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December 21, 2007

Columbia-Hicks Development Still Being Tweaked

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The community has spoken, and the developers of three sites between Columbia and Hicks streets appear to be listening. The partnership between L&M Equity and HPD scaled back its plans following an October meeting with CB6's land-use committee and is still hashing out details with community members about exactly how many units the developments will contain, and how affordable (based on area median income) the affordable housing component is going to be. At present, the plans call for a unit mix as follows: 18 market-rate units (likely condos) in the smallest building; 33 market-rate units (likely condos) and one single-family townhouse at the second development site; and 82 rentals (half of which will be affordable housing), 21 market-rate condos and four two-family townhouses at the third development site. Bowing to community concerns that the proposed buildings were out of context, the developers also changed their plans so that none of the buildings is above six stories. The look of the planned buildings was also modified so that all of them now sport dark red brick facades, as in the rendering for the second development site, above. What do you think?
A Look at L&M’s Big Plans for Columbia Street [Brownstoner]




Posted by Gabby at 11:13 AM | Comments (12)
Categories: Columbia Street Waterfront, Development

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Not bad. There's plenty of new buildings nearby that don't fit in nearly as well.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 11:36 AM

where can I purchase?

I hope they all include Italian kitchens and Italian tiles.

Oh and a respirator for the BQE fumes

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 11:49 AM

It is nice to see a developer who is responsive to the input from the community. I think it looks pretty good.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:04 PM

I think it rocks. This whole area rocks so hard it makes the rest of Brooklyn look like Idaho. Yee haaaa!

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:10 PM

There is no slope on that street. Why are these renderings full of so many lame inaccuracies?

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:12 PM

Unlike a lot of NIMBYs, I think the residents' concerns were reasonable and fairly easy to address. This may have something to do with the project's locale which outside the brownstone belt proper. Unlike their rapid counterpoints to the east, Columbia Street folks aren't the type to start dictating draconian design guidelines. They just want a decent looking building which is in context with the existing architecture.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:19 PM

big deal about the BQE. people are paying sick money to live in DUMBO where there's not only the BQE, but also 2 major bridges.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:20 PM

The fact that there was a decent amount of affordable housing included in the plan also helped get the plan passed through the community board.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:25 PM

actually there is a slight slope coming up from Columbia Street to Cobble Hill.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:32 PM

I may be wrong but I thought the profile of this building is either on Hicks or Columbia Street.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:38 PM

I think its on Congress.

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 12:49 PM

The ceiling heights are too low and the building should be at least 10 stories. Hello people, you might of heard there is a housing shortage!

Posted by: guest at December 21, 2007 6:13 PM

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