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Plan for affordable housing and industrial space back on the table for ex-Amazon site in LIC
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
BY DEVIN GANNON
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The city’s plan to bring a thousand residential units and a mix of industrial space to Long Island City is back on the table after Amazon last month announced it will not open a complex in the neighborhood. James Patchett, the president of the city’s Economic Development Corporation, said during the Crain’s New York Business breakfast on Thursday that the city will forge ahead with its original plan of bringing a mix of businesses and homes to the Queens neighborhood, Gothamist reported.
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According to the Economic Development Corporation, the project was intended to provide 1,000 units of housing (with 25 percent made affordable), 100,000 square feet of light industrial space, 400,000 square feet of commercial space, a new 600-seat school, retail space, and an acre of open space along the waterfront. The plan would require zoning changes in order to move forward.
As Gothamist reported, the TF Cornerstone plan seems to have reappeared after the fallout with Amazon earlier this month, which canceled its plan to open its second headquarters on LIC land owned by the city and land owned by plastics company Plaxall.
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As 6sqft reported last September, TF Cornerstone revealed its design for a waterfront park as part of the complex. The development team, which had included Matthews Nielsen Landscape Architects and Handel Architects, said it would stress preservation and revitalization of the marine life of the Anable Cove. Direct public access to the water was also part of the plan.
TF Cornerstone’s plan faced criticism from local politicians and community groups who argued the development was an inappropriate use of public land.
In an interview with Qns.com last February, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called the lack of affordable housing “insulting.”
“You can’t allow a developer the opportunity to build on city-owned land and only offer 25 percent affordable,” Van Bramer said. “That is insulting. That’s wildly unacceptable to me and my community.”
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