Base Heights between 85-145 feet
Maximum Height of 205 feet
Opportunity Areas will be mapped with M1-5/R7X zoning, providing the following bulk regulations:
Residential FAR of 6.0
Community Facility FAR of 6.5
Base Heights between 60-105 feet
Maximum Height of 145 feet
Residential Use:
Residential use will be permitted as-of-right both commercial-to-residential conversions and new construction will generally be permitted. In addition, MIH will be required in most instances of new residential floor area, and the text proposes two options for MIH development: (1) 25% of residential floor area must be for affordable housing units for residents with incomes averaging 60% Average Median Income (“AMI”), and (2) 30% of residential floor area must be for affordable housing units for residents with incomes averaging 80% AMI. Importantly, the MIH requirement applies to any zoning lot with 12,500 square feet of
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Soho and Marisa Lago (iStock, Dept. of City Planning)
The proposal to rezone Soho and Noho is moving forward, despite a lawsuit claiming the plan cannot proceed if the city doesn’t host in-person hearings.
The City Planning Commission on Monday certified the application to rezone the neighborhoods, officially kickstarting the public land use review process. The timing of the certification means the rezoning could make it through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure before the end of the de Blasio administration, as long as it doesn’t face further delays.
The proposal would apply to 56 blocks in the neighborhood, eliminating restrictions that permit only light manufacturing use on ground floors. It could also pave the way for more than 3,500 residential units, of which as many as 1,118 could be set aside as affordable. (The city has identified only 26 sites that are likely to be developed in the next 10 years, which would yield an estimated 1,829 units, of which 382 to 573 wou
Ian Bruce Eichner and 960 Franklin Avenue. (Google Maps, Getty)
Two rezonings, held up by the same judge for similar reasons, can now both move forward. But in one case, a developer will need to figure out the logistics of holding an outdoor hearing.
Brooklyn Judge Katherine Levine on Thursday lifted her temporary restraining order blocking the rezoning of a former spice factory at 960 Franklin Avenue, where Ian Bruce Eichner’s Continuum Company wants to build two 30-plus story rental towers.
The move allows the controversial project to advance on the condition that the developer works with Community Board 9 to provide an outdoor venue and virtual access to hearings on the matter.
A court has lifted a Temporary Restraining Order against
developer Bruce Eichner’s planned twin high-rise apartment project at 960
Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn.
Kosowitz attorneys Jennifer S. Recine and Edward E. Filusch announced today that they were successful in their appeal before Justice Katherine A. Levine of the New York Supreme Court to lift a TRO granted in March that prevented Eichner’s Continuum Company from moving ahead with the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) required to secure a rezoning for the site near Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
JENNIFER RECINE
“We are pleased that the Judge has given us an opportunity