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NYC Meatpacking District site targeted for redevelopment into housing and public space
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Catalina Gonella
Published Oct 28, 2024
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New York City is planning to redevelop a 66,000-square-foot site in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District into housing and public space as a local meat market has agreed to end its lease ahead of schedule, Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday.
Located on Little West 12th Street between Washington Street and 10th Avenue, the proposed Gansevoort Square project includes 600 mixed-income apartments, a 11,200-square-foot public open space and potential expansions of the neighboring Whitney Museum and High Line.
“We’re tackling generational, city-changing projects in all five boroughs, because our administration doesn’t shy away from challenges — we embrace them as opportunities to deliver for New Yorkers,” Adams said in a statement.
The current tenant of the city-owned site is the longtime Gansevoort Meat Market co-op, which is ending its lease with the city early. Gansevoort Market Inc. President John Jobbagy said the building no longer meets up-to-date standards for processing and distribution.
“The Gansevoort Market is fortunate to have made our home in the Meatpacking District for nearly a century,” Jobbagy said. “For the last decade, we have been exploring options for new facilities and better ways of serving our customers.”
Some 45,000 square feet could become home to the Whitney, which city officials said has a right of first offer on the market site, or facilities for the High Line, which runs through the neighborhood. Both the museum and the group Friends of the High Line said they were in discussions with the city about ways to expand their footprints.
The proposal will first go through the routine community engagement process, starting with conversations with local City Councilmember Erik Bottcher and Manhattan Community Board 2.
“Creating affordable housing and supporting our treasured cultural institutions are core principles of our work at Community Board 2,” said Susan Kent, chair of the community board. “We are eager to learn more and do our part to achieve the best possible results for our community and our city.”
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