Final Demolition Permit Filed To Make Room For New UWS Tower

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A demolition permit was filed this week for a building at 266 West 96th Street between West End and Broadway. The most recent permit joins two other demolition filings on the same block from earlier this month that will clear nearly half the street to make room for a new 23-story tower.

The permit filed in the past few days for 266 West 96th Street calls for the total demolition of a three-story structure using handheld and mechanical to assist.

It is unclear when precisely this construction will start.

During the first week of August, two demolition permits were filed for 268 and 270 West 96th Street. All three addresses are part of a property lot that has long stood mostly vacant.

As previously reported, new building permits were filed at the end of March for a new 235-foot tower at 270 West 96th Street.

The total square building footage will be 153,496, with 8,961 square feet for community facility space.

The building will have 171 total apartments, which will include a set of affordable housing units.
There are not many other details within the new building permit. However, there is a 2019 proposal that went in front of the Land Use Committee from Fetner Properties for a 23-story residential building with 171 apartments and a community facility building that would span from 266 to 270 West 96th Street.

While the new building permit filed in March only lists 270 West 96th Street as an address, the 23-story residential building, the 171 apartments, and Fetner Properties getting named as the owner, are all identical details to the 2019 proposal.

The 2019 proposal says the new 23-story building will include 80 micro-units, 91 traditional units, and 68 affordable housing units — meaning that 40 percent of the residence would be affordable housing.

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