NY Waterfront Redevelopment Gets Green Light
This project will include more than 400 units across four new city blocks.

The City of New Rochelle, N.Y., Planning Board has approved Pratt Landing, an 11.5-acre mixed-use waterfront redevelopment in the city. The project will be executed by Twining Properties in a public-private partnership with the city and the state of New York. It will include residential properties, a hotel, retail and event spaces.
The multifamily component will consist of 383 rental units along with 99 for-sale condominiums, including a full range of layouts from studios to three-bedroom homes. Plans call for the hotel to have 150 rooms. The retail and restaurant component will total 40,000 square feet, supported by 845 parking spaces.
The former industrial site, whose connection to downtown New Rochelle will be revitalized under the plans, was once occupied by the New Rochelle Department of Public Works, a Naval armory and a concrete batching plant. The brownfield redevelopment will create four new city blocks and a waterfront park on the city’s northeastern shore on Long Island Sound.Â
The approval by the city, which concludes the entitlement phase of the project, clears the way for demolition, environmental remediation and other site work to begin. Construction is slated to start in 2026, with completion by 2029.
A centerpiece of the project will be the revitalized historic New Rochelle Naval Armory building, whose expansive Drill Hall will serve as an event venue suitable for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs and other community gatherings. An Armory Veterans Center will be in the armory’s annex building, which will provide space for veteran-oriented events.
The New Rochelle Naval Armory, originally built in 1932, served for decades as a military training ground and meeting place for recruits. By the time the city of New Rochelle bought the property from the state for $1 in 1997, its military use had ended, and the site remained derelict afterwards. In the late 2000s, redevelopment plans unrelated to the current plans called for its demolition, an idea opposed by veterans groups.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects and EDI International designed Pratt Landing, with engineering by Langan Engineering. New York City-based Twining Properties has been an active developer in recent years, especially including mixed-use, transit-oriented projects in greater New York, as well as in metro Boston.
New Rochelle revitalization
Pratt Landing’s redevelopment comes concurrently with New Rochelle’s larger ongoing efforts at revitalization. The most recent initiative is the city’s Downtown Retail Strategy, which was approved by the city council in October 2024. Retail development is a primary goal of the initiative, as part of supporting downtown as a place to live.
The Downtown Retail Strategy will include financial support for physical improvements and relocation costs for retailers looking to occupy vacant spaces in downtown New Rochelle. It also plans on modernizing code restrictions in parts of downtown that previously banned bars and experiential retail.
Also in 2024, New Rochelle received a federal grant to redevelop a section of the six-lane Memorial Highway into a city street with open space, greenery and a new elevated park similar to New York City’s High Line. The redevelopment will also reconnect neighborhoods.
Later last year, a 307-unit residential tower in New Rochelle topped out. The 28-story building, which will be all electric, is located at 247 North Ave., less than two blocks from the New Rochelle train station.