South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation

Sobro has more than two decades of experience developing and managing commercial and residential properties, evidenced by our portfolio of over 450 units of affordable and market rate housing and over 120,000 square feet of commercial, industrial, and office space in the bronx and upper manhattan. Sobro's housing development efforts include rehabilitating existing buildings and creating new buildings in vacant space to transform blighting influences into beautiful and viable spaces for living and working. One of sobro's goals and part of our comprehensive strategy for community develoment is to increase the availability of rental housing for low and moderate-income families. To this end, we build new housing, rehabilitate vacant properties, and prevent deteriorating housing stock from becoming abandoned.

In fy2021, sobro provided career development services to hundred of individuals, placing them into employment and delivering job-readiness training, which included a customer service training component and nationally recognized certification in customer service. Sobro's outcomes for adult education classes have consistently surpassed program evaluation targets.

Industrial development and job creation community and technical assistance