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    Land Use Committee Approves New Two-Lot Wide Building on Controversial Site

    ULURP Application  •  SoHo, Manhattan
    Rendering of 146-150 Wooster Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: KUB Capital.

    Rendering of 146-150 Wooster Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: KUB Capital.

    Developers spent months engaging local representatives and neighborhood residents to garner their approval before formally initiating ULURP process.  On January 28, 2016, the City Council Land Use Committee unanimously approved an application to construct a mixed-use building at 146–150 Wooster Street, located in Manhattan’s landmarked SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District.  150 Wooster LLC, the project developer and subsidiary of KUB real estate investment and design firm, is the second owner to attempt to build a new development in place of the existing and unused one-story garage.  In the face of substantial community opposition, the previous site owner’s ULURP application was withdrawn before reaching the City Council.

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    Tags : 150 Wooster Street, City Planning Commission, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Donovan Richards, Council Member Margaret Chin, KUB Capital, Land Use Committee, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2, New York City Council, SoHo-Cast Iron Historical District, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises
    Date:02/01/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Landmarks Split on Project Proposed for SoHo Site

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  SoHo, Manhattan
    Artist's rendering of 150 Wooster Street. Image Credit: CityLand

    Artist’s rendering of 150 Wooster Street. Image Credit: CityLand

    Landmarks previously approved demolition of one-story garage and new seven-story building in 2011. On March 3, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for the demolition of an existing one-story garage, and the construction of a new six-story-plus-penthouse building, at 150 Wooster Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. The two-lot site is currently occupied by a vacant lot and a garage, which was heavily altered from an earlier structure at some point in the 20th century after the building. Landmarks approved a project at the site in 2011, which would have been similar in scale, though one story taller, and also entailed the demolition of the garage. The project was never realized and the building now has different owners, and a different design team has been retained, for an entirely new application.

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    Tags : 150 Wooster Street, Frank Chaney, Historic Districts Council, KUB Capital, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
    Date:03/12/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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