# MOUNT VERNON | Development News **URL:** \ **Category:** New York\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650 "2017-06-05T03:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/21 "2024-12-21T13:06:14Z")
115 South MacQuesten Parkway > **[Groundbreaking for 315-unit Opal 115 in Mount Vernon](https://westfaironline.com/combined/groundbreaking-for-315-unit-opal-115-in-mount-vernon/)** > > Lead developer the NRP Group with equity owners Forward Thinkers Development and Grandview Consulting on Dec. 17 broke ground on ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/a/da6c619d0db15121f4f33bc9e453f5d2d11054fa.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/22 "2025-01-24T21:59:00Z")
> **[Mount Vernon Hospital files for NYS approvals of expansion, upgrade plans;...](https://westfaironline.com/combined/mount-vernon-hospital-files-for-nys-approvals-of-expansion-upgrade-plans-project-cost-estimate-rises/)** > > Montefiore's Mount Vernon Hospital has filed a Certificate of Need with the New York State Department of Health as it ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/8/a8c39c26d7fed34b15eade0a3caaca57e36016a1.jpeg) Rendering of planned new emergency room entrance at Mount Vernon Hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/23 "2025-02-28T14:30:29Z")
19 South Tenth Avenue > **[Plan to convert former school building in Mount Vernon into apartments](https://westfaironline.com/combined/plan-to-convert-former-school-building-in-mount-vernon-into-apartments/)** > > The entity Vernon Realty Holdings LLC has submitted a plan to Mount Vernon to convert the former Mount Carmel School ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/25 "2025-03-03T21:05:52Z")
I don’t know if this is a secret or anything… but Mount Vernon is probably the most undesirable place in Westchester County. And thus we’re not seeing New Rochelle or White Plains level of development, and we won’t see it anytime soon. And that’s ok. Not every town next to a train station needs to be gentrified. ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/26 "2025-03-03T21:33:09Z")
Yeah of course. But there is still demand for new housing even in the less desirable parts of the region. It’s a question of whether it would be built if the city weren’t standing in the way. I know governance has been a basketcase in Mt Vernon for years. ---
**Author:** ![Rangerparks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@Rangerparks](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Rangerparks)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/27 "2025-03-03T22:22:24Z")
“And that’s ok. Not every town next to a train station needs to be gentrified.” Uh, no. Every area that has a metro north station adjacent to it needs to be developed. Everything else you said is correct, but TOD is key for ridership ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/28 "2025-03-04T00:10:31Z")
Development doesn’t need to mean gentrification. Usually once expensive flashy projects start going up it is a sign that gentrification has already begun, but if you allow modest low-cost missing middle housing, it can sometimes pencil out and be built even without gentrification having started. I grew up in another less desirable town, Paterson, and in recent years it’s seen some modest development without much change in the socioeconomic character of the community. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/29 "2025-03-18T00:23:46Z")
420 North Terrace Avenue (4 floors, 16 units) > **[$4.9M apartment building planned for lot in Mount Vernon](https://westfaironline.com/combined/4-9m-apartment-building-planned-for-lot-in-mount-vernon/)** > > The entity N. Terrace Ownership Group LLC, which has a mailing address in Thornwood, has developed a plan to build ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/30 "2025-03-18T00:36:08Z")
That’s great. A 3-story 12-unit low-cost building is exactly what “Missing Middle Housing” means. Hope they build a lot more of these. ---
**Author:** ![Dior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/dior/32/164097_2.png) [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/31 "2025-03-18T13:44:24Z")
2k for a one bedroom Is still a lot especially for an area like mt Vernon well I just looked it up and that seems to be the average for the area?? crazy ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/32 "2025-03-18T14:06:12Z")
Yeah that is surprising. There are cheaper new-build 1-BR’s than that in Journal Square. ---
**Author:** ![Rangerparks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@Rangerparks](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Rangerparks)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/33 "2025-03-18T16:02:43Z")
No such thing as “cheap housing” anywhere within an hour of NYC ---
**Author:** ![Dior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/dior/32/164097_2.png) [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/34 "2025-03-20T13:40:21Z")
😒 sad truth ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/35 "2025-05-26T11:44:03Z")
> **[Concept floated for three townhouse developments in Mount Vernon](https://westfaironline.com/combined/concept-floated-for-three-townhouse-developments-in-mount-vernon/)** > > A group of investors has been meeting with staff members of the City of Mount Vernon to discuss the possibilities ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/36 "2025-07-21T16:16:53Z")
745 South Third Avenue > **[Mixed-use project possible for former Salvation Army site in Mount Vernon](https://westfaironline.com/combined/mixed-use-project-possible-for-former-salvation-army-site-in-mount-vernon/)** > > Mount Vernon Mayor Shawn Patterson-Howard has raised the possibility of a mixed-use development replacing the building at 745 S. Third ---
**Author:** ![Nickfloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nickfloyo/32/173662_2.png) [@Nickfloyo](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Nickfloyo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/37 "2025-08-18T01:57:53Z")
> **[Two-tower, 315-unit project proposed for Mount Vernon](https://westfaironline.com/economic-development/two-tower-315-unit-project-proposed-for-mount-vernon/)** > > A development with two residential towers, one 13 stories and the other eight stories, along with other elements built to ![IMG_4945](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/1/112661f0565d01f100d470b3d8d6259113ca38ae.jpeg) > **[See photos of massive site being developed for affordable housing in Mount...](https://www.lohud.com/picture-gallery/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2025/08/06/mount-vernon-ny-photos-massive-site-being-developed-for-housing/85459026007/)** > > The Opal 115 development will feature 315 units in two buildings plus stores, recreational space and an outpost for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau. It would appear this project is u/c. Screen via [Meister Concrete](https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYrqesxwnq/?img_index=1&igsh=MWQ1bHgwc2x1cnlmMQ==). ---
**Author:** ![Nickfloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nickfloyo/32/173662_2.png) [@Nickfloyo](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Nickfloyo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/38 "2025-08-18T02:01:01Z")
![IMG_4947](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/6/06c352ef78f32c2cbfd16615271adc4e0cf077c5.jpeg) Don’t know this one (seems to be near 7 N Macquesten Pkwy) but it has also began construction work. Screenshot via [ASF\_Construction](https://www.instagram.com/asf_constructionexc?igsh=eTRwMTV6eXJkdHJt) ---
**Author:** ![Nickfloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nickfloyo/32/173662_2.png) [@Nickfloyo](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Nickfloyo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/39 "2025-08-18T02:06:56Z")
> **[Simone demands that owner sell MacQuesten property in Mount Vernon - Westfair...](https://westfaironline.com/courts/simone-demands-that-owner-sell-macquesten-property-in-mount-vernon/?print=print)** I believe it’s this project that will be two 15 story buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Nickfloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nickfloyo/32/173662_2.png) [@Nickfloyo](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Nickfloyo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/40 "2025-08-30T01:18:08Z")
> **[ASF Construction & Excavation on Instagram: "​Success in New York is...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN1Zv_QXrvC/?igsh=MTg1MHBqNjU0eGFtYw==)** > > 41 likes, 1 comments - asf\_constructionexc on August 26, 2025: "​Success in New York is built from the ground up. On N MacQuesten Pkwy, we are laying the groundwork for a project that will not only transform a space, but also define a new standard of... ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650/41 "2025-09-05T03:28:08Z")
230 East Sandford Boulevard > **[Mount Vernon Floor & Decor store expected to open in spring](https://westfaironline.com/construction/mount-vernon-floor-decor-store-expected-to-open-in-spring/)** > > Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard says that a Floor & Decor store that has been approved for 230 East Sandford [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/mount-vernon-development-news/3650.md?page=3)