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On Monday, the City Planning Commission gave the go ahead to the the five-building residential complex proposed for the Astoria waterfront. That means, as Crain’s reports, “the project with its proposed 1,698 residential units can now begin the roughly six-month public review process.” The plan moving ahead includes 295 units of affordable housing, a public school, a supermarket and a waterfront park accessible to the public. As reported earlier, the number of affordable units dropped from 340 to 295. The proposal also calls for 100,000 fewer square feet of residential space than in previous plans, meaning that the lower number of affordable units still makes up 20 percent of the total residential floor area.

The public review process is to grant the developers zoning changes to build up to 32 stories along the waterfront. In total, there will be three towers that could be as high as 32 stories near the water and two six-story buildings away from the water. The proposal will now go on to the Community Board (who will probably have something to say about that loss of affordable housing), Borough President Katz, and then back to the City Planning Commission and finally to the City Council.

5-Building Complex on Queens Waterfront Begins Review [Crain’s]
All Astoria Cove coverage [Q’Stoner]

Rendering by Studio V and Ken Smith Workshop


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