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    Variance granted for biomedical research facility

    Variance  •  Lenox Hill, Manhattan
    Cornell’s proposed research facility. Image: Red Square, Inc. for Polshek Partnership Architects.

    Cornell’s need to expand supported granting of variance. Cornell University applied to BSA on behalf of Weill Cornell Medical College, a non-profit educational institution, for a variance to construct an 18-story biomedical research facility at 411-431 East 69th Street in Manhattan. The development site includes portions of five tax lots comprising a single zoning lot. Cornell intends to demolish three buildings within the zoning lot to construct the new facility. The proposed building would be constructed at nearly double the permitted FAR and triple the permitted street wall height.

    Cornell claimed that its current research facilities were outdated, and that the proposed building was necessary to efficiently increase its medical research capabilities. Cornell presented proof that institutions with similar missions required laboratory floor plates between 20,000 – 35,000 sq.ft. Not including mechanical space, Cornell’s facility would have 21,752 sq.ft. floor plates. Cornell also claimed that the proposed location for the research facility was ideal because nearby patient care facilities would help facilitate clinical research. (read more…)

    Tags : 411-431 East 69th St., Cornell University, Manhattan Community Board 8, Weill Cornell Medical College
    Date:03/15/2009
    Category : Board of Standards & Appeals
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