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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

PARTS OFFICE DEVELOPMENT 11:00AM to 11: 15AM The rebirth of New York's Starrett-Lehigh Building brought attention to Midtown-West as a viable contemporary commercial zone. The renewal of Times Square and its desirability as a location for commercial towers and major corporate presences has shifted sights westward. While available office space in Midtown is being consumed by an expanding economy by the appearance of dot-com firms, offices for high-end ten- ants can now be constructed west of Sixth Avenue. 17:00-11:15 An overview of the challenges for new commercial Steven Spinola construction on the Far West Side. What Will the PRESIDENT industry be looking for? What zoning issues will be The Real Estate Board of New York important? P REBNY, which represents the largest com- mercial developers in New York, the firms that will be exposed to the largest risk for development in Midtown-West, is an organization especially interested in exploring strategies for public-private cooperation in these crucial undertakings.

PART6 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 71:15AM to 17:45AM Market-rate rental apartments can now be built -- and are being built• along the western end of 42nd Street, from 9th to 12th Avenues. The Clinton neighborhood already has a significant number of residential units. What does this area require in order to make the transition suc cessful, so that new residents as well as long-time residents can be accommodated? 11:15-11:30 An architect who had worked with and represented Costas Kondylis, AIA most of the major residential developers in New York PRESIDENT Costas Kondylis Associates discusses the critical issues for future residential development in Midtown-West. What will be neces- sary in order to make significant residential develop- ment a continuing process in this area? What will the important locations be beyond 42nd Street? What will the approval process entail? What will zoning and bulk regulations be? What size can be accommodated -- or accepted?

11:30-11:45 The neighborhoods in what is now referred to as Katherine Gray Midtown-West have had a residential and commercial CHAIRWOMAN history and now face tremendous change. The chair Community Board 4, Clinton of Community Board #4 discusses the perspective of residents and business owners in Clinton and Chelsea, 13 what they see as a proprietary interest in an impor- tant and distinctive part of Manhattan, and what their concerns about the future are.

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