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    CPC Approves South Avenue Retail Development

    ULURP  •  Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island

    Satellite View of Project Area. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    City Planning approved a special permit and City Map amendment to allow for the development of 5 one-story retail establishments in Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island. On September 6, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on the South Avenue Retail Development. The South Avenue Retail Development involves 2 land use actions: a special permit to allow retail establishments above 10,000 square feet, and a City Map amendment to alter and remove unbuilt streets mapped over wetland areas. The Commission found both land use actions appropriate, subject to specific conditions.

    The project area, the region southwest of Forest and South Avenues, is currently zoned as an M1-1 district. M1-1 zoning allows “light industrial and commercial uses as-of-right up to a floor area ratio of 1.0.” Commercial use in excess of 10,000 square feet is not allowed as-of-right, but can be overcome with a special permit from the Commission pursuant to Section 74-922 of the Zoning Resolution.

    The 28.3 acre development site, where 5 new retail buildings will be constructed, is within the 51.3 acre project area, which also includes 23 acres of wetlands mapped by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”). The applicant, Josif A LLC, plans to build a 219,377 square feet retail center within the development site. Because each of the 5 buildings will be more than 10,000 square feet, a special permit is necessary for their construction. Josif A LLC also proposes, through a restrictive deed, that the future owners of the 28.3 acre development site permanently maintain 10.77 acres of wetland regulated by the NYSDEC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along the site’s southern border. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, Staten Island community board 1
    Date:09/20/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Council Subcommittee Considering Three Building Complex on Edgewater Street

    ULURP  •  Rosebank, Staten Island

    Rendering of the development designed by Caliendo Architects. Image credit: V Capital Management

    Zoning Subcommittee heard testimony on proposed 371-unit complex on Staten Island. On May 30, 2017, the City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee heard testimony regarding an application submitted by Pier 21 Development, LLC, to construct a mixed-use development with 371 residential units in three buildings in Staten Islands’ Rosebank neighborhood. The applicant sought to rezone the development site from manufacturing to residential with a commercial overlay and to expand the Special Stapleton Waterfront District to cover the development. (read more…)

    Tags : Edgewater Street, Goldman Harris LLC, Special Stapleton Waterfront District, Staten Island community board 1
    Date:06/02/2017
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Land Use Committee Unanimously Approves New York Wheel Modifications [UPDATE: City Council Approves Modifications]

    Rezoning/Special Permit  •  St. George Waterfront, Staten Island
    Conceptual rendering of the North site view of the New York Wheel and New York Harbor. Image credit: NYCEDC

    Conceptual rendering of the North site view of the New York Wheel and New York Harbor. Image credit: NYCEDC

    The modifications would alter the parking garage, restaurant, and other amenities.  On October 22, 2015, the City Council Committee on Land Use unanimously approved New York Wheel LLC’s application to modify the previously-approved special permit for the construction of the New York Wheel, located on the St. George Waterfront in Staten Island.  The New York Wheel originally succeeded through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure process in 2013, but is now seeking approval for a redesigned parking garage and several other modifications.

    (read more…)

    Tags : City Council, City Planning Commission, Council Member Deborah Rose, Council Member Donovan Richards, department of buildings, HireNYC, Land Use Committee, New York Wheel, NYCEDC, St. George Civic Association, St. George Waterfront, Staten Island community board 1, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises
    Date:10/27/2015
    Category : City Council
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    CPC Approves Modifications to New York Wheel

    Rezoning/Special Permit  •  St. George Waterfront, Staten Island
    Conceptual rendering of the North site view of the New York Wheel and New York Harbor. Image credit: NYCEDC

    Conceptual rendering of the North site view of the New York Wheel and New York Harbor. Image credit: NYCEDC

    The changes include a larger parking facility with rooftop open space and a reduction in the size of the Wheel’s terminal building.  On October 7, 2015, the City Planning Commission approved changes to the construction plan for the New York Wheel, which will be the largest Ferris Wheel in the Western Hemisphere.  The New York Wheel will be built on a City-owned plot of land that is located a half-mile from the Staten Island Ferry in St. George and currently serves as a parking lot for the Richmond County Bank Ballpark and the St. George Ferry Terminal.

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    Tags : New York Wheel, Rich Marin, Staten Island community board 1
    Date:10/15/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Stapleton Homeport redevelopment plan approved

    Rezoning  •  Stapleton, Staten Island

    The future of the Stapleton Homeport. Image used with permission of the NYC EDC and the NYC IDA. All rights reserved.

    Site includes former United States Navy base. On October 25, 2006, the City Council approved the comprehensive redevelopment plan for Staten Island’s Homeport, the 35-acre former United States Navy base located in Stapleton and owned by the City since 1995.

    City Planning and the New York City Economic Development Corporation proposed five linked applications, including zoning map and text amendments, to achieve the plan recommended by Mayor Bloomberg’s Task Force on Homeport Redevelopment, a group of elected officials, community representatives, business owners, and residents formed in 2003 to develop a plan for the area’s redevelopment. The Task Force envisioned a waterfront esplanade running the length of the site and a mix of uses, including residential units, ground-floor retail, a sports complex, farmers market and a large economic generator, such as a movie studio or office complex. The final proposal included the 35-acre Homeport site and 18 mostly privately-owned lots west of Front Street, the city street forming the edge of Stapleton. (read more…)

    Tags : Homeport, Stapleton Waterfront Development, Staten Island community board 1
    Date:11/15/2006
    Category : City Council
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