
Rendering of the proposed 11-story building, designed by Shakespeare Gordon Vlado Architects. Image credit: BFC Partners
The City Planning Commission approved a new 11-story mixed-use building with 103 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. On July 26, 2017, the New York City Planning Commission issued a favorable report 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…)