Kimball: In Industry City debate, politics outweighed job creation, small business needs
Now that Industry City has withdrawn its rezoning application in the wake of political opposition, the Sunset Park industrial-commercial complex needs to stay focused on supporting small businesses and growing the campus within existing zoning regulations, Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball said in a Zoom conference after the fact.
The rezoning plan had included $1 billion in private investment and expansion to 6.6 million square feet of rental space with the promise of creating 20,000 jobs.
During the online conference, Kimball reiterated his earlier statement, in which he said a lack of leadership in government prevented the plan from ever being finalized.