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    Community Group Renews Suit for Pierhouse Injunction in Brooklyn Bridge Park

    Zoning  •  Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
    Architect rendering of the Pierhouse development. Image credit: Toll Brothers

    Architect rendering of the Pierhouse development. Image credit: Toll Brothers

    Save The View community group argues new evidence shows rooftop bulkheads are not mechanical.  On July 22, 2015, community group Save The View Now filed to renew their motion for a preliminary injunction against construction of the Pierhouse development in Brooklyn Bridge Park.  The group’s initial challenge, arguing the development’s rooftop mechanicals violated an agreed-upon height cap, was dismissed on June 10.

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    Tags : Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, Pierhouse, Save The View Now, Starwood Capital Group, Toll Brothers
    Date:08/05/2015
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Court dismisses challenge to Pierhouse development

    Zoning  •  Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
    Architect rendering of the Pierhouse development. Image credit: Toll Brothers

    Architect rendering of the Pierhouse development. Image credit: Toll Brothers

    Zoning restrictions were not violated. In 2006, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation entered into a project plan for developing a hotel and residential complex at Brooklyn Bridge Park.  The plan called for the development’s northern building to be limited to “approximately 100 feet”.  Following Superstorm Sandy’s flooding of Brooklyn Bridge Park, the development was redesigned to move basement mechanical equipment to the rooftop, in compliance with new zoning changes.  This increased the northern building’s height above the 100-foot cap to 130 feet.  Construction began in 2013, and in 2015, plaintiffs Save The View Now filed suit for declaratory judgment.

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    Tags : Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, Justice Lawrence Knipel, Pierhouse, Save The View Now
    Date:06/18/2015
    Category : Court Decisions
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