NEW YORK | One 45 | 2 Towers | 420 FT | 34 FLOORS

[NYguy]

More developers should do this. I’m sick of these politicians and community boards holding everything hostage if they don’t get their way.



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[Busy Bee]

Yeah it's a little mean spirited but I can't help but root for the guy as he's conpletely correct.

[Prezrezreturns]

All this back-pedaling, turning-on-heels and overall posturing/reposturing brings to mind the image of Joe Cocker at an 18th century French cotillion.

[mrnyc]

does he mean delivery box trucks or like big rigs?

because it also brings to light a much bigger problem, that these dam mammoth highway semi trucks are allowed on the city streets at all. its a disgrace.

[chris08876]

Probably will hamper traffic too. If the double parked UPS trucks aren't enough, tractor trailers will really amplify the traffic.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

does he mean delivery box trucks or like big rigs?

because it also brings to light a much bigger problem, that these dam mammoth highway semi trucks are allowed on the city streets at all. its a disgrace.

Yeah, if only they would let something like housing go up there.

[mrnyc]

in paris you take your mammoth semi truck in only as far as the peripherique ring road, then transfer your capitalist crap into box trucks for city streets. for nyc they should be doing this same thing in jerzey. those big trucks shouldnt be allowed in harlem or anywhere else in town.

[chris08876]

NYC developer resubmits scuttled ‘One45′ Harlem housing plan for 145th St.


Feb 02, 2023

The New York developer behind a scuttled housing project in Harlem resubmitted his rezoning proposal for consideration by the city government Thursday — but intends to expand a controversial truck depot that he built in place of the apartment complex in the interim, the Daily News has learned.

The so-called “One45″ rezoning plan — which proposed to build two residential towers with more than 900 units on a stretch of 145th St. — was withdrawn by developer Bruce Teitelbaum last May after local Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan vowed to block the project due to concerns about gentrification.

After the housing plan collapsed, Teitelbaum switched gears and built a truck depot at the site instead, as that didn’t require a rezoning. The depot, which opened last month, has drawn intense pushback from local community leaders and politicians who have said the influx of trucks will worsen air quality in a neighborhood that already suffers from one of the highest child asthma rates in the city.

On Thursday morning, Teitelbaum acknowledged the concerns from the Harlem community and confirmed to The News that he has resubmitted his housing plan for the 145th St. site via the mandatory Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, commonly known as ULURP.

Except for changing the name to “One45 Harlem For ALL,” Teitelbaum said his plan remains the same: Roughly half of the 915 proposed new apartment units would be rent-restricted and classified as affordable for low- and middle-income New Yorkers. Of the affordable apartments, about 174 units would be set aside for those earning less than 30% of the Area Median Income, which translates to about $36,000 for a family of three.

“I am ready, as I have always been, to meet with you so that we can try to reach an accommodation and, if possible, make a deal, because ALL of Harlem deserves better,” Teitelbaum wrote in a letter to Richardson Jordan that he shared with The News.

However, the resurrected housing push comes with a catch.

Teitelbaum wrote in his letter that while going through the ULURP process, he will expand capacity at the truck depot.

That means a larger number of big-rig trucks are likely to start rolling through the neighborhood in coming weeks, he said. In the long run, barring a One45 relaunch, Teitelbaum said he may turn the lot into “a mix of 100% market rate housing, a self-storage facility, parking, and retail.”

“It is time for you and all of those who have a say in whether ‘One45 Harlem For ALL’ lives or dies to make a decision,” he wrote to Richardson Jordan.

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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-...02-5fxty4zvyfeorhqnuxk5w5cdgm-story.html

[chris08876]

^^^^^

This developer has these clown officials in a nice dilemma at the moment. Opposition to the truck stop is great as of recent and so, they have the option to choose between the truck stop, which they hate, or this... which will add a ton of units, and an affordable component.

Maybe Kristin Richardson Jordan should stop her backwards ways and not side track progress for Harlem. 458 units of affordable housing out of 915 new units... versus a truck stop which does nothing to add to housing for broke and poor New Yorkers... Harlem will benefit from this.

[Busy Bee]

Called it.

[chris08876]

Back from the dead!

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Bruce Teitelbaum has new plan for revived Harlem project
Developer’s One45 gets boost from 421a extension, Council member

With new life from the state’s 421a extension and Harlem’s changed political landscape, Bruce Teitelbaum has filed preliminary plans for his massive One45 complex.


The filings with the Department of City Planning outline the developer’s second attempt to get approval for his project at the intersection of West 145th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, the New York Daily News reported.

Teitelbaum proposes a three-building, 922-unit complex, with more affordability (and likely more subsidy) than the 917-unit plan he shelved in 2022 because of opposition from the local Council member at the time.

Now that the state budget has changed the 421a tax break’s construction deadline from 2026 to 2031, Teitelbaum has time to complete the development, assuming he comes to terms with the City Council on a rezoning.

The new plan is similar to the one he proposed in early 2023, before the slayer of his initial proposal, Kristin Richardson Jordan, decided not to seek re-election to the Council that year.

Half of the units would be affordable. One building would have mostly market-rate apartments, while another would include 300 affordable units, 125 supportive housing units and a community facility. The project would have to abide by the state’s 2015 ban of “poor doors.”

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https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/04...eadying-another-shot-at-one45-in-harlem/

[NYguy]

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OLD PLAN

[Crawford]

Looks pretty good, and Uptown can sure use the new housing.

We need towers like this everywhere along transit lines.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Looks pretty good, and Uptown can sure use the new housing.

We need towers like this everywhere along transit lines.

Yes. Bigger buildings where you can build them is the way to up the housing supply. The City doesn't have a lot of vacant land to start building single-family homes. So if you can put up a 20-story building, may is well make it possible to make that 30 stories or more. It's called "doing more with less".

[NYguy]

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/05/one45-housing-development-harlem-rejects/

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development
The plan has faced significant community pushback over the years, and would add hundreds of apartments to the neighborhood.





BY JONATHAN CUSTODIO
FEB. 5, 2025

Manhattan Community Board 10 on Wednesday night voted 19-10 to advise rejecting a 968-unit apartment complex on West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, the latest setback for a developer in a years-long battle for local support.

“This was a very difficult, very detailed project to review, and there were a lot of debates.” Karen Dixon, CB10 Land Use Committee chair told more than 100 attendees at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, and dozens more who tuned in virtually.

Dixon noted the board’s land-use committee had just voted 16-7 on Jan. 29 to approve the project dubbed One45 for Harlem — with several “conditions.”

Those conditions included: reducing the height of the buildings to 28 stories from 34; increasing the amount of community space; a commitment to have half of building employees be Harlem residents; outlining measurable goals for youth programs; and adopting a legally binding and enforceable community benefits agreement.

One board member had urged their fellow members to vote in favor of the plan because a “no” vote would signal to other developers that they can’t build in Harlem, and that the board needed to pressure elected officials to fund more housing for working-class and middle-class New Yorkers.

“This is not the ideal project. It’s not the ideal project. But there needs to be housing. We need to do housing,” said Dixon in response to the discussion, adding that she appreciated the “energy” and “fire” from her fellow board members.

As proposed, the One45 development would comprise two 34-story towers with 968 apartments, of which 291 would be income-restricted. That means rent for those units would be set based on a percentage of the city’s area median income (AMI), which is $127,000 for a family of three. Approximately 10% of apartments would be rented to people at 40% AMI, with the same percentage set aside for units rent at 80% and 120% AMI. About half of all the apartments are one-bedroom units.

It would also include 940,000 square feet of ground-level room for a community center and a gathering space, local retail, and underground parking. The new plan nixes a civil rights museum that existed in the previous iteration and adds 102 more apartments, including 30 that will be income-restricted.

[Crawford]

Thankfully the Community Board is only advisory, and the local councilperson supports the development.

[Busy Bee]

sigh

[NYguy]

People can never, and will never be pleased. It's what these community boards are all about. Fight and obstruct, no matter the benefit.

[NYguy]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/b...-project-option-double-affordable-units/

Borough president backs disputed One45 Harlem project, with option to double affordable units


By TÉA KVETENADZE
February 18, 2025

The controversial One45 for Harlem project, which could bring two towers with nearly 1,000 new apartments to East Harlem, secured the backing of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on Tuesday — a symbolic but significant endorsement that bodes well for its success down the line.

Levine and the developer, Bruce Teitelbaum, have struck a tentative deal as part of the rezoning process that could help the project get over the finish line nearly three years after an initial attempt to secure approval spectacularly imploded, causing a political firestorm.

The fact that local Councilmember Yusef Salaam, whose support will essentially make or break the project, has been involved in the negotiations also suggests One45 could be closer to winning favor in the all-important final City Council vote.

But the most significant stipulation is the unusual inclusion of a memorandum of understanding. Signed by both Levine and Teitelbaum, the MOU includes the possibility of an alternative plan that would involve Teitelbaum building the first tower but selling a parcel of the land to a nonprofit affordable housing developer that would construct the second tower as 100% affordable in coordination with the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

HPD spokesperson Fernando Aquino confirmed the agency has been “in active conversations” with the prospective developer.

[NYguy]