The garage has been closed since late April after the Department of Buildings issued a vacate order on the property following the deadly collapse on April 18 at the Little Man garage on Ann Street in the Financial District.
According to the listing (no price), this space is being offered as a "redevelopment project" ... that encompasses more than 22,000 square feet.
Per the DOB vacate order: "The occupied parking structure with concrete framing observed to be in a state of disrepair at several locations in cellar level... crushed column base observed at several locations in cellar level ... vertical cracks observed inside elevator shaft and on masonry walls."
Those cracks are visible throughout the garage (from our May 2 post via Stacie Joy)...
Its website shows Little Man Parking operates more than 40 New York and New Jersey garages. In late April, the manager at LaSalle said they relocated all the vehicles to other Little Man garages.
There are approved permits dated June for repairs, though ownership apparently decided to go in a different direction... as this space will likely fetch a hefty price for housing (or some other development).
The pending sale also means the Budget Car Rental that shared the space (closed since the spring) won't return.
Great news. Now turn it into housing
ReplyDeleteWow from the garage all the up to The Bean may be under development. Not to mention the current build out on St Marks and 3rd ave. This block is seeing a lot of action.
ReplyDeleteThere are 5 buildings to the west of the parking garage, including 210 E. Ninth St. that houses Hasaki. None of these buildings are part of the redevelopment. And the building that housed Village Yokocho, Angel's Share and Panya on Stuyvesant Street is undergoing a renovation for retail-restaurant tenants.
ReplyDeleteComplete BS about how they relocated their customers to their other spaces. No such animal
ReplyDeleteThe air rights of the building that housed Panya etc was transferred to the Cooper Union dormitory long ago
ReplyDelete@7:18am: I admire your optimism. If it becomes housing, it will be expensive glassy whatevers; it certainly won't be affordable housing.
ReplyDeleteThis. Exactly. Part of the problem is that the price for the lot, itself, will be very high. As such, any developer who purchases it will want to build high end luxury to maximize profit. If you want the neighborhood to keep it's charm and roots, you shouldn't be giddy to see this type of news.
DeletePlease. No more over priced cafes or pizza shops. I agree with another commenter. More housing. And please make it affordable.
ReplyDeleteAll housing is good housing. When will people understand that? Yes we need affordable housing but also need more housing period.
ReplyDeleteMore housing period
ReplyDeleteDidn't love Budget, but the location is oh so nice for renting a car.
ReplyDeleteNYC does not need more $3500+ studios and $5500+ one-bedrooms. Period.
ReplyDeleteDamn, that Budget was so convenient, and an unfortunate development for those of who live on this block. Already have the gut reno of the former Yoshida businesses next to The Bean, gut reno of the Hamilton Fish House (21 Stuy) and the son of Death Star construction at St Marks and 3rd.
ReplyDelete@7:18 strange to say "great news". There is a lack of parking garages around and people relied on it, as did people needing rentals.
ReplyDeleteArguing housing lot by lot is like arguing shades of sea green for the Titanic deck chairs. Without a citywide policy of such far reaching vision, which is not even a laugh line in today's environment, a couple units here, a couple units there is just occasional performative ribbon cutting.
ReplyDeleteBig real estate runs this town. The New Dealers and progressive movement that actually got things like housing done is long, long gone. Glass boxes for the monied set is what's on the menu. Maybe with some performative ribbon cutting as an apéritif.
That said if a few "lower income", whatever that means, tenants get in then good for them.
Yes of course another tear down and replace with a private housing development with $4,000 dollar studio apartments with ground floor retail space which will remain mostly vacant due to the high commercial rents. That is all the LES/EV is turning into these days.
ReplyDeleteStill better than a crumbling parking garage
Delete@4:21- Very disingenuous point of view as the socio-economic has changed so dramatically. Don't you realize the Tax Collector is jizzing in his pants every time a new high rent building/ condoplex goes up? The CITY needs billions just to keep a semblance of an appearance of functionality. The social justice warriors can scream until they turn blue but affordable housing is a pipe dream that ended when the beatniks and hippies form the 50s and 60's lost their lease, left, or dropped dead.
ReplyDeleteI live on this block and I am not looking forward to whatever forthcoming development hell is in our future. As it is that ugly building rising on St. Marks is already coming into view.
ReplyDeleteAnd they did relocate the people who parked there, I know one of them.
It was a convenient place to pick up a car, and yes, those cracks look terrifying.
ReplyDeleteI used to park in the garage occasionally, it was very handy, decently priced for overnight rates, the guys who worked there were always really friendly and appreciated my 66 Mustang, and it was always a party when I drove in. Hope they are all working elsewhere now.
ReplyDeleteEvery time someone mentions building “affordable housing” or “new housing“, I “read” Airbnb. There’s a trend to rent apartments on airbnb for a profit. Just look on Airbnb, you’ll notice landlords are “airbnb’ing” their newly renovated residential buildings.
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