NEW YORK CITY— With its on-again, off-again status, the proposed 668-foot, 51-story condominium at 200 Amsterdam Ave., a joint venture of SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America, is on again. But the Upper West Side's tallest tower faces another challenge with an appeal to the City's Board of Standards and Appeals.
The Committee for Environmentally Sound Development's initial challenge opposing the project resulted in the New York City Department of Building's halting construction on July 11, 2017.
The DOB agreed with the public zoning challenge claim that the open space presented in the original plans did not satisfy the requirements in the Zoning Resolution because residents of the existing building on the zoning lot did not have access to the space. (The Zoning Resolution consists of 13 articles that establish the City's zoning districts and regulations governing land use and development.)
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.
Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
*May exclude premium content© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
