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[NYguy]

I'm pretty sure this is SHoP's downtown supertall. Can't wait to see what it is.



http://www.nypress.com/article/20150331/NEWS01/150339996/(No-heading)




By Daniel Fitzsimmons

.....David Sheldon, a spokesperson for Save Our Seaport, said the shareholder letter indicated that the acquisitions were part of the same assemblage, but did not say whether the site would be proposed as an alternative location for the tower.

Although the company hasn’t formally announced its intentions, members of Save Our Seaport are inclined to think it will eventually be proposed as an alternative location for Howard Hughes’ residential tower.

“That’s our thinking, certainly,” said Sheldon. “They haven’t indicated to us that they’re building a giant tower there. They have, however, purchased the air rights to enable them to do so.”

Sheldon stopped just short of calling this latest development a victory for the community, and said much remains to be seen as to what Howard Hughes will propose to do with their massive assemblage.

“I think it’s really too soon to say if this is a win for the community,” said Sheldon. “We haven’t seen the shape of this tower yet…and we don’t know what the load on the community infrastructure will be as opposed to what it will offer.”

As for the Seaport, the only way a tower on Howard Hughes’ new assemblage site will infringe on the historic district is in the form shadows it will cast.

“Would it be something of a win? Certainly it’s a win for the Seaport, it’s a win for the waterfront,” said Sheldon. “But if the tower is being relocated it raises other questions.”

Sheldon added that the community is now waiting to see how this latest development “impacts the rest of the plans for the Seaport.”

Sheldon, sit down, and shut up already.