Councilman King
protests vacant
Gun Hill Road
golf range
did have some local support.
“Community Board 12
is still in favor of the Baychester
Square project,”
said the board’s district
manager, George Torres,
who called the mall project
“the fi rst viable option for
the land.”
He explained that his
board had voted to support
the mall in an overwhelming
majority vote when the
project was fi rst proposed.
“It was a missed opportunity,”
Torres continued
while mentioning that
board members who were
appointed by King also
voted in favor of the mall.
The chairman has lived
in Co-op City for 22 years
and expressed his own personal
frustration with the
quality of life issues that is
associated with the lack of
maintenance at the property.
He, along with other
CB12 and CB 11 members,
conducted a site survey on
the old, dilapidated golf
driving range over a year
ago.
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Construction on 2505 Bruckner
Blvd. ‘last mile’ facility to start
BY ALEX MITCHELL
A vacant property that
was once occupied by the
family-oriented Whitestone
Multiplex Cinemas,
adjacent to the Unionport
Bridge, will undergo the
start of major development
this summer, according to
the property’s owner .
The former drive-in
theater property will soon
boast the largest fulfi llment,
last mile delivery,
delivery center under
construction in New York
City at 2505 Bruckner Boulevard.
The two story,
968,000-square foot warehouse
facility will break
ground between July and
September, according to
Rob Kossar, who handles
leasing for the facility
along with developers Innovo
Property Group and
Square Mile Capital.
Currently the site
doesn’t have committed
tenants for the 111 loading
docks split between
the two fl oors, according
to Kossar.
“We’ll be closer to
reaching tenant agreements
as the project gets
underway this summer,”
he said. “What we are very
excited about is creating
jobs for the Bronx in both
construction and afterwards,”
Kossar explained.
The leasing agent also
indicated that if the facility
secures e-commerce
tenants, then as many as
three to ten times more
jobs will likely be created
as opposed to the average
tenant.
One aspect of the project
that would attract an
e-commerce giant to ink
a deal with 2505 Bruckner
is what Kossar called
its “unique nature with so
much scale.”
Some of that scale is
demonstrated in the ultra
high ceilings that range
from 28-32 feet in height
that are designed to accommodate
modern tracking
systems to accommodate
the quick turnaround
of orders and deliveries.
The property’s uniqueness
is demonstrated
through large scale, glass
paned windows and solar
panels in addition to
roofed entrance ramps for
trucks and an open style
architectural design that
will compliment the city
landscape, according to
Kossar.
The last mile center
will serve up to a 15-mile
radius and reach 9.4 million
people, according to
documents on the project
in development.
A major part of choosing
the Unionport Bridge
site was its close proximity
to the Bruckner Interchange,
which would allow
access to major highways
that can easily access the
entire city and well as its
surrounding suburbs, the
management said.
The project’s renderings
indicate the builder
plans to integrate providedirect
access to the nearby
interchange’s on and off
ramps.
The site is currently
used a parking lot for
school buses, trucks and
NYC marshal-seized vehicles.
As of press time, Community
Board 10 had not
determined if the proposed
project was being built as
of right.
Kossar and his team
estimate the project to be
completed within 18 to 24
months.
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