# NEW YORK | 2740 Webster Ave | FT | 12 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [May 1, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-2740-webster-ave-ft-12-floors/24487 "2025-05-01T20:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-2740-webster-ave-ft-12-floors/24487/1 "2025-05-01T20:01:30Z")
> Madruga’s Maddd Equities and Stagg’s Stagg Group are planning an 800,000-square-foot development with over 500 dormitories and 485 units of affordable housing, Stagg said. The group is in talks to bring a national grocery store chain to the project as well. > **[Maddd and Stagg to bring massive dorm project to The Bronx](https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/04/30/maddd-and-stagg-plan-new-dorm-project-in-the-bronx/)** > > The developers acquired a site at 2740 Webster Avenue for $40 million to build a massive dormitory and housing complex > **[Libremax Provides $26M for Bronx Land Acquisition](https://commercialobserver.com/2025/04/libremax-26m-maddd-equities-stagg-group-bronx-land-acquisition/)** > > Jorge Madruga’s Maddd Equities and Mark Stagg’s Stagg Group will build an 800,000-SF mixed-use building. ---
**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 1, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-2740-webster-ave-ft-12-floors/24487/2 "2025-05-01T20:24:37Z")
This should be built over the train tracks to connect to the university campus on the other side. Morrisania projects is a good precedent. > **[Morrisania Air Rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisania_Air_Rights)** > > Morrisania Air Rights is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing project in Melrose and Morrisania, Bronx, consisting of three buildings, 19, 23, and 29 stories tall. There are 843 apartments housing some 1,952 residents. It was designed by the architectural firm The Eggers Partnership also known as Eggers & Higgins.\[citation needed\] > The planning for the development began in 1971, but construction did not begin until the late 1970s. By purchasing the air rights above the Metro-N... ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-2740-webster-ave-ft-12-floors/24487/3 "2025-11-26T15:49:39Z")
[Permits Filed for 2740 Webster Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx - New York YIMBY](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/11/permits-filed-for-2740-webster-avenue-in-fordham-the-bronx.html) > The proposed 130-foot-tall development will yield 215,129 square feet designated for community facility space. The building will have 162 units with a total 672 dwellings on the lot. The concrete-based structure will also have a 20-foot-long rear yard. ---
**Author:** ![abot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/abot/32/122020_2.png) [@abot](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/abot)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-2740-webster-ave-ft-12-floors/24487/4 "2026-05-06T13:35:43Z")
> **[The Plan: More Student Housing Planned for Fordham’s Bronx Fiefdom](https://commercialobserver.com/2026/05/student-housing-fordham-bronx-webster-avenue/)** > > The new student housing development is expected to be completed by July of 2028 and open for the 2029 academic year.   ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/9/79803d20e9d5ef65da4e99be2d337c008bddfd53.jpeg) > Maddd Equities and the Stagg Group have partnered to bring a 225,000-square-foot, 12-story student housing project to 2740 Webster Avenue, just a 10-minute walk from Fordham’s main campus next to the New York Botanical > 2740 Webster Avenue is currently a surface parking lot across the Metro-North train tracks from Fordham’s main Rose Hill campus. The future residence hall is expected to house up to 600 students, and will feature a vast array of amenities. > The new student housing development is expected to be completed by July of 2028 and open for the 2029 academic year. ---
**Author:** ![NeverForgiveAction](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/neverforgiveaction/32/181835_2.png) [@NeverForgiveAction](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NeverForgiveAction)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-2740-webster-ave-ft-12-floors/24487/5 "2026-05-06T17:00:05Z")
Obligatory ‘should be taller’ comment