"They were looking for $300 a foot," or $23.4 million, to build 78,000 gross square feet of building area, said Charles Blaichman, a co-developer of the Perry Street condominium.
"We knew that once that land was zoned to maximize their building area, they weren't going to build it," said Batya Lewton, the president of the Coalition for a Livable West Side.
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Thus it was not surprising that eventually even the foundations most responsible for building area studies reassessed their commitment.
It is proposed to extend a vacant building at 143 Station Road, Llandaff North and change its use from offices to retail – adding 140 square metres to the 240m building area.
In zoning language, R-6 allows a FAR, or floor-area ratio, of 3 (three square feet of building area for each square foot of the zoning lot) on wide streets and 2.43 square feet on side streets.
According to Councilman Bill de Blasio, the Council approved an amendment to the city's zoning resolution that would designate a cluster of streets in Carroll Gardens as "narrow" instead of "wide," and as a result, limit the heights of buildings to 55 feet, as well as limiting the legal building area of a lot.
With the acceleration of urbanization, new building area is expanding and energy consumption of unit building area is increasing rapidly.
The proposed method chooses not to dictate the minimum size of the retrofittable building area.
The average wind velocity in the high-density building area is very low.
The effects of building area and storeys on life risk are minor.
