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    New York Botanical Garden Issues Request for Proposals for Major Mixed-Use Development

    Request for Proposals  •  Bedford Park/Norwood, Bronx
    Proposed development site bordered in red. Image credit: New York Botanical Garden

    Proposed development site bordered in red. Image credit: New York Botanical Garden

    The request seeks proposals that incorporate a hotel, residential units, and retail space.  On January 19, 2016, the New York Botanical Garden issued a request for proposals to construct a mixed-use development on an “acre-plus parcel” of land that sits at the south-east corner of Webster Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard, which is directly adjacent to the Botanical Garden’s parking garage.  The development would be part of a larger district-wide transformation that has been underway since 2011.

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    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Community Board 7, Council Member Ritchie Torres, New York Botanical Garden, NYCEDC, Request for Proposals, Webster Avenue
    Date:02/04/2016
    Category : Economic Development Corporation
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    Fordham Road BID Secures Expansion Approval

    BID expansion  •  Fordham Road, The Bronx
    Fordham Road Business Improvement District will expand to include One Fordham Plaza.  Image Credit:  Fordham Road BID

    Fordham Road Business Improvement District will expand to include One Fordham Plaza. Image Credit: Fordham Road BID

    Fordham Road BID will incorporate One Fordham Plaza into the Bronx BID.  On July 9, 2014, the City Planning Commission approved the Fordham Road District Management Association’s application to expand the Fordham Road Business Improvement District to include two new lots located directly to the east of the existing BID.  The new lots are bounded by East Fordham Road to the north, East 189th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Washington Avenue to the west.  The BID currently stretches along Fordham Road between Jerome Avenue to the west and Webster Avenue to the east.  The BID lies within parts of Bronx Community Boards 5, 6, and 7; the expansion lots are located entirely within Community Board 6.

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    Tags : Bronx Community Board 5, Bronx Community Board 6, Bronx Community Board 7, City Council, Daniel Bernstein, David Rose, Department of Small Business Services, Fordham Road BID, Mayor Bill de Blasio, One Fordham Plaza, The Bronx, Wilma M. Alonso
    Date:08/25/2014
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Bronx affordable housing projects gain BSA approval

    Variance  •  Norwood, Bronx

    Developer claims proposed 140 units needed to meet funding requirements. The Doe Fund, Inc., a not-for- profit that provides job training and housing for New York City homeless, applied to BSA to construct two affordable housing projects on Webster Avenue in the Bronx. The lots’ commercial zoning prohibited residential development, triggering the need for a variance.

    Under the Doe Fund’s plan, the eight-story 41,114-square-foot building proposed for 3349 Webster Avenue would contain 84 single-room occupancy units for seniors. At 3365 Webster Avenue, a second, eight-story 52,306-square-foot building with 56 units would target formerly homeless families. (read more…)

    Tags : 3349/3365 Webster Avenue, Bronx Community Board 7, The Doe Fund
    Date:10/15/2007
    Category : Board of Standards & Appeals
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