Last week Community Board 1′s land-use committee voted 8-1 against approving a zoning change on the South Williamsburg waterfront for a humongous development that’s on the drawing board, according to The Brooklyn Paper. The project slated for Kent and Division, which is known as Rose Plaza on the River, is supposed to consist of three residential towers with 801 units between them. Board members spoke out against the development mainly on the grounds that only 20 percent of its units will be designated affordable housing, and because its proposed unit mix is mostly studios and 1-bedrooms. Is this what you think our community needs? asked Rabbi David Niederman, a committee member and president of the United Jewish Organization. It’s another development that gentrifies a community that is suffering already from a lack of housing. For their part, the development team argued that Rose Plaza would add construction jobs, affordable housing and open space to the neighborhood, and despite Williamsburg’s inventory glut they’re banking on it being a cinch to sell because they anticipate a market rebound.
This ‘Rose’ Has Thorns! [Brooklyn Paper] GMAP
Big in the Burg: Rose Plaza on the River [Brownstoner]
Rendering from The Brooklyn Paper