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Outcome
140
Rezoning approved for mixed-use site
A developer won rezoning for a Brooklyn waterfront site after a year of community and city review.
Practice
Real Estate
Year
2023
Court
NYC Planning Commission
Duration
12 months
Lead attorney
Eleanor Vance
01 · The challenge
A site zoned for the wrong century
Our client owned a former warehouse site zoned for light industry, in a neighbourhood that badly needed housing.
Rezoning in New York means public review, community board votes and the City Council.
Site
2.1 acres
Zoning
M1 light industrial
Reviews
5 public hearings
02 · Our approach
Win the room before the vote
We met every stakeholder before the formal process began.
01
Months 1–3
Community first
We agreed affordable housing and public waterfront access with the community board.
02
Months 4–9
Public review
We guided the application through ULURP hearings and environmental review.
03
Months 10–12
Council vote
The City Council approved the rezoning unanimously.
03 · The outcome
Approved unanimously
The rezoning cleared 140 residential units, 30% of them affordable, plus ground-floor retail and a public waterfront path.
140
Homes approved
30%
Affordable units
12
Months through public review
In their words
“Eleanor knew which conversations mattered before anyone asked us to the table.”
Principal
Real estate developer, Brooklyn
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