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<\/a><\/p>\nThe saga continues at Tribeca’s 67 Vestry Street, where owner Aby Rosen plans to build a new 11-story project.<\/p>\n
In February, Rosen’s RFR filed permits<\/a> for a new 134-foot-tall building with 42 units at the corner site. Those plans were approved July 22nd \u2014 a blow to the existing structure’s tenants, who are trying to get the old 67 Vestry landmarked<\/a>.<\/p>\n The new 50,162-square-foot development would have storage and indoor recreation space. SLCE is the architect of record. There will be six apartments per level on Floors 2 to 5, and three apartments per level on Floors 6 to 11. Diagram below:<\/p>\n Now, about that existing nine-story loft building on the 101-foot-wide lot; constructed in 1897, 67 Vestry was the first large purpose-built warehouse of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in New York. The original architect was Frank Dinkelberg, and the warehouse received a two-story addition in 1910 by Frank Helme.<\/p>\n In 2005, Rosen bought the property for $16.5 million, according to Department of Finance records.<\/p>\n In March, the residents of old 67 Vestry teamed up with community group Tribeca Trust to create an online petition<\/a> seeking landmark protection for the building. “Landmarking this handsome former warehouse would anchor the besieged Tribeca North Historic District nearby and provide visual evidence of a great period in our country\u2019s commercial history,” the petition states. As of today, it has 1,602 signatures.<\/p>\n![\"67](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/67-Vestry-diagram.png\")
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