Scott Stringer - Manhattan Borough President

Recommendation on Riverside Center Application by CRP/Extell Parcel, L, LP and CRP/Extell Parcel, N, LP

The proposed actions would facilitate the construction of a large-scale development, known as “Riverside Center,” at a site (Block 1171, Lots 155 and 165) bounded by West 59 Street, West 61 Street, West End Avenue, and Riverside Boulevard. The site is located in the southwest corner of Community District 7 and is the last development site to be planned of the larger Riverside South development. The Riverside Center development would consist of five towers with a maximum of 3,000 dwelling units, 1,800 public parking spaces, an elementary/middle school, 135,000 SF of ground-floor retail, and an automobile showroom and service center.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 100437 ZMM – “Washington & Greenwich Streets Rezoning” (a.k.a. Far West Village Rezoning) by the New York City Department of City Planning

DCP proposes to amend the Zoning Map to change the zoning designation for a six-block area
from a C6-1 district to a C1-6A district. The subject area includes the east side of Washington
Street between West 10th and West 12th streets, extending eastward to include the west side of
Greenwich Street between West 10th and West 11th streets. The proposed rezoning plan was
formulated to respond to longtime concerns, expressed by the local community board and other
community members, regarding the increasing presence of out-of-scale development and an
influx of new proposed commercial uses that are inconsistent with the neighborhood’s residential
character.

Recommendation for ULURP Application No. C 100140 ZSM – 45 East 70th Street by 70th Street Holdings LLC

70th Street Holdings LLC (the “applicant”) seeks a special permit to construct a one-story
rooftop addition to 45 East 70th Street. The subject building is located on the north side of East
70th Street between Park and Madison avenues. It is a single-family mansion in the neo-French
Classic style. The building, which was built in 1928, has a coquina stone façade. The
building’s style, scale, materials, and details make it a contributing building in the Upper East
Side Historic District.

Recommendation on ULURP Application Nos. C 100420 and N 100419 ZRM – Third Avenue Corridor Rezoning by the New York City Department of City Planning

DCP proposes to amend the Zoning Map to change the zoning district for an eight-block area
from a C6-1 district to a C-2A district. The proposed rezoning area includes four full blocks
from East 9th to East 13th streets between Third and Fourth avenues and the eastern block
frontages along Third Avenue between East 9th and East 13th streets. The proposed zoning plan
was created in response to longstanding community concerns regarding out-of-scale
development and the loss of affordable housing within the community. Together with the
application of the Inclusionary Housing Program, the rezoning focuses on preserving the low- to
mid-rise character of the area by establishing contextual building height limits and street walls
requirements, while creating opportunities for affordable housing development.

Recommendation for ULURP Application No. C 080524 ZSM – 885 Avenue of the Americas Parking Garage By Tower 111 LLC

The applicant seeks a special permit to allow a 201-space attended public parking garage within
a mixed-use development in Midtown. The proposed garage would be located at 885 Avenue of
the Americas, between West 31th and West 32th streets. The parking facility would occupy the
ground floor, cellar, and sub-cellar and consist of 30,450 SF.

Recommendation on ULURP Application Nos. C 100369 ZMM, N 100370 ZRM and N 100370(A) ZRM – North Tribeca Rezoning by the New York City Department of City Planning

The proposed zoning map changes and related text amendments were created in response to the
area’s growing mixed-use residential and commercial character and community concerns. While
the area’s zoning is intended to encourage manufacturing uses, as-of-right conversions for
smaller buildings, CPC special permits, and BSA variances have resulted in a number of
residential conversions, enlargements, and new developments. Existing land uses primarily
consist of former manufacturing buildings with loft dwelling uses on the upper floors and storage
or commercial uses on the lower floors. In addition, ground-floor retail is located along major
north/south corridors, and smaller retail establishments are present intermittently on side streets.
Some industrial and manufacturing uses are present throughout the area, and parking uses are
primarily within the northwest portion of the project area. The proposed actions would allow the
conversion of existing buildings to residential uses and permit new residential development with
bulk controls consistent with the existing character and scale of the North Tribeca neighborhood
and surrounding area.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 100249 ZSM – 83 Spring Street by 83 Spring Street Associates, LLC and 83 Spring Group, LLC

The applicant seeks approval to allow Use Group 6 uses on the ground floor and cellar of an
existing five-story mixed-use building at 83 Spring Street. The applicant controls and is in
ownership of the cellar through third floor; the other floors are under separate ownership.
Previously the New York Open Center (the “Center”), a not-for-profit holistic adult education
center, occupied the cellar through the third floor. The Center chose to relocate in 2007, and the
space has remained vacant since January of 2008.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 090253 ZSM – 433 Broome Street by David Novros and Joanna Pousette-Dart

The applicants seek the proposed actions to allow retail uses (Use Group 6) on the first floor,
cellar and a proposed first-floor mezzanine and to permit the construction of the first-floor
mezzanine and a rooftop addition. The proposed modifications would alter an existing four-story
loft building in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. The building’s cellar and first floor have
been vacant for over five years; previously, the first floor contained a wholesale use with
accessory storage in the cellar. Currently, the upper floors contain artist’s studios (on the second
and fourth floors) and a JLWQA (on the third floor). The artist’s studios are used by the two
residents of the JLWQA, who are also the owners of the building. The building is located on a
2,649-SF lot and contains 9,377 SF of zoning floor area. The proposed bulk modification would
add 1,493 SF of floor area to the existing building, with 832 SF for Use Group 6 uses on the
proposed mezzanine level and 661 SF for a new artist’s studio (Use Group 9) within the rooftop
addition. The building would utilize less than the site’s permitted maximum floor area.

Recommendation on ULURP Application Nos. C 100277 ZMM and C 100274 PPM and C 100275 PQM – Sugar Hill Rezoning by the Broadway Housing Development Fund Company, New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the NYC DOEP

The proposed actions are sought to facilitate the development of a 124-unit affordable housing
development, tentatively known as the “Sugar Hill Project,” at 404-414 West 155th Street (Block 2069, Lot 21 and part of Lot 26) (“Development Site”). The proposed development would be located in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of West Harlem. Lot 21, controlled by Broadway Housing, is a midblock lot with frontage on the south side of 155th Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and St. Nicholas Place. Lot 26, controlled by DEP, is an L-shaped lot with frontage on St. Nicholas Avenue and 155th Street. On Lot 21, there is a two-story, 300-space parking garage. Only the northern portion of Lot 26 that directly abuts Lot 21 to the west is proposed to be used for the Development Site. Currently, DEP utilizes that portion for vehicle parking, storage and emergency staging. While the Development Site is not included in the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (“LPC”) designated Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District adjacent to the site, it is identified as contributing to the Sugar Hill Historic District listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places (“S/NR”).

Recommendation on ULURP Application Nos. C 100047 ZMM, N 100048 ZRM, C 100049 ZSM and C 100050 ZSM by 401 Hotel REIT, LLC/401 Commercial, L.P.; and C 100237 PQM by Department of Citywide Administrative Services (15 Penn Plaza)

The proposed actions would facilitate the redevelopment of the current Hotel Pennsylvania site (Block 808, Lots 1001 and 1002), on Seventh Avenue between West 32^nd Street and West 33^rd Street, as a commercial office building. In order to have the flexibility to respond to changing market conditions, Vornado proposes two development scenarios – a “Single-Tenant Building” and a “Multi-Tenant Building.”

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 100180 PCM High Line Structure and Easements Site Selection and Acquisition by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and Department of Citywide Administrative Services

The proposed actions will facilitate the acquisition of the High Line structure and box easements approximately 20 feet above the structure. The approval of site selection will permit the future development of the High Line open space north of West 30^th Street, known as Section 3. The 2009 Western Rail Yards (“WRY”) rezoning recognizes Section 3 of the High Line as one of the site’s required six open spaces. The High Line public open space would serve as a citywide/regional facility.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 080260 ZSM – 102 Greene Street by 102 Greene Street Realty LLC

102 Greene Street Realty LLC seeks a special permit pursuant to ZR § 74-711 to modify the bulk regulations of ZR § 43-17 and the use regulations of ZR § 42-14D(1)(a) in order to construct a two-story enlargement and penthouse addition for an existing three-story loft building in the SoHo neighborhood of Community District 2. The existing building, 102 Greene Street, was originally constructed as a five-story building between 1880 and 1881; however, a succession of fires resulted in the removal of the fourth and fifth floors in 1943. The building’s certificate of occupancy indicates a music studio on the cellar level and JLWQAs on the first, second, and third floors. Currently, the building is vacant except for one occupied JLWQA on the third floor. The proposed development would contain a total of six JLWQAs (one JLWQA on each floor between the second-story and penthouse) and ground-floor retail uses. The building is located on a 2,500-SF lot and contains 7,106 SF of zoning floor area.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 100173 HAM – Houston Dee by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development

HPD seeks designation of City-owned property located at 302-304 East 2nd Street as a UDAA
and UDAAP and approval for the disposition of said property at appraised market value in order
to facilitate the construction of a mixed-use primarily residential building with affordable
housing units. The approximately 5,298-SF disposition site would be part of an assemblage of
parcels totaling 24,998 SF. The disposition site is located on the block bound by East 2nd Street,
Avenue D, East 3rd Street, and Avenue C. Currently, the City-owned property is a vacant lot.
The area surrounding the project site is primarily residential, with 5- to 6-story residential
buildings, some with ground-floor commercial uses, to the north and west and high-rise
affordable housing complexes to the south and east. The nearby area also contains a park and
two public schools.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 090367 ZSM – 159 West 48th Street Garage by Central Parking Systems

The applicant seeks a special permit to convert and enlarge an existing 213-space accessory parking garage into a public parking garage with 220 spaces and 11 reservoir spaces. The garage is located on the north side of West 48th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The 85,657 SF parking facility occupies the majority of a 7-story building, except for two ground floor retail spaces which occupy 3,495 SF. The facility has 7 levels of parking above grade, including the rooftop, and two subsurface parking levels. Ingress and egress to the garage is segregated via two side-by-side 20-foot wide curb cuts on West 48th Street.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 100026 ZMM – 73-75 Sullivan Street by DJL Family Limited Partnership

DJL Family Limited Partnership seeks to amend the New York City Zoning Map to establish a C1-5 commercial overlay within an existing R7-2 zoning district on part of a City block that is bounded by Sullivan, Spring, Thompson, and Broome streets. The rezoning area is comprised of 7 properties—73-75, 77, 79, 81, 83 and 85 Sullivan Street (Block 489, Lots 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15). The rezoning area is located on the east side of Sullivan Street 200 feet north of Broome Street and 100 feet south of Spring Street. The City block is split between two zoning districts: the southern portion is an M1-5B district (along Broome Street to a depth of 200 feet) and the northern portion is an R7-2 district (for the balance of the block). An existing C1-5 commercial overlay is mapped along Spring Street to a depth of 100 feet. The proposed action would extend this commercial overlay along Sullivan Street for an additional length of approximately 175 feet.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 070223 ZSM – Hudson Square Building by 145 Hudson Street Associates, L.P.

145 Hudson Street Associates, L.P., seeks a special permit for a waiver pursuant to ZR § 74-711 to modify the use regulations of ZR § 111-103(b) in order to convert the vacant commercial space of an Industrial/Art Deco style factory building constructed in 1929 into loft dwellings. The project site is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Hudson and Hubert streets. The 16-story building currently contains 16 commercial units on the first six floors, including ground-floor retail uses and commercial office uses on the 2nd through 6th floors. There is vacant commercial space on the 7th through 10th floors with the exception of the applicant’s office on the 10th floor, which will be vacated following the sale of the last unit. Residential units occupy the 11th through 16th floors; there are a total of nine loft dwellings in the building, consisting of two loft dwellings on each of 11th through 14th floors and a single loft dwelling occupying the 15th and 16th floor penthouse addition. The applicant proposes to add a total of 12 additional loft dwellings (3 loft dwellings on each floor from floor seven through ten).

Recommendation on ULURP Application Nos. C 100051 ZMM, N 100052 ZRM, C 100053 ZSM, C 100054 ZSM and C 100055 HAM – West 44th Street and Eleventh Avenue Rezoning by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development

HPD seeks approval of several actions, including disposition of property, zoning map and text amendments, special permits, designation of a UDAA and approval of a UDAAP to facilitate the development of City-owned property in the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The Project Site comprises all of Block 1073 (bounded by Eleventh Avenue, West 44th Street, Tenth Avenue, and West 45th Street) except for Lot 28, which is a 25,100 SF lot with 200 feet of frontage on Tenth Avenue currently occupied by a gas station. The proposed land use actions would facilitate the development of five buildings that include affordable and market-rate housing, retail uses, and the relocation and expansion of the existing P.S. 51 public school (on-site) (herein together the “Proposed Project”). HPD selected Gotham Organization (“Gotham”) as the developer for this project through an RFP process.

Recommendation on ULURP Application Nos. C 090422 HAM & N 090429 ZRM – Westside Rail Yards/DEP Site by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York City Department of City Planning

HPD seeks UDAAP designation and project approval, and approval to dispose of a portion of City-owned property located west of Tenth Avenue between West 48th and 49th streets to facilitate the construction of a mixed-use development comprised of permanently affordable housing and retail space. The proposed UDAAP/disposition area is the western portion (22,220 SF) of Lot 29 (total of 47,632 SF), where Amtrak maintains an easement for a below-grade railroad right-of –way. The remaining eastern portion of the property, which is not part of the development site, is currently used by DEP as a staging area for the construction of New York City’s Water Tunnel No. 3. The City expects DEP to retain the southern half of the staging area for water tunnel operations and transfer the northern portion to the Department of Parks and Recreation for park use.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 100012 ZSM – 161 West 78th Street by 161 West 78th Street LLC

The applicant seeks a special permit pursuant to Section 74-711 of the Zoning Resolution to modify the bulk requirements of ZR § 23-692 (height limitations for narrow buildings or enlargements) to allow the construction of a one-story rooftop addition to an existing five-story building located at 161 West 78th Street (Block 1150, Lot 7) on the Upper West Side. The building is located in an R8B zoning district and the Upper West Side/ Central Park West Historic District, within Community District 7.

Recommendation on ULURP Application No. C 090362 ZSM – Banana Republic SoHo by Banana Republic, LLC

Banana Republic, LLC, requests approval to reconfigure and consolidate two retail spaces (Use Group 6C) into one large retail establishment (Use Group 10A) in the SoHo neighborhood. The project site is comprised of three existing buildings on two tax lots: 550 Broadway (Block 497, Lot 11), 552-554 Broadway and 556 Broadway (Block 497, Lot 12). The project site is located on a block bounded by Broadway, Prince Street, Crosby Street, and Spring Street. 550 Broadway is a five-story building that contains two ground-floor retail spaces (one is occupied by the existing Banana Republic women’s store and the other is vacant) with joint living-work quarters for artists (JLWQAs) and offices on the upper floors. 552-554 Broadway, a six-story building that continues through the block to Crosby Street, contains one ground-floor retail store (the majority of the Banana Republic women’s store) and is internally connected to 550 Broadway. The building’s upper floors contain offices, JLWQAs, and artist studios. 556 Broadway is a four-story building with one ground-floor retail space (a shoe store) and JLWQAs and artist studios above.