by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jul 13, 2020 | Commercial, NYC DOB
Indoor Spaces with 75 people or more qualify as a Place of Assembly and outdoor spaces with 200 people or more do as well. The spaces need a certificate Of Operation to function legally in New York City. What Qualifies as a Place Of Assembly in NYC Typical...
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jul 13, 2020 | Commercial, NYC Zoning, Property Development
The FRESH Program in NYC is an incentive program to promote the development of Fresh Food Stores in certain areas of New York City. Where applicable a floor area bonus can be applied to the residential portion of mixed use buildings. Applicable buildings must have a...
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jun 23, 2020 | Commercial, NYC Zoning
C5-2 Zoning is a commercial zoning district in NYC. In C5-2 you can build a variety of commercial building uses, community facilities and residential buildings with tall buildings and high floor areas. The C5-2 Zoning District is a sub district of C5 Zoning in NYC. C5...
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jun 23, 2020 | Commercial, NYC Zoning
New York City is broken into many zoning districts. Residential, Commercial, and Manufacturing. Commercial Zoning is divided into districts with different regulations governing buildable area, building height, use and a variety of other matters. Most Commercial...
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jun 26, 2020 | Commercial
Usable square feet is the space a tenant can use and occupy and has possession of. Rentable square feet is a real estate term, usually used for commercial spaces, for the amount of square feet the rent is based on. This area includes space outside of the actual rented...
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jun 28, 2023 | Commercial, Multifamily Residential, Property Development
Adaptive reuse is the practice of re purposing a building with one use and converting to another. Building conversions are a much more sustainable building practice then demolishing a building and building a new one. If the building is in good enough shape you will...