Sunset Park’s Industry City begins process to rezone massive waterfront area
Industry City (IC) began the process of rezoning its massive six million-square-foot privately owned complex in an attempt to make way for such additions as hotels, added retail, education centers and more on Tuesday, October 24 during a public scoping hearing in Manhattan.
The scoping process precedes the city’s formal land use review, known as ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure), and takes into account factors such as land use, zoning and public policy, transportation, public health, transportation and air quality.
On Monday, October 23 inside IC’s Innovation Center, IC CEO Andrew Kimball and Lee Silberstein, chief strategy officer and managing director for Marino Public Relations discussed the space’s past and present as well as what they hope to accomplish by 2026, which is a rezoning plan that includes a boost in total capital investment to $1 billion, an increase in total usable square footage from 5.3 to 6.6. million square feet, and bringing the employment number to 13,000 on-site jobs and 7,000 off-site.