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…)