A few updates this morning concerning Essex Crossing, the 1.9 million square foot mixed-use project coming to the former Seward Park urban renewal area. As the development team cobbles together the financing for the big complex, they will go before the city’s Housing Development Corp. (HDC) today to request the use of tax exempt bonds […]
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The Essex Street Market building on the south side of Delancey Street; April 2014.
The developers of Essex Crossing have now filed pre-demolition documents for the old Essex Street Market building on the south side of Delancey Street. The site is one of nine former urban renewal parcels included in the nearly 2 million square foot residential and commercial project.
Previously, Delancey Street Associates, the development consortium, filed initial paperwork to tear down the former firehouse on Broome Street as well as 400-402 Grand St., twin tenement buildings. In the past, they have pointed out that demolition is still several months in the future; the city won’t officially transfer the property to the developers for some time. The first phase of the project, set to begin next year, is focused on development of sites 1, 2 and 5 (see map).
80 Essex St./115 Delancey St.
A busy month is ahead for the developers of Essex Crossing, the large residential and commercial project coming to the former Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. Delancey Street Associates, the development consortium, is planning to break ground on the first four of nine parcels by the middle of next year.
In the next couple of weeks, we’re told, locals will begin seeing the first signs of activity around the former Essex Street Market building on the south side of Delancey St. A 12-foot-high fence will go up around the building, located at 80 Essex St./115 Delancey St. The lot, known as site 2, is the future home of a 24-foot tower that will include 195 apartments, a new Essex Street Market facility and a 14-screen Regal movie theater. Demolition of the 1940 market building will not disrupt access to the subway entry located on the west side of the building. Access to the stairwell will be maintained throughout demolition. A stretch of sidewalk along Br