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City Unveils Ambitious Midtown East Plan

NEW YORK CITY—Slated to include a rezoning effort that would allow for larger buildings, the plan will be helped by SL Green's plans to create One Vanderbilt, an office tower.

By Rayna Katz | Updated on May 30, 2014

NEW YORK CITY—Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council member Dan Garodnick and borough president Gale Brewer announced Friday a multi-part strategy to strengthen East Midtown as a world-class 21st century commercial district.

Citing the Grand Central Terminal area’s “shortage of modern office space and the challenges to its overstrained infrastructure,” city officials have charged the Department of City Planning with moving forward a two-track process that will deliver in both the short- and long-term.

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