Additional Description 1
<p> <u><strong>Notice of Completion of a Targeted Draft Environmental Impact Statement, La Central Proposal (CEQR No. 15HPD041X)</strong></u></p> <p> </p> <p> The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, as lead agency, has accepted a targeted Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the La Central Proposal. A public hearing on the targeted DEIS will be held at a later date to be announced, in conjunction with the City Planning Commission's public hearing pursuant to Uniform Land Use Review Procedures (ULURP). Subsequent notice will be given as to the time and place of the public hearing. Written comments on the DEIS are requested and would be received and considered by the Lead Agency until the 10th calendar day following the close of the public hearing. The DEIS may be viewed online at HPD’s environmental review webpage: <a href='http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/developers/environmental-review.page'>http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/developers/environmental-review.page</a>. The proposal involves an application HPD, on behalf of the project sponsor, La Central Manager, LLC, for approval of several discretionary actions intended to redevelop approximately 4.3 acres of currently vacant City-owned property in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. By the 2020 build year, the Proposed actions would result in the construction of approximately 1.1 million gross-square-feet of mixed-use development, encompassing five buildings and containing approximately 832 units of affordable housing, approximately 160 units of supportive housing, approximately 46,800 gsf of local retail and commercial space, an approximately 50,500 gsf YMCA facility, approximately 32,700 gsf of other community facility space, public and private open space, and approximately 172 spaces of underground accessory parking.</p>