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Old Posted Dec 23, 2011, 9:15 AM
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Howard Hughes pitches pier plans



BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER
December 21, 2011

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The Howard Hughes Corp., which has a long-term lease on portions of the South Street Seaport, quietly showed its plans for Pier 17 to a few members of Community Board 1 on Dec. 14 but refused to talk about them further or to discuss them with the press.

John Fratta, chair of C.B. 1’s Seaport Committee, said that he, C.B. 1 chair Julie Menin and Paul Hovitz, a member of the Seaport Committee, met with Howard Hughes reps and saw some plans for a structure that would replace the current mall. “They’re lowering the building,” said Fratta. “They’re going to make it all glass so no matter where you are on Pier 17, you’re going to have an unobstructed view of the Brooklyn Bridge.”

Howard Hughes Corp. owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the United States. It is a successor to General Growth Properties, which wanted to erect a high-rise building on Pier 17 and a 495-foot-tall hotel/condo tower on a lot just outside the landmarked Seaport district. General Growth wanted to move the historic Tin Building to make room for these structures but its bankruptcy in 2009 scuttled those plans.

However, the memory of that near miss still makes those who opposed General Growth’s vision very nervous.

Meanwhile, the interested parties are watching Howard Hughes warily, ready to protest if the real estate company’s Seaport plans should prove to include something other than the three-story, glass structure with a roof garden that was furtively dangled in front of Community Board 1.
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