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Daniel H. Braff, a Member and Partner with the Firm, continues to grow the Firm’s New York City Land Use and Development Practice. The Firm is presently handling major projects in cutting-edge areas of New York City zoning, including public parking, fitness, affordable housing, self-storage, and multi-family housing.
In August, Mr. Braff secured a variance extension of term from the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) for a 149-space public parking garage and automobile rental establishment in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The original variance was granted by the BSA in 1961. The application for the extension was also approved by the local community board in June. The hearing was closed and the application was approved in one meeting before the BSA.
In addition, Mr. Braff has been at the forefront of the explosion of boutique fitness in New York City, and has two pending special permit applications before the BSA for physical culture establishments (fitness facilities) in Manhattan. The first will be located in NoMad and contains approximately 3,500 square feet, and the second is located in Midtown West and contains approximately 30,000 square feet. A third application for a special permit for a new fitness facility in Chelsea of approximately 15,000 square feet will be filed in the next few weeks.
Mr. Braff is also serving as zoning counsel on several major development projects involving self-storage and affordable housing, including a new 14-story self-storage facility in Chelsea, and two affordable housing projects — one in Woodside, Queens, and the other in downtown Brooklyn — of over 200,000 square feet each. He is also Special Zoning Counsel in connection with the sale of development rights in Arverne, Queens, in connection with the construction of a new self-storage building on an adjacent lot, and the purchase of development rights in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for the development of a new multi-family building. He is also providing zoning counsel in connection with the development of a new single-family mansion in lower Manhattan of over 25,000 square feet, which will be one of the largest in Manhattan.
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