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    City Planning Hears Application for Major Development Across the Street from Essex Crossing

    ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan

    Rending of the development along Broome Street Image Credit: City Planning

    New development on Lower East Side set to transform the entire Broome Street corridor. On December 4, 2019, the City Planning Commission heard an application by Go Broome LLC and the Chinatown Planning Council HDFC to rezone and develop a large-scale, mixed-use development on the Lower East Side. The proposed development includes mixed-income housing, affordable senior housing, program and office space for the Chinese American Planning Council, congregation space for the landmarked Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, and commercial retail space.

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    Tags : Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, Chinese American Planning Council, City Planning Commission, Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Department of City Planning, Essex Crossing, Go Broome Street, Kenneth J. Knuckles, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
    Date:01/02/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Holds Hearing on 11-Story Middle-Income Building in Bedford-Stuyvesant

    ULURP  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Rendering of the proposed 11-story building, designed by Shakespeare Gordon Vlado Architects. Image credit: BFC Partners

    Planning Commission holds hearing for new 11-story mixed-use building with 103 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. On June 21, 2017, the New York City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application for multiple land use actions to facilitate the development of an 11-story mixed-use building consisting of 71,417 square feet of residential floor area and 13,236 square feet of retail floor area. The applicant, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, proposed that the site be designated an Urban Development Action Area Project (UDAAP) and the disposition of city-owned land to the developer. (read more…)

    Tags : Bedford-Stuyvesant, BFC Partners, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Community Board 3, Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Shakespeare Gordon Vlado Architects, SMJ Development
    Date:06/27/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    New Affordable Housing in East Harlem [UPDATE: City Council Approves Application]

    ULURP  •  East Harlem, Manhattan
    Lexington Gardens II

    Lexington Gardens II. Image Credit: Manhattan Community Board 11

    UPDATE: On November 29, 2016, the City Council voted 49-0 to approve the Lexington Gardens II project. The approval will allow Tahl Propp Equities and L+M Development Partners to proceed with the proposed development which will provide 400 new affordable units. One quarter of the affordable units will be permanently affordable under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing law, and the remainder will be affordable for 40 years under a regulatory agreement with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. “The Lexington Gardens development will advance the goals of the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan by making sure that hundreds of existing local community members can benefit from affordable units,” said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito in a statement. (read more…)

    Tags : Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Commissioner Larisa Ortiz, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 11, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Date:12/02/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Increased Contributions to the Theater Subdistrict Fund Considered [UPDATE: CPC Approves Measure]

    ULURP  •  Theater Subdistrict, Manhattan
    Image Credit: Wikipedia

    Image Credit: Wikipedia

    Contributions from transfers of development rights by theaters in the district would be increased four fold—from $17.60 per square foot to 20 percent of the sales price. On September 7, 2016, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the City’s Zoning Resolution that would solidify the contribution rate to the Theater Subdistrict Fund related to the transfer of development rights from 46 listed theaters in Manhattan’s Theater Subdistrict. Currently, a transfer of development rights from an enumerated theater requires a contribution to the Theater Subdistrict Fund of $17.60 per square foot transferred. City Planning’s proposed amendment would change the contribution rate to a set 20 percent of the sales price and would establish a floor price for transfers as a basis for a minimum contribution. Additionally, the amendment would change the certification requirement of the special permit from approval by the City Planning Commission to only the Chairperson. For CityLand’s previous coverage of the Theater Subdistrict Fund click here. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, Comissioner Michelle De La Uz, Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Commissioner Joseph Douek, Duval & Stachenfeld, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 4, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan’s Theater Subdistrict, Real Estate Board of New York, Robin Kramer, Theater Subdistrict Council, Theater Subdistrict Fund
    Date:11/18/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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