tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post4671086402232020871..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Construction starts at 118 E. 1st St., future home of a 9-floor residential buildingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68154594793392180202018-04-30T09:49:24.223-04:002018-04-30T09:49:24.223-04:00Too bad about that tenant losing so much light. B...Too bad about that tenant losing so much light. But this is not the fault of the new developer. It is the fault of whoever owned your building and the lot where construction is about to start and how they bought, or didn't buy air rights long before any of us were around. Air rights are tricky and just as valuable as property rights. When you can buy them both in a vertical property format, it is worth a lot more money. Sad, but it is the way it works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83099775558904647122018-04-30T08:55:09.816-04:002018-04-30T08:55:09.816-04:00How is a 9 story building allowed to replace a 3 s...How is a 9 story building allowed to replace a 3 story building? What air rights shenanigans where at play to get around the zoning laws? As I overheard a real-estate agent utter this weekend "this is becoming a desirable neighborhood" curser them all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38759833333976936572018-04-30T08:31:01.011-04:002018-04-30T08:31:01.011-04:00Plus the noise from the HVAC systems - with the pr...Plus the noise from the HVAC systems - with the property tax exemptions its a lose lose for the citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com