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August 6, 2005
‘HOTEL HARVEY’
'Not Just Nets' indeed, local development is out of control throughout our area. The Brooklyn Papers uncovers the latest addition to Future Skyscraperville - ahem - Ft. Greene.
A developer has quietly bought up property next to a Brooklyn Academy of Music theater, planning what neighbors believe will be a high-rise hotel and condo.Manhattan-based developer The Clarett Group paid $12 million for three lots at the northwest corner of Fulton Street and Ashland Place, an assemblage that abuts the four-story BAM Harvey Theater.
Under the current C6-4 commercial zoning for that block, a more than 20-story hotel, office tower or mall could be built. The equivalent residential zoning, should a zoning change or variance be granted, could support up to a 30-story tower.
Posted by amy at August 6, 2005 11:35 AM