Grand Street Rezoning Moving, Karl Fischer Shrinking

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It looks like that 15-story Karl Fischer building that would go at the corner of Driggs and Grand in the Burg will end up suffering major shrinkage due to the speed at which a city downzone is moving. The downzoning--which covers a 13-block area between Berry Street and the BQE and Metropolitan Avenue and South First Street--passed the City Planning Commission this week and could go the City Council by May. It will limit building height to 50-70 feet. Fischer told the Brooklyn Paper that his 15-story Driggs & Grand Karl may get a lot less hot and will be "sustantially redesigned" as a result of the downzone. No word on the ten-story Fischer across the street, but it would also be due for a serious buzz cut.
· Grand idea, too late [Brooklyn Paper]
· Will Burg's Grand Street Rezoning Chop Karl Fischer Towers? [Curbed]
· Gandar's Getting Goosed by Big Karl Fischer [Curbed]

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