Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) has announced that they have finalized the Riverwalk neighborhood with developers. RIOC CEO Shelton Haynes “The plan is to build a bustling new community on the waterfront right at East 60th Street, stepping up housing and commercial space ranging in size from studios for single people to three-family dwellings for families.” Some of the new buildings will replace the old locations that are currently there. Roosevelt Island is a special place. New residents, businesses, and attractions will help to make this a neighborhood where people can live, work and play. RIOC has already begun demolishing and removing all structures at the former site of Southpoint Park. Riverwalk will also be home to new buildings, infill and green space, a riverwalk, and more. The Riverwalk neighborhood is now officially under construction.
Retail, Fine Dining, Student Life, and the Graduate Roosevelt Island Hotel Arrive
A few companies own 90,000 square feet of retail on Roosevelt Island’s Main Street. Hudson Companies and Related Companies are two of them. Hudson and Related Companies have decided to make a business proposal to the Cornell Tech campus. Hudson and Related Companies are also partnering with The Peebles Corporation. They will bring a Fine Dining restaurant, retail stores, and student life services to the Cornell Tech Campus. Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation is also working hard on getting new hotels for Roosevelt Island so that more people can live here permanently. RIOC has also been working hard to get a Graduate Roosevelt Island Hotel. They have also acquired a firm to build the Roosevelt Island Hotel Associates hotel.
Shelton Haynes and RIOC See Decades-Old Dreams Come True
Shelton Haynes has been the CEO of Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation for over a decade. He is responsible for leading RIOC and overseeing its $1.2 billion real estate and cultural portfolio, which includes the 2.1-mile-long main street, two hotels, and two large-scale developments with over 1,400 affordable housing units called Riverwalk and Cornell Tech. Haynes is working hard to get new people to live here so that our neighborhood becomes vibrant. Shelton Haynes is empowering the residents and tourists of Key West by inviting them to explore the island’s incredible attractions.