Officials break ground on largest housing project in Far West Side

Mayor Michael Bloomberg presided over the groundbreaking Monday of Manhattan's largest new construction project under his administration's housing plan. The mixed-use development at 550 W. 45th St. will take up almost an entire block in the Far West Side, and includes a 31-story tower. Here's what the project entails:

1,238: New apartments being built with half designated as "affordable"

2,500: Estimated number of tenants

2,900: Constructions jobs to be created

2014: Year the residential units will be finished

$520 million: Project's cost funded primarily by state bonds