The City Planning Commission will hold a hearing on the plan by the Related Companies to develop the Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail yards on Manhattan's West Side September 9.
The hearing will come shortly after Anna Hayes Levin, the head of the Hudson Yards Community Advisory Committee, replaces Angela Cavaluzzi, whose term as a commissioner expires in September. Ms. Levin was appointed to the commission by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and approved this week by the City Council.
Ms. Levin was the chair of the land use committee of Community Board 4 in Manhattan from April 2001 to March of this year and is widely respected as one of the most knowledgeable members of a community board in the city.
An article in today's edition of therealdeal.com by Lysandra Ohrstrom, quoted a spokesperson for Related, Joanna Rose, as saying that "Anna brings a tremendous breadth of knowledge...not only on this specific area but on planning issues generally," adding that she "played a key role in the rezoning of the Hudson Yards district, is a well-respected advocate for the community and will be a great asset to the commission and the process."
Ms. Levin has been a strong advocate of promoting permanently affordable housing, the High Line, and schools.
Five joint ventures submitted plans to redevelop the MTA yards and the MTA selected one headed by Tishman Speyer Properties. Tishman Speyer, however, subsequently withdrew and the MTA then selected Related, whose proposal calls for 12 million square feet of residential and commercial development on both sides of 11th Avenue between 30th and 33rd Streets.
In February, the MTA agreed to delay closing the deal by one year and give Related an extra year to pay the $43 million initial down payment even though Related is currently in the midst of the city's land-use review process for the plan.
The hearing will come shortly after Anna Hayes Levin, the head of the Hudson Yards Community Advisory Committee, replaces Angela Cavaluzzi, whose term as a commissioner expires in September. Ms. Levin was appointed to the commission by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and approved this week by the City Council.
Ms. Levin was the chair of the land use committee of Community Board 4 in Manhattan from April 2001 to March of this year and is widely respected as one of the most knowledgeable members of a community board in the city.
An article in today's edition of therealdeal.com by Lysandra Ohrstrom, quoted a spokesperson for Related, Joanna Rose, as saying that "Anna brings a tremendous breadth of knowledge...not only on this specific area but on planning issues generally," adding that she "played a key role in the rezoning of the Hudson Yards district, is a well-respected advocate for the community and will be a great asset to the commission and the process."
Ms. Levin has been a strong advocate of promoting permanently affordable housing, the High Line, and schools.
Five joint ventures submitted plans to redevelop the MTA yards and the MTA selected one headed by Tishman Speyer Properties. Tishman Speyer, however, subsequently withdrew and the MTA then selected Related, whose proposal calls for 12 million square feet of residential and commercial development on both sides of 11th Avenue between 30th and 33rd Streets.
In February, the MTA agreed to delay closing the deal by one year and give Related an extra year to pay the $43 million initial down payment even though Related is currently in the midst of the city's land-use review process for the plan.
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Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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