2M-square-foot complex with apartments, office, commercial and production studio space sent to Council. Silvercup Studios, through Terra Cotta LLC, obtained Planning Commission approval for several rezoning and special permit applications to enable the development of Silvercup West, a 2.07-millionsquare- foot complex that would occupy six acres along the East River waterfront in Hunter’s Point, Queens. The site, bordered by Vernon Boulevard, the East River and 43rd Avenue, lies partially under the Queensboro Bridge and contains a temporary generating facility run by the New York Power Authority, which would end operations if the project obtains approval.

Silvercup Studios is the largest full-service film and television production facility in the northeastern United States. It currently operates locations in Hunter’s Point and Blissville, Queens and its expansion into Silvercup West would be its third Queens location.

The complex would consist of one large base building that would separate into four towers: a film and television production studio tower would rise to 133 feet in height; two residential towers would reach heights of 589 and 506 feet; and an office tower would have a maximum height of 526 feet. In total, the complex would include over 270,000 sq.ft. of film and television production studios, 589,590 sq.ft. of office space, 1,000 residential units, 106,014 sq.ft. of community facility space, restaurants, bars, and a 1,400-space parking garage for complex tenants. Additionally, the project includes 55,000 sq.ft. of public open space, including a walkway along the East River. (more…)

Changes include street level restaurants and retail, new film center, and expansion of Juilliard and Alice Tully Hall. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts sought approval for the large-scale redesign by New York firms Diller Scofidio+Renfro and Fox and Fowle Architects of its West 65th Street frontage, requiring an amendment to the zoning text and map and acquisition of an easement over City property.

Under the plan, Lincoln Center’s three parking and loading entrances and the loading berth on West 65th Street will be eliminated and the pedestrian bridge spanning the street removed. Access to the Lincoln Center Garage will be gained by a tunnel to be constructed beneath the street, connecting the Lincoln Center Garage, on the south side of West 65th, to the Rose Building garage. With the changes, Lincoln Center will use its West 65th Street frontage as main entries to its venues. (more…)

New development potential of 26 million sq.ft. of office space and 13.6 million sq.ft. of residential; 24 acres of parks, a subway extension, and a new boulevard approved. On November 22, 2004, the Commission approved the Bloomberg Administration’s major urban planning initiative for Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, the area bounded by West 30th and West 43rd Streets, running from Seventh and Eighth Avenues to Twelfth Avenue.

The ten applications before the Commission would achieve a comprehensive redevelopment plan, the expansion of City services and a rezoning of the entire area. At the center of the plan for redevelopment is the transfer from the MTA to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services of the 30-acre, eastern portion of the Caemmerer Yard, spanning from West 30th to West 33rd Streets and from Tenth to Eleventh Avenues, for construction of a platform over the yard. (See C 040505 PQM.) The platform would facilitate future private development and the City’s construction of new parks. Further, the rail yard transfer would partially enable the No. 7 Flushing Line expansion, which is proposed to extend from Times Square to West 41st Street and Tenth Avenue, then south to West 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue. (See C 040504 PQM.) (more…)