NEW YORK | South Midtown Rezoning
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/n...g-housing.html
New York Plans to Open Parts of Midtown Manhattan to Housing Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to rezone manufacturing areas south of Times Square and allow more office buildings to be converted to housing. By Mihir Zaveri Aug. 17, 2023 Quote:
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https://commercialobserver.com/2023/...l-conversions/
Adams, Frustrated With State Legislators, Advances Office-to-Residential Conversions BY MARK HALLUM AUGUST 17, 2023 Quote:
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And where are all those offices going?
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https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/pl...-overview.page
Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/...study-area.jpg Quote:
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Great news, and long overdue.
There will be a number of major new residential towers rising in this portion of Midtown, and many of the old garment buildings will be converted to new housing. |
For some clarity, a look at the 4 specific target areas of the plan…
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this is very good news and publicity to get going.
nyc is slow on the draw for encouraging these conversions. although i understand some hesitancy, this is midtown after all. but yeah post covid its a new era, time to move it forward. goodbye for good old garment/flower district. just make sure there is wfh office room in them, that’s the modern schmatta work. :haha: |
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Meanwhile, these areas targeted for the rezoning are the small-scale old office buildings which are the least desirable of office space, and aren’t really in the heart of any of the business districts. Somewhere down the line they would have been subject to a rezoning regardless of the state of the office market. Now comes the fun with the Council and the NIMBYs. It will be interesting to see how these people who have been screaming for more housing to be built manage to turn the argument against this. |
I'm talking about the fact that the tenants who work in office buildings today will have to move out when and if the office buildings are converted from office to residence. And since that's 136 million square feet of office space...
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All the statement means is that in theory the rezoning would create the possibility of residential conversion of up to 136 million square feet of commercial office space in existing office buildings whether currently occupied or vacant. That number is the ceiling, obviously the amount that will actually undergo conversion is but a fraction of that.
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Most of the converted space will be in older garment buildings. Essentially vertical factory buildings. They aren't going to be converting Class A Midtown space.
Also, the Garment District has a lot of potential development sites that couldn't previously be redeveloped due to zoning restrictions. There will be a number of new residential towers. |
Regarding the Garment District, I do sincerely hope the city has the sense to make sure a new wave of new residential construction does not come in the streetwall damaging form of the econobox hotel tower boom that has really done a great deal of aesthetic harm to the West 20s-30s. I would imagine residential projects would likely be better designed than the McSam nightmares that follow the lowest common DOB code denominator and set back a single maximum height shaft behind a courtyard or single story lobby flanked by the charm of half destroyed masonry party walls of older structures that were never intended to be exposed. The DOB setback requirements can be navigated by those with imagination and when it comes down to it, care, something the chain hotel developers know nothing of.
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^ The goodcthing is that hotels themselves now have to go through ULURP. Any new residential development would likely have to conform to current zoning standards for residenial buildings. One thing I’m grateful of is the fact won’t see residential towers with large parking podiums in Manhattan. The skyscraper gods are kind. But while the city is making an effort, the state legislature needs to get it’s act together.
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The garment district and flower district are ripe for rezoning.. mixed use commercial and residential towers.
As for Adams looking at NoMad.. NoMad is a historic district.. it's had a few developments, both residential and hotel, but a complete rezoning will be totally wrong for that area, especially Broadway between 25th and 29th Street. I'm sure there will be a big time push back to stop it. |
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https://citylimits.org/2024/03/08/ci...midtown-south/
City Unveils Draft Zoning Plan to Spur 4K New Homes in Midtown South The draft plan marks the first step toward a formal land use proposal from the city for 42 Manhattan blocks where housing is currently restricted https://citylimits.org/wp-content/up...outh-grab.jpeg By Chris Janaro. March 8, 2024 Quote:
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https://commercialobserver.com/2024/...t-zoning-plan/ Midtown South Rezoning Could Clear the Way for 4,000 New Homes BY ABIGAIL NEHRING MARCH 8, 2024 Quote:
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https://therealdeal.com/new-york/202...outh-rezoning/
The city wants more Midtown housing. Will the state allow it? Rezoning can bring 4,000 more units to the neighborhood MAR 8, 2024 By Kathryn Brenzel Quote:
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