One of the many articles covering the New York City Economic Development Corporation's announcement for the redevelopment of the Corn Exchange Building has now revealed that there are 16 bids out for another project on the opposite side of 125th Street:
LINK. The NYCEDC has been trying to revive a failed former manufacturing site on 126th Street (just east of Amsterdam) that was given to Citarella to restore but when that luxury grocer did not achieve results, the city started an open call for bids last November:
LINK. At the lower photos, one can see the area around 426-458 West 126th Street which consist of the old Taystee Cake complex and what's left of a large parking garage. Community Board 9 has been trying to rezone this section of Manhattanville (one avenue over from the main Columbia project) for mixed use so expect possible residential construction showing up in the final selected bid.
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