ave. in Brooklyn is an 11-story, 44-unit building with affordable and supportive housing, along with ground-floor commercial space and an outdoor recreation area. This project is developed by Mercy Home and Procida Construction Corp.

“We have approximately 45 multifamily design projects in four of the City’s boroughs, including about 3,000 units in each Queens and the Bronx, over 1,800 in Brooklyn and more than 800 units in Manhattan,” said Aufgang.

In the past decade alone, Aufgang has designed more than 13 million s/f of built space, comprising more than 13,000 residential units across more than 100 multifamily development projects, both market rate and affordable. These new construction and preservation projects were capitalized at a total of approximately $3 billion. 

Aufgang is a certified Minority Business Enterprise.