Howard Goldman testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA
BSA found development value of subject lots could not be previously realized. On December 16, 2014 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant the applicants, West 29th Street Owner’s Corp. and The Flower House Condominium, an amendment of previously existing variances on two lots. The amendment is required to merge the lots into one zoning lot and transfer their development rights to an as-of-right hotel in development on an adjacent site. The subject lots are Lot 7502 on 111-113 West 28th Street and Lot 49 on 114-120 West 29th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
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Every month CityLand publishes a comprehensive set of charts to track applications to, and decisions from, New York City’s land use agencies. Agencies covered include: Department of City Planning, City Planning Commission, City Council, Board of Standards & Appeals, and Landmarks Preservation Commission.
CityLand tracks these applications through the review process to a final decision. The majority of these decisions are available on the Center for New York City Law’s CityAdmin database (found at www.CityAdmin.org).
To view the New Filings and Decisions chart for June 2012, click here.
Read below for expanded descriptions of some of the applications and decisions found in this month’s chart:
– Rezoning proposals for Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem certified. The City Planning Commission certified into ULURP the Bedford-Stuyvesant North Rezoning and West Harlem Rezoning proposals. For CityLand’s complete coverage of the proposals, click here.
– Certificate of Appropriateness issued to owner of the Puck Building. Landmarks on April 27, 2012 issued Kushner Companies a Certificate of Appropriateness (read more…)
