New York Real Estate Journal

Developing Long Island: <br>Estella Housing

September 30, 2025 - Spotlight Content

Hempstead, NY Located at the corner of Bedell and Main St., Estella Housing is a beautiful new mixed-use building that sports 96 affordable apartments and approximately 7,000 s/f of family-centered retail space. 

The building is a four-story wood-framed structure atop a one-story parking and support level and a lower-level parking garage. This main level contains retail parking, as well as mechanical rooms, utility rooms, generators, a lobby, and vertical circulation elements for the upper and lower floors. In total, the main level, two stories of parking, four stories of residential space, and three retail spaces along Main St., comprising of nearly 126,000 s/f (81,666 s/f of residential; 44,245 s/f of retail, garage, and utility / mechanical spaces). 

The apartments — 35 studio units, 57 one-bedroom units, and four two-bedroom units — feature living and bedrooms, full kitchen eating areas with all-electric appliances, full bathrooms, and various closets and other miscellaneous storage spaces. Residents have access to a wide variety of amenities, including a lounge area, community room, reception area, library, computer room, and fitness room, as well as shared laundry facilities and office space.

Project Team

Architect: H2M architects + engineers

Developer: Concern Housing

MEP Engineer: Emtec Consulting Engineers

Structural Engineer: Cates Engineering

Civil Engineer: Nelson + Pope

General Contractor: BELFOR Property Restoration

 

Project Info

Project Title: Estella Housing

Project Location: Bedell Street & Main Street, Hempstead, NY

Property Type: Mixed Use / Multi-Family Housing

Project Type: New

Number S/F: 125,911 S/F

Year Started: 2023

Completion Date: 2025