Ones To Watch: Innovators In Commercial Real Estate: Victor Body-Lawson, Body Lawson Associates Architects + Planners

Innovation Highlight:
Not only are our architects advancing more 100% affordable housing projects, they’re more sustainable and energy-efficient than ever before. Our 142-unit Taryn Towers in the Bronx will achieve sustainability goals, and The Peninsula is aiming for Passive House certification. Two others, the second phase of Marcus Garvey Village and the new 74-unit building 210 West 145th St., are both Enterprise Green Communities projects. This is sustainable housing that keeps it affordable for the future.

Innovation in Action:
The innovations driving our firm’s success range widely, from more live-work spaces and amenities to create working communities to new designs for outdoor spaces and balconies that enhance affordable lifestyles. Other innovations are amenities that now pencil out in cutting-edge multifamily: Expanded bulk storage is now possible everywhere, and washer-dryers and dishwashers are coming to more low-income units. Plus, look for more floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as efficient packaged terminal heat pumps, or PTHPs.