Project Rendering. Image Credit: CPC.

Two mixed-use buildings, containing 425 affordable residential units for families and seniors, will be developed in Soundview, Bronx. On October 18, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for a zoning map and text amendment by the Park Lane Residence Company. This application will facilitate the development of two mixed-use buildings with 425 affordable housing units in Soundview, Bronx. The project area is bounded by Turnbull Avenue to the north, Lafayette Avenue to the south, Pugsley Avenue to the east, and White Plains Road to the west. (read more…)

Sendero Verde Rendering. Image Credit: Handle Architects.

A three-building mixed-use project will create 655 affordable housing units, 4 community gardens, an elevated public courtyard, space for Mt. Sinai medical offices and a DREAM charter school in East Harlem. On October 2, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on the Sendero Verde application submitted by NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”). The application will facilitate the development of three mixed-use buildings containing 655 affordable units, commercial and community facilities, community gardens, and publicly accessible open space. The project will be developed between 112th Street to the north, 111th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, , and Madison Avenue to the west. (read more…)

19 East 72nd Street. Image credit: Google Maps

City Planning approved a special permit for a retail establishment in the bottom floor of a 17-story building on the Upper East Side. On October 4, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for a special permit from the 19 East 72nd Street Corporation—owner of 19 East 72nd Street in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The application sought a special permit to modify the use regulations of Section 22-10 and the sign regulations of Section 22-30 of the Zoning Resolution to allow for retail uses on portions of the ground floor of the existing 17-story building. (read more…)

449 Broadway in SoHo. Image credit: Google Maps

City Planning approved a special permit for a retail establishment in the lower floors of a five-story building in the SoHo neighborhood. On October 4, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for a special permit from 449 Broadway LLC—owner of 449 Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The application sought a special permit to modify the use regulations of Section 42-14(D)(2)(b) of the Zoning Resolution to allow retail uses on portions of the ground floor and cellar of the existing five-story building.

The building, constructed in 1855–56, is located on a 5,000-square-foot through lot with 25 feet of frontage on Mercer Street and 25 feet of frontage on the west side of Broadway. The building has no certificate of occupancy. The upper floors are currently occupied by as-of-right offices. The ground floor and cellar of the building have been vacant since 2010.

The building is located in an M1-5B district, which permits as-of-right light industrial and commercial uses and community facilities. The applicant proposed to convert 4,194 square feet of floor area on the ground floor and 4,091 square feet of floor area in the cellar for Use Group 6 uses—retail. (read more…)

Proposed site for the new building. Image credit: Google Maps

The City Planning Commission approved a new eight-story mixed-use building with 75 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. On October 4, 2017, the New York City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for a zoning map and zoning text amendment to facilitate the development of an eight-story mixed-use building consisting of 81,951 square feet of residential space for 75 residential units. The applicant, JMS Realty Corp., proposed that the site be up-zoned and designated as a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area. (read more…)