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 | | The mixed-use rental building is situated at the East Broadway stop of the F line, caddy-corner from Seward Park and down the street from the Forward Building and the Educational Alliance. |
 | | However, areas along East Houston, Delancey, and Christie streets and stretches of Second Avenue and Avenue D will be rezoned to allow developers to build up to 12 stories high, as long as 20% of their projects include what is called affordable housing. |
 | | "The East Village and Lower East Side, which has not been rezoned in over 45 years, is poised for a down-zone showdown pitting the pro development real estate community against the locals who want to maintain the integrity and charm of the neighborhood," the senior executive broker at Besen Associates, Laurence Ross, said. |
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