CM Brewer round 2: Mangin on air rights and BSA's role

Now I could turn it over to Councilmember Brewer.

Thank you.

I just want to know air rights.

That's what all of my developers buy constantly and then build taller.

No affordable, usually.

So how would you, if at all, play a role in that issue?

Obviously, in the past, only air rights that we ever know about is as purchased from a public sphere, and now that's been eliminated, so that's not even going to be known to any of us.

So the air rights are, I mean, you'll see a church or a synagogue, and the next thing you know, there's a tall building right next door because they've sold the air rights.

So how would you play that, if at all, in the BSA role?

Thank you, Councilmember.

Are you referring to, like, the zoning lot mergers that create tall buildings?

Yep, and the air rights.

Yes, go ahead.

Yeah, I didn't know if you were referring to those or the landmark TDRs that are...

All of the above, I'm aware of.

I'll start with landmark TDRs.

I'm unaware of any process that the BSA would play in landmark TDRs.

If you need any modifications on a receiving site in order to accommodate landmark TDRs, you have to go to the City Planning Commission.

Correct.

In terms of zoning lot mergers, typically the BSA would only get involved when you get, you know,

more controversial, stickier issues like around the zoning lot for 200 Amsterdam, where BSA was a mere stop on the way to the courts.

As you know.

But typically for the types of workaday zoning lot mergers that enable development to happen around the city, the BSA would not have a role in those.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.