NEW YORK CITY-Fewer apartments, a new school and adaptive re-use of a historic building are all part of a new deal reached at the shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital campus in Manhattan’s West Village between developer Rudin Management Co. and the city in attempt to address community concerns, the New York Times reported.
The project, which involves the creation of a freestanding 24-hour emergency and ambulatory surgery facility, as well as 590,000 square feet of residential mixed-use development on the east side of the site, received approval from the City Council’s Zoning and Franchises subcommittee late Wednesday. It is now up for a full City Council vote on March 28.
“None of this would have been possible without Speaker Christine Quinn,” the Rudin family says e-mailed statement to GlobeSt.com. “We thank her for her leadership and for her ability to bring everyone together to get this vital project done in a way that respects this historic neighborhood.”
Under the revised plan, the Rudins will reduce the number of apartments from 450 to 350, and cut down the number of underground parking spaces from 152 to 95, the Times says. The developer will also ensure that a private parcel near the hospital, known as triangle park, will be deeded to the city and include a commemoration of the AIDS epidemic.
Speaker Quinn told the Times that the Bloomberg administration had agreed to buy a state office building at 75 Morton St. near the hospital and convert it into a public school, though the Rudins will have no role in the construction of the building. However, the Rudins have agreed to provide more than $1 million in financing for arts programs at P.S. 3, P.S. 41 and the Foundling School in proximity to the site.
The capstone of the project involves Rudin’s partnership with North Shore LIJ-Health System to redevelop the landmarked O’Toole building on the West Side of Seventh Avenue into a Center for Comprehensive Care, which will replace the former hospital. While residents opposed to the plan called for a full-service hospital, in a statement, Rudin says the vote “puts us one step closer to bringing not only these benefits to fruition, but returning quality healthcare to the Village, creating more than 1,600 jobs and revitalizing the small businesses that were so negatively impacted by St. Vincent’s closure.”
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