Industry City executive Andrew Kimball is considering scrapping the Sunet Park complex’s rezoning plan, a representative said.
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Industry City developers consider
BY ROSE ADAMS
The developers behind Industry
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COURIER LIFE,2 JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2020
City are considering
scrapping the proposed rezoning
of the sprawling Sunset
Park complex after local
elected offi cials have issued
a number of “unreasonable”
demands, a representative for
the industrial campus said.
“A number of convergent
factors are causing Industry
City to question whether or
not it should pursue the rezoning,”
said Industry City
spokesman Lee Silberstein in
a statement, which was fi rst
reported by Politico. “First,
the price of conditions set by
elected offi cials in their attempt
to appease even the
most unreasonable constituents
is very high. That, combined
with the fact that companies
allowed under current
zoning continue to show interest
in the campus, raises the
question as to whether the application
should be pulled.”
The developers’ July 27
announcement comes just
weeks before the City Planning
Commission was set to
vote on the rezoning application
— which, if approved
by the city, would allow for a
12-year, $1 billion redevelopment
of the 35-acre facility
that would add more retail,
academic space, and offi ces.
The proposal has fi ercely
divided Sunset Park’s largely
immigrant, working-class
neighborhood — with supporters
arguing that the development
would bring desperately
needed jobs, and
critics charging that renovation
aims to lure large corporations,
which could jack up
rents and displace locals.
Among the rezoning’s
critics is local Councilman
Carlos Menchaca, who holds
outsized power over the application’s
passage in the City
Council as the district’s representative.
After initially
saying he would support the
rezoning if developers bent
to a long list of conditions,
he vowed on Tuesday to vote
down the application, claiming
that developers have
failed to meet his demands.
“I made it very clear that
I would not support Industry
City’s rezoning unless
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