The Prow Building
Bronx Terminal Market, Bronx, New York

Owner:	The Related Companies
Size:	45,000 square feet
Cost:	$4.2 million

Studio 5 completed the design development and construction drawings for this adaptive re-use project. The task was to convert this historic building, which in the past was used as a neighborhood wholesale meat, fruit & vegetable market, into a commercial building containing upscale retail shops. The building, located at the southern tip of the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market project, had fallen into disrepair and the neighborhood viewed it as an eyesore. The concrete exterior and superstructure of the building was salvaged, but both structural and aesthetic repairs were necessary along with new storefronts and canopies. The distinctive lettering inset into the façade was also refurbished. The building renovation, which was designed with several environmentally sustainable, or "green", design approaches and building systems, was subsequently awarded the LEED Silver rating by the United States Green Buildings Council (USGBC). Some of the "green" building strategies employed were; highly reflective/high emissivity roofing, reuse of existing building components, specification of local/regional building materials, thermally efficient building envelope and specifying low-emitting/non-VOC building materials.