Extell Scales Back Riverside South Plan
Extell Development Co., the group behind the Riverside South megaproject, followed through with plans to scale back the commercial and residential complex.
The developer has tinkered with the plan for more than a year since the public first saw renderings of the proposal in 2008.
The latest rendition of the five-building, mixed-use project was shown at a March 17 meeting of Community Board 7’s Riverside South Working Group.
In Extell’s new plan, 1.8 million square feet of commercial space was replaced with 2,500 apartments, totaling 2.4 million square feet of residential space. Twelve percent of that is planned for affordable housing. Read more
Riverside South: Shift from Commercial to Residential Space
A proposal by Riverside South developer Extell Development Co. to increase square footage on the south end of the site came under fire during a Jan. 13 Community Board 7 meeting.
According to a statement released by the board’s Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, the proposed changes to the original 1992 agreement are substantive. In the original agreement, the area between West 59th and 61st streets was limited to 2.4 million square feet of developed space and 570 residential units; the developer is now proposing to increase the square footage to 3.1 million square feet and add almost five times the number of apartments: 2,750 units. Read more
RIVERSIDE SOUTH MEETINGS
The proposed date for the Riverside South scoping meeting was pushed back to Jan. 8. The public is encouraged to attend the meeting, held by the City Planning Commission, and give input on what should be included in the scope of the environmental impact study. The scoping meeting will be held at the commission’s office at 22 Reade St. in Lower Manhattan from 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Community Board 7 held pre-scoping process meetings this week on different aspects of the Riverside South project, including housing, transportation and business interests. Future Board 7 committee meetings dealing with the project include discussions on parks (Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.), health and human services (Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.) and education (Dec. 18 at 7 p.m.). All meetings take place at 250 W. 87th St. unless otherwise noted. For more information on future Riverside South meetings, call 212-362-4008.
RIVERSIDE SOUTH MEETING PUSHED BACK
The City Planning Commission’s scoping meeting for the Riverside South development has been tentatively pushed back to Jan. 15, 2009.
The original date was planned for Dec. 11, but Council Member Gale Brewer asked for the meeting to be delayed until the holiday season had passed, giving more time to inform the West Side community.
“There are many aspects to this project. We want a good idea what different groups on the West Side want,” Brewer said. “I really appreciate City Planning Commission’s extension.”
The Department of City Planning would not comment on scoping process.
“We have not formally announced a date. We’ll be announcing shortly,” said Rachaele Raynoff, spokeswoman for the Department of City Planning.
PUBLIC GETS FIRST LOOK AT RIVERSIDE SOUTH
Upper West Siders got their first glimpse of the size and scope of Extell’s Riverside South development at an Oct. 30 meeting of Community Board 7’s Riverside South Working Group. About 100 citizens gathered at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital on Tenth Avenue to see Extell’s 8.2-acre proposal to build four residential glass towers and one commercial tower, plus 3.2 acres of public open space. Read more
EXTELL NIXES COSTCO AT RIVERSIDE SOUTH
A proposal to put a Costco in the 3.3 -million-square-foot Riverside South development project has been nixed. The developer, Extell Development Co., made calls to Upper West Side elected officials on Sept. 26 to announce the newest change to the plan.
Extell also eliminated 500 parking spaces from project; the developer initially requested 2,300 spots.
“[President of Extell] Gary Barnett has heard the concerns of the community, the community board and elected officials, as well as City Planning Commission Chair Amanda Burden and her staff, and has therefore eliminated Costco Read more
