Posted Sep 10, 2013, 6:06 AM
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aka Studdedleather
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: New York City
Posts: 185
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Last-Minute Push for Approval of Domino Design Before Mayor Leaves Office
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013...-frontpage-top
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Two Trees is seeking approval for SHoP’s unexpected design for the Domino complex from city planning before Amanda Burden steps down and Bloomberg leaves office. Approvals after that will have to wait at least a year while the new mayor appoints commissions, according to a story in Crain’s. While the design has been met with much more critical and public acclaim than the previous plan, Burden’s approval is by no means certain, said the story.
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The scheme deviates considerably from what Ms. Burden spent years crafting up and down the East River waterfront, and Two Trees is struggling to bring her around to its proposal, according to sources. Two Trees had hoped its 2,200 apartments on the site would have been certified by June—the first step in the six-month review process. Now, with negotiations ongoing, the developer hopes for a September certification. That would still leave enough time for Ms. Burden and the planning commission to approve the project, but it would fall to local Councilman Stephen Levin to shepherd Domino through the City Council next year.
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Hopefully everything works out as planned! This design (everything from the new heights and architecture) needs to get approved ASAP!!!
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