A Look at L&M’s Big Plans for Columbia Street

A couple of weeks ago L&M Equities gave its first public presentation about its proposal to build more than 170 units of housing on three sites near Columbia and Warren streets. The biggest building L&M’s planning would be 80-feet tall, require a two-block zoning change, include around 40 affordable housing units, and rise on what is now city-owned land (104-116 Warren Street). (The other two sites in the plan are 75 Columbia Street and 86 Congress Street.) Many local residents are wary of the scale L&M’s proposing. A person who lives on Warren Street, for example, told the Carroll Gardens Courier that the 80-foot height is so high up—it’s not part of the community. Think most people who live around Columbia Street feel the same way?
Zoning Change Opposed [Carroll Gardens Courier] GMAP
Feb 13, 2012 | 10:33 AM