The plans to construct three additional structures on vacant green space adjacent to Bell Apartments in Bay Terrace have changed to accommodate about 36 two-family homes, according to the architect.
Bell Apartments is a five six-story building, 300-unit co-op located near Bay Terrace Shopping Center.
Anthony Colletti, chief operating officer for Cord Meyer, said the original plans were scrapped for reasons of feasibility and community opposition.
Shareholders at the presentation in January told Cord Meyer war stories about the current parking situation and that adding 187 extra households would create too much deadlock, even with a new underground garage to match the number of units. Residents were relieved when the development company reduced the plan to 36 two-family buildings, Colletti said.
“It didn’t make sense for us either,” Colletti said. “It wasn’t working out financially, so we scaled it down and [the shareholders] were thrilled.”
Since the unveiling of the initial plans, the community has been informed of all new developments, according to Colletti, who added that elected officials such as state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) were kept informed as well.
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Not a good place. No where to park, schools are already overcrowded, bus service isn't the greatest over there, the lirr is already overcrowded on that line. How much more congestion can we take without the infrastructure and roadways and services to support it? Stupid plan, stupid city, stupid mayor....but people voted for him, I'm proud to say that I did NOT vote for dumblasio!
Do we blame the mayor? or the people who will move into the new units, adding to the pressure on the neighborhood? or the developers, who don't give a cerap about anything but profit?
Must EVERY single blade of green grass be eliminated to make room for yet another box to hold "low income" or "homeless" people? There must be some sort of limit to how many people want to move to NYC to suck off the teat of freebies.
So what do we do? We don't have enough places to live in NYC, in Queens, so prices are through the roof. But anywhere you want to build is already congested and overcrowded. How do you reconcile the two?
So what do we do? We don't have enough places to live in NYC, in Queens, so prices are through the roof. But anywhere you want to build is already congested and overcrowded. How do you reconcile the two?
Stop giving away 1 million visas per year and start deporting the illegals. Also, send the homeless back to where they came from. This will solve much of our problem.
It does not matter how many homes you build. Weather they be affordable, expensive, spread out, dense packed, pretty , ugly or prefabricated shit holes for the homeless/bums. There will never be enough to satisfy the demand in a popular city like NY. Building more will never satisfy the need. However This relentless over building will eventually make the whole area an undesirable crowded shit hole and that will solve the alleged housing shortage. No one will want to live here. When will you people realize that we cannot build our way out of the alleged shortage. High demand for a limited commodity is a good thing. Destroying that limited commodity for some equal outcome social experiment is insanity. Just accept that not everyone who wants to live here can live here.
@Camel bladder
You are correct but greed will win out and the over building will continue.
NYC and the surrounding boroughs are already an undesirable over priced shit hole.
The only thing that keeps me here is my job and family.
Anon,
You are correct, the greed of the developers will probably win. But that is because the sheeple have been made to believe that more development will satisfy the housing " need". The public needs to understand that there is no solution in building more. Building more only draws in more people. It is a viscous cycle that will continue until the results become very very negative such a large population exit and a severe loss in property values. And for right now I am in the same boat as you, my family and my business that I have spent my entire adult life building is what keeps me here.
This is all becoming very sad and worrisome.
@Camel bladder
"the sheeple have been made to believe"
The millennials believe all the "Crap" forced down their throats and pay enormous rents and or home purchase prices for the privilege to live in this over crowded shit hole !
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