City Planning receives three different applications for garages in the Columbus Circle area. On April 3, 2006, the Planning Commission certified an application by William Zeckendorf, on behalf of 15 CPW Realty, LLC, for a special permit to allow a 162-space public parking garage to be located within the as-of- right development on the former Mayflower Hotel site. The certification begins the public review process and starts the time clock for review set by ULURP, the City’s land use review procedure.

If approved, Zeckendorf’s proposed 23,492-square-foot garage would occupy below-grade space in the 885,000-square-foot development currently under construction at 15 Central Park West. The project will contain 231 market rate residential units in two residential towers and over 86,000 sq.ft. of retail space on the ground, cellar and sub-cellar floors. The garage, as proposed, would operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and have its ingress and egress from West 62nd Street, a one-way westbound street. (read more…)