Crews have demolished the one-level structure at 644 E. 14th St. at Avenue C.
Coming soon, as previously reported: a 15-story mixed-use retail-residential complex here on the southwest corner.
The Karl Fischer-designed building will total 61,789 square feet. DOB permits show 8,578 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. The remainder of the first five stories will host a community facility, which will span 18,937 square feet, and 50 apartments will sit above.
Per the signs not he plywood, the work will be completed by summer 2015. Hurry! Unless they mean the demo...
The previous tenant here was the R&S Strauss auto parts store, which closed in April 2009.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Development back in play for East 14th Street and Avenue C
More details on the sale of 644 E. 14th St.
Here comes a 15-story retail-residential complex for East 14th Street and Avenue C
Prepping the former R&S Strauss auto parts store for demolition on East 14th Street and Avenue C
City OKs 15-story mixed-use retail-residential building on 14th and C
And the L train, the lone stop in the area, is going to accommodate Stuy Dorm, the forthcoming complex across the street on 14th and this new complex? I won't even get into living across the street from the unstable Con Ed plant. What are these developers thinking?
ReplyDeleteWhen I see that Con Ed plant I see a nice case of cancer from the EM pollution. Nothing to see here, move along.
ReplyDelete@Anon 8:03, don't forget the 11th and A/Mary Help of Christians influx, and the old movie theater on 7th and A, both need to be factored in to the use of the L line. But to answer your question, the last thing developers are thinking of is how their projects will affect mass transit, mainly because they simply don't give a shit. They are thinking of their public profile, their profit margin, their next project. The misery and overcrowding their "triumphs" put us, the local yokels through, doesn't even register on their internal awareness meters.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait until the ConEd plant across the street does one of its volcanic belch/farts of thunder and lightening and a tenant in this building tries to sue because they got scared, or they start a campaign to have the plant relocated.
ReplyDeleteThe views of the Con Ed station and Stuy Town will be magnificent.
ReplyDeleteAll of the demolitions along 14th Street (from Ave C to Ave A) could have been prevented if the city didn't change the ZONING to allow for it.
ReplyDeleteI have NO sympathy for the suckers that buy/rent the shabbily-constructed units to come.....
I actually find the Karl Fisher designed buildings quite nice. But good luck if you rent a unit in one. The management of these buildings have been gifting tenants with renewal increases of $500-i$1700 per month
ReplyDeleteYou can go to the cb3 website and read about the billions of unregulated small particulates that plant gives off. The LES ecology center, a garden, some clean burning boilers and some other stuff was given to the community to "compensate." It powers half of Manhattan from that plant. It's very toxic.
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