City Planning Certifies Domino Sugar Factory for ULURP
[nggallery id=”39816″ template=galleryview] Yesterday the New York City Department of City Planning certified the development plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory, kicking off the seven-month ULURP process. Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing (breakdown by income category on the jump) and 1,540 units of market-rate…
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Yesterday the New York City Department of City Planning certified the development plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory, kicking off the seven-month ULURP process. Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing (breakdown by income category on the jump) and 1,540 units of market-rate housing to the Williamsburg waterfront; there will also be 128,000 square feet of retail, 98,000 square feet of commercial office, and 147,000 square feet of community facility space. The ambitious undertaking, which has been in the planning stages now for almost five years now and includes the preservation of the existing landmarked refinery building and the creation of 11 acres of public space, is being developed by the Community Preservation Corporation and designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle. “This is an important moment for us, the community and the city; acres of parks, views of three bridges and affordable housing for hundreds of families,” said Michael Lappin, President and CEO of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and CPC Resources, Inc. “We look forward to full community participation as we enter the formal public review process. According to the blog Brooklyn 11211, which had an extensive post on the topic yesterday, the presentation to Community Board 1—the first step in the land review process—could happen as early as next week with a full board vote coming by the second week in February.
Big Plans for Old Sugar Refinery Face Review [NY Times]
City Begins Review of $1.2B Domino Project [Brooklyn Paper]
City Planning Certifies Domino Sugar Waterfront Development [Brooklyn Eagle]
City Planning Certifies Waterfront Project [Courier Life]
New Landscape Renderings on ‘New Domino’ Site [Brownstoner]
Inside the LPC Meeting About Domino: New Plan OK’d [Brownstoner]
LPC Still Not Buying Domino Plan [Brownstoner]
New Domino Plans Falter at LPC Hearing [Brownstoner]
More Domino Plans [Brownstoner]
Domino Sugar Factory Proposed Addition Revealed [Brownstoner]
BREAKING! LPC Approves Historic Designation for Domino [Brownstoner]
CPC Shows and Tells Its Plans for Domino [Brownstoner] GMAP
Plans for ‘New Domino’ Released by City Planning [Brownstoner]
I hate getting into issues like this, but I’m just astounded at the income guidelines listed in the chart above. Just how low are these rentals going to be for the single senior citizen subsisting on a mere $26,880 a year? And what will the sales price be on a home such that a family of four earning $99,840 a year will be able to pay the monthly mortgage, insurance, and maintenance charges? $99,840 sounds like a lot…until you start trying to feed and clothe kids, buy metrocards, launder your clothes, pay the utility bills…etc. I somehow doubt that the rent and sales price will be low enough that it won’t be a stretch for any of the incomes listed. And are those numbers for gross or net earnings? I truly suck at math…what is the monthly net on a 100k annual income? How much mortgage can a family of four making 100k really afford to pay each month?
Rob, you have a valid point – it isn’t fair if single people are not eligible under these guidelines. I would not quality either, under those conditions.
BUT – have you ever investigated as to whether or not that is the case? There are many thousands of singles or couples, gay and straight, without children, who could benefit from affordable housing programs. So many that I would think that a huge uproar would be heard if they (we) aren’t eligible. Yet I don’t hear much. That means either that these people are not bothering to apply, or that these programs do indeed allow for singles or childless couples. I think some more research is in order. If you are right, then that needs to change.
“is being developed by the Community Preservation Corporation and designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle.”
Two really good architecture firms and that’s the best designs they can come up with?!?! The building architecture in the pics looks dated already 🙁
Weird that the sign itself isn’t landmarked. To me, it’s the coolest part.
AND LOOK AT THOSE INCOME GUIDELINES!!! HOW IT STATES IT’S HOUSING ONLY FOR “FAMILIES OF *FOUR*” barf!
NEWSFLASH! THERE ARE SINGLE (1) PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND SOME ARE EVEN GAY AND HAVE NO DESIRE TO BREED! BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE GETTING BREAKS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ALREADY GET SOCIAL WELFARE ANYWAY. LIKE NELL CARTER SAYS GIMME A BREAK!!!
sorry for the CAPS, but this is a hot button issue for me.
see, a family of FOUR making about 100K gets this break… but a single person who might be making HALF that is screwed. so basically that single person needs to breed with another person TWICE to be able to fall into these scam programs.
it’s time for a REVOLUTION!
STOP BREEDER WELFARE NOW!
*rob*
“…there’s nothing grosser than a city whose every single factory has been turned into luxury housing. you know that shi+ ain’t sustainable, right?”
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at January 5, 2010 9:27 AM
Word.
quote:
“Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing”
LOLZ. LIES!
there’s nothing grosser than a city whose every single factory has been turned into luxury housing. you know that shi+ ain’t sustainable, right?
*rob*
I was speaking about manufacturing WB.
Joe – people WILL be working there. In the first view above, that is the base of a 30-story OFFICE tower next to Grand Ferry Park. The whole north end of the project had morphed into commercial office space in the latest design.