Sigh.
I'm not sighing over a proposed 12-story building that's coming to the vacant lot at 109 Montgomery. It's yet another obvious sign of the money to be made building all-market-rate buildings "as of right." I've been leading the call to rezone precisely because of some of the inherent dumbness of not collaborating with the City to see whether more concessions for affordability, ground floor retail, green-space, height limits - whether smart stuff could be baked into the "as of right" pie. And seeing the way our battle over at CB9 with MTOPP gets a big smarmy chuckle from the pro development folks at YIMBY really made my heart sink.
From NY YIMBY:
I wasn't surprised to learn that BBG owns the land, and will hopefully make a big-ass profit to throw at their endowment (that's where to put it guys - don't let it burn a hole in your pocket!)
Thanks Babs and Mike (whynot?) from Brooklynian for the heads up.
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| Empire Blvd is basically where this caption is |
From NY YIMBY:
A much talked-about rezoning for Empire Boulevard, the boundary between Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, has been roiled by dissent from hardline anti-gentrification group Movement to Protect the People. But while Airbnb host-turned-anti-displacement-advocate Alicia Boyd is throwing racially charged bombs at the community board and local politicians and holding up an effort to rezone the wasteland of Empire Boulevard, by-right projects nearby like 902 Franklin Avenue and 1 Sullivan Place are moving along.
And now we can add 109 Montgomery Street to that list. Earlier today, an application was submitted to the Department of Buildings to erect a 12-story, 173-unit apartment building – likely rentals – mid-block between Washington and Franklin avenues.
I wasn't surprised to learn that BBG owns the land, and will hopefully make a big-ass profit to throw at their endowment (that's where to put it guys - don't let it burn a hole in your pocket!)
Thanks Babs and Mike (whynot?) from Brooklynian for the heads up.