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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
What's the reason you know this for sure? Were FXCollaborative just hired to do vision boards or something? That would be a shame, half the work is done... just buy this rockin design from them and get to work.
Apologies in advance if the answer is in the press release... I didn't read it.
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That's not how the city does these things. That design is to show any potential developer what the city wants on that site. It's an example of how you can accommodate those units on that site. It's not a matter of issuing an rfp for a developer to build whatever
they want - the city wants these housing units. Once a developer is selected to build on the property, they will do so with whatever firm they so choose to use, so long as it meets whatever is specified. There will likely be some design parameters, like with 5 WTC. But we're looking at at least a few years before something gets built on site. Besides the rfp process, the building is still occupied, and once it is cleared, it will have to be demolished. But FXCollaborative has done a lot of design work and produced renderings of planning within the city, including of course of the massive rebuilding of Penn Station.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
I have a friend working in upper management at HPD. Every relevant city agency is looking at this, and question is more when/how than if.
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Every city agency was told last year to find city owned real estate that could be developed for housing. So expect more of these massive developments.
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