200,000 square feet apartment building proposed for an empty lot between Friendship and Pine St. Friendship Partners Stealth planning is bad for everyone. Would not the public want some heads-up on such a major intrusion into the cityscape as a 12-story apartment block in the heart of the Jewelry District? The City may indeed be reviewing plans for the steel and glass behemoth to rise on Friendship and Pine Streets. But for the public, the unveiling of the project was an announcement in the press that the 225-unit apartment complex would not need a full committee review, as the planning staff of the Downtown Design Review Committee was already considering the proposal. Translation: Let's not do any serious analysis of this scheme that might slow down its construction.