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Developers seek rezoning for 389-unit mixed-use project on Northern Boulevard in Queens Borough
Summary
An applicant requested rezoning of a Northern Boulevard block between 147th and 149th Streets to allow two buildings up to 125 feet tall with 389 apartments (97 permanently affordable), 280 parking spaces and ground-floor retail; Community Board 7 gave strong approval and no public speakers testified at the Queens Borough President hearing.
QUEENS BOROUGH ' Developers presented a rezoning application for a block front on Northern Boulevard between 147th and 149th Streets, asking the Queens Borough President's land use hearing to support a change from the existing R5 district with a C1-2 overlay to an R7X district with a C2-3 overlay to allow two mixed-use buildings up to 125 feet tall.
The applicant said the project would create two connected buildings (referred to as Buildings A and B) with a total of 389 apartments, including 97 units the team described as permanently affordable, ground-floor retail and 280 parking spaces where 155 are currently required. The presenter said the buildings would read as 12 stories in height (a basement plus 11 above-ground floors) and that the design by…
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