NEW YORK CITY-Taking into account concerns voiced by the community, Jamestown Properties has unveiled a new design for its expansion atop Chelsea Market. On the heels of a November public hearing on the matter, this design was altered in the hopes of addressing community concerns.

Among the changes: a 20-foot reduction in the expansion’s height, a reduction in the number of floors, lowering the 10th Avenue street wall from 210 feet to 180 feet and the addition of another building setback.

In a prepared statement about the expansion, Jamestown Properties managing director Michael Phillips said that the “expansion is an opportunity to add over 1,000 permanent jobs in Chelsea and the city in industries like technology and media,” though others disasgree with this assessment.

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