The city Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a second hearing for March 28 on the bid to put up a taller apartment-retail building at 432 E. 14th St. than zoning allows.
We reported recently that Benenson Capital Partners and Mack Real Estate Group want a variance on hardship grounds.
They said the surprise discovery of an underground stream will make the project prohibitively expensive unless they can increase its height from eight stores to 12 stories.
At a hearing on Jan. 24, the BSA listened to testimony by the developers and by community residents and elected officials opposing the plea.
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