NEW YORK | 4 Hudson Square (Disney/ABC HQ) | 320 FT | 22 FLOORS

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ABC shopping for new building downtown

By Lois Weiss
April 17, 2018

Disney-owned ABC is seeking to cut a deal to move its longtime Midtown digs to a new building — and one of the prospective sites is on Trinity Church property at 4 Hudson Square, sources said.

The site bounded by Hudson, Varick, Vandam and Spring streets now includes 304 Hudson — a circa-1898, U-shaped office building on the western end.

Under a 2013 zoning scheme, the eight-story No. 304, with 300,000 square feet, could be enlarged by adding stories, and the remainder of the block turned into housing.

The site can hold up to around 1.2 million square feet, sources said, and when The Mouse wants a new house, everyone listens.

“They are looking at that property site and others with the criteria that it’s the best building to meet their 21st-century technology needs,” said a Disney spokesman.

Some images from Trinity's website to give a better idea on the location and impact this development will have.




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An entire block located in the middle of Hudson Square is an assemblage of five tax parcels and provides a unique development opportunity. The site is currently improved with several mixed-use buildings and contains a total of 86,025 square feet zoned for the Special Hudson Square Zoning District. The zoning permits residential development with ground level retail at a maximum residential floor area ratio (FAR) of 9.0 times the lot size. This base FAR will be bonusable to 12.0 times the lot size with inclusionary housing. 304 Hudson Street, an existing office building must remain commercial space, but can be increased in size to reach 9.0 FAR from an existing 6 FAR.