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Originally Posted by sbarn
I've worked a lot with DOB granted on smaller projects. I've never heard of or experienced DOB 'approving' plans without a full set being filed for review by a plan examiner. You don't really negotiate with the DOB, they simply check off whether a building is designed in accordance to the building code. Its very black or white. You must submit (or file) plans in order for them to do so. Perhaps there is an alternative address they are using?
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You misunderstand, I'm not saying they've negotiated permits. It could be very minor, but something that doesn't require them to have to go through a public review process or get a special permit (which is city planning). They may simply want to have all their "ducks in a row" so to speak, nothing that would be rejected down the line. We don't know who is financing this tower, or what type of backing is behind it.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
There are very few people on this earth who really grasp a large entirety of the NYC building code, which is byzantine to say the least.
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We've seen developments where the builders specifically state they had to get someone expert in NYC zoning. Anyway, the design appears to have been (and may still be ) in development until recently. No reason they would have filed unless they intend to move soon (as seen with other towers).
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/07/10/towering_gardens_of_south_street_planned_for_seaport.php
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Cord Meyer Development is the owner of the property and currently working out the specifics of air rights it has purchased over the years, and whether one half (150K square feet) of residential building will be allowed. Architect Anthony Morali recently went to Mexico to investigate the use of open hanging gardens in architecture. And although the present renderings may not fully reflect it, Morali intends to design a segmented, green-walled building, with a facade that will open every 15 stories or so in a cascading effect. Morali's tower would be a vertical counterpart to the horizontal green roof hotel and condos being developed across the East River by Toll Bros. and Starwood at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Nothing concrete can get started at 80 South Street until approvals from the City Planning Commission and the Dept. of Buildings are gained, something that Anthony Colletti of Cord Meyer believes could take as long as a year, and certainly not before the end of 2012.
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http://www.cordmeyer.co/properties/80SouthStudio.htm