Westbridge Realty Group files plans for 99-unit building in Fordham Heights

Steven Westreich of Westbridge Realty Group submitted a new building construction project for a 99-unit, 55,639 square-foot residential (R-2) building on a three-parcel development site at 2484-2488 Elm Place in Fordham Heights, Bronx. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on July 7, 2025 under job number X01250288. It calls for the construction of a 12-story building. The project is described in the filing as: new 12-story and penthouse 99-family building. The lot is approximately 75 feet of frontage and is occupied by single-family homes currently. The architect is Leandro Nils Dickson Architect.

Violations and lawsuits

According to city public data, the property has not received any significant violations in the last year.

There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months.

The neighborhood

In Fordham Heights, The bulk, or 46 percent of the 16.3 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with walkup buildings next occupying 35 percent of the space. In sales, Fordham Heights has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $129.7 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 8th highest in Bronx. For development, Fordham Heights has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 8th highest in Bronx. It had 946,006 square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 6 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.

The block

On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of 10 of the 24 commercial properties representing 210,329 square feet of the 339,472 square feet. The largest owner is Allen Franco, followed by Besim Pervizaj and then Edwin Shirazian. On the tax block, there was one new building construction project filed totaling 55,639 square feet. It is a 99-unit, 55,639 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Steven Westreich with plans filed July 7, 2025 and it has not been permitted yet.

The surrounding

Within a 400-foot radius of 2484 Elm Place, PincusCo identified four commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months. One of those four items was a sale which MBD Community Housing Corp bought the 54,662-square-foot, 58-unit rental (D7) on 2468 Tiebout Avenue for $25.8 million from SKF Development on July 5, 2024. Of those four items, three were loans above $5 million totaling $54.1 million. The most recent of the three was Neighborhood Restore in which borrowed $6.8 million from NYC Housing Development Corporation secured by the 81,708-square-foot, 55-unit rental (C7) on 373 East 188th Street and 14 other properties on October 1, 2024.

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