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Originally Posted by Sky88
I am sorry that Related has abandoned the Casino project. Perhaps they should have waited for the arrival of the new mayor and the new administration before deciding.
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That's just silly, and had no bearing on this proposal, and besides bids are due next month. As far as Related goes, they got exactly what they wanted - a plan to get the second phase built. The casino was just a means for them to do so, but with the City Council deal, they don't need the casino.
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Originally Posted by DCReid
Since adding additional housing appeared to be a concession to support the casino plan, I wonder if they will drop the additional housing and go back to the original plan.
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Related had already dropped the office tower on the southern half of the site in favor of 2 additional residential towers with the casino plan just a few weeks ago. Now that the casino is no longer part of the plan, what changes is the northern half of the site.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
This is exhausting. At least the platform financing and construction seem imminent.
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They say it could begin next year. What's exhausting for me is the fact that this development was always going to feature tall buildings arround the High Line. People, including politicians, used the High Line as a talking point. But it was always going to be a development of large buildings in any scenario.
Now, we have what could potentially be 4 supertall towers rising in the second phase (that remains to be seen, as most of it isn't really designed yet). The podium, while reduced in height, will still get built, though there will be a pedestrian "thruway" that devides it. If there is any point to it at all, its that now the development won't have a casino. It's great that this will finally get built and completed (before the WTC even), but I see nothing in this second phase to attract anyone outside of the people who live and work there. Of course, the High Line will still attract tourists, but Hudson Yards will remain as is.
As planned in 2009 with 8 towers, compared to 6 in the current plan...the biggest difference is the removal of the 2 center towers (which were never supposed to be there to begin with). The
size of the development remains the same.
The current plan is based on this modified plan that was submitted as an alternative should the casino not advance...
I would assume SOM is still working on the development...
The 4,000 housing units are concentrated in the 3 buildings on the southern half. Obviously, the height numbers will change, especially on the north where the podium was reconfigured and programming is still in flux....
