240 Kent Development a Slow Go
We last checked in on this conversion in 2006, when construction looked like it was just beginning. The graffiti that’s appeared on the building gives a hint towards how long construction has been stalled. But recently there have been very tentative signs of life at the site. Someone was working on the windows and a…
We last checked in on this conversion in 2006, when construction looked like it was just beginning. The graffiti that’s appeared on the building gives a hint towards how long construction has been stalled. But recently there have been very tentative signs of life at the site. Someone was working on the windows and a few people were doing construction inside. The original plans for this Scarano design was to add seven more stories, at this time it looks unlikely that will happen.
Light and Air on Kent (But for How Long?) [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
They should just make it into a supermarket, we need one in the area. There is no supermarket for blocks. The nearest on is 130 Havemeyer Street and S1 street, that is a long ways off.
“Conversion” – it’s an M3 zone, and the proposed use is a dry cleaner on the ground floor, offices and factory space above, all as-of-right (but only four stories, no addition proposed).
And so long as I’m being cranky, why slap styrofoam all over the building – why not repair the concrete?