Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

Real Estate Giant: Suburban Office Parks Increasingly Obsolete

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 10, 2015 | No Comments

What tenants want in an office building is changing, and the old model of the isolated suburban office park is going the way of the fax machine. That’s according to a new report from Newmark, Grubb, Knight and Frank [PDF], one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the world. The old-school office park does “not offer the […]

This Map Shows Where de Blasio Wants to Reduce Parking Mandates

By Stephen Miller | Sep 23, 2015 | 20 Comments

In February, the Department of City Planning outlined the broad strokes of how the de Blasio administration will seek to change the rules that shape new development in New York. After eight months of public meetings and behind-the-scenes work, City Hall’s proposals were released this week. The documents reveal details of how the city wants to handle parking minimums in […]

CB 12: Proposed Building on Top of 1 Train Is Too Big, Needs More Parking

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2015 | 16 Comments

Community Board 12 members voted against a proposal for a new apartment building in Washington Heights, to be built on top of the 1 train, in part because they want the developers to build more parking, according to DNAinfo coverage of the Wednesday meeting. HAP Investment Developers wants to build a 16-story, 241-unit residential building at […]

De Blasio NYCHA Proposal: More Space for People, Less Subsidized Parking

By Stephen Miller | May 20, 2015 | 37 Comments

Mayor de Blasio’s plan to stabilize the finances of the New York City Housing Authority includes higher, but still subsidized, parking fees and a promise to develop a mix of market-rate and affordable housing on under-utilized property, including parking lots. The mayor announced that the city will be developing new housing on NYCHA property. De Blasio took […]

The East Bronx Doubles Down on Traffic-Oriented Development

By Stephen Miller | May 18, 2015 | 19 Comments

The East Bronx is on track to get new Metro-North service, but developers are building unwalkable, traffic-generating projects near the stations, fueled by state and city funding for highway ramps and expansions. Unless things change, the new rail service will be marooned in a sea of car-centric sprawl and traffic congestion. The biggest development site, sandwiched between […]

NYC Replaces a Parking Crater With Parking-Free Housing and Retail

By Stephen Miller | Mar 26, 2015 | 11 Comments

One of Manhattan’s few remaining parking craters is going to be filled in with housing and retail — all without any car storage, despite the city government’s belief that the site called for up to 500 parking spots. Call it “Parking Sanity.” The project, called Essex Crossing, is on the Lower East Side. It replaces surface lots formerly known as the […]

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