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We thought we’d heard the end of the developers of the Enrique Norten-designed 580 Carroll Street putting on the poor mouth for the Board of Standards and Appeals, but we thought wrong! Turns out the builders are still looking for a variance to build two or three more townhouses on the property (where exactly they want to do this is a mystery given that most of the area in front of what’s already built looks like it’s being prepped for the project’s signature gardens, but whatever) and a reader has helpfully sent in the latest appeal to the BSA in advance of a hearing next week. The whole thing, reprinted on the jump, is a fun read, but this is the gist of what the developers are angling for: “1. Reclaiming 1,075 sq feet of interior storage space within the building as usable FAR and three 3 storey town homes. 2. Reclaiming 1,075 sq feet of interior storage space within the building as usable FAR and three 2 storey town homes. 3. Reclaiming 1,075 sq feet of interior storage space within the building as usable FAR and two 3 storey town homes. All these options assume that the Development Group does a conforming development with surface parking as requested by the BSA and face a hardship of 20% or less in reduction in value. We ask that the BSA look at the options and any combination thereof and grant such relief as they deem fair and warranted.” We await the BSA’s decision with bated breath. In the meantime, as the pic above shows, furniture is already being put into model units at the development.
BSA Smacks Down 580 Carroll Hardship Claim…For Now [Brownstoner]
580 Carroll Developers Cite Chambers of Horror [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 580 Carroll Gets Its Glass On [Brownstoner]
BSA Postpones Decision on Carroll St Norten Again [Brownstoner]
580 Carroll Decision Postponed [Brownstoner]
Slope Rallies Against 580 Carroll, Rags on the BSA [Brownstoner]
Battle Over Carroll St. Norten Build Heats Up This Week [Brownstoner]
CB6 Doesn’t Buy Carroll Street Hardship Claim [Brownstoner]
580 Carroll Developer Trying to Supersize Norten Project [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 580 Carroll Street [Brownstoner] GMAP
Enrique Norten-Designed Project in Park Slope Revealed [Brownstoner]
Four Developments Coming to One Stretch of Carroll [Brownstoner]

BSA Letter – January Final


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  1. Lastly it sounds as though the letter is also setting the stage for a defense against the damage claims that still have gone unanswered with respect to the neighboring properties.
    If an engineer can tell us how the adjacent properties relied on this buildings foundation please help us understand. These guys are ready to cut and run wake up people.