Robin Kramer testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA
Board recognized a vested right to continue construction. On June 16, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to extend a construction permit to the applicant, 180 Orchard LLC, for a twenty-four story mixed commercial- and community-use building at 180 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The building will contain retail on the cellar and ground floors, community space on the mezzanine and second floors, and hotel use through the remaining floors.
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Edward Lauria testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA
Board approved a new commercial building on satisfying Fire Department requirements. On July 14, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant a permit for the construction of a single-story commercial building at 47 Trioka Way in the Special South Richmond Development District of Staten Island. The building will be concrete block with metal walls and roof, covering 15,120 square feet of floor area divided evenly among ten storage units and contractor’s establishments.
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Eric Palatnik testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA
The Board granted the permit after confirming the neighborhood’s character would not be altered. On March 10, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals granted a special permit to Athina Orthodoxou to enlarge a non-complying two-story two-family home at 337 99th Street, in an R4-1 zoning district in the Special Bay Ridge District of Brooklyn. The Special District was established in 2005 to protect Bay Ridge from high-density development. (See additional CityLand coverage here.)
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Owner altered window and facade details to gain Landmarks approval . On April 12, 2011, Landmarks approved Fishman Holdings’ revised proposal to construct an eight-story building on a vacant lot at 87 Chambers Street in the Tribeca South Historic District. The through-block building will front Reade Street to the north. The lot had been occupied by a store-and-loft building that Fishman originally planned to convert to a hotel. The building, however, partially collapsed in 2009 and Buildings ordered Fishman to demolish the remaining structure.
Fishman in February 2009 presented a plan to build a hotel that closely followed its conversion proposal. The building would rise six stories, with two additional floors set back fifteen feet. Landmarks approved of the building’s massing and scale, but asked for changes to the facade and window details. 8 CityLand 29 (March 15, 2011). (read more…)
