From left: the Chelsea Market and the Falchi building at 31-00 47th Avenue in Long Island City

Is a Chelsea Market-type mixed-use development coming to Long Island City? Jamestown Properties, the owner and developer of the Chelsea Market, is considering transforming an office property it nabbed there last year into a similar type of marketplace, said the company’s chief operating officer, Michael Phillips. [more]

Chelsea Market’s food concourse

With the expansion of the Chelsea Market approved, some worry that the historic building’s food concourse will shrink or be removed, DNAinfo reported. Despite claims by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn that  it would be protected, Jamestown Properties — the building’s landlord — has no legal obligation to keep the concourse following the expansion.  [more]

Chelsea Market

The City Council’s approval of the controversial Chelsea Market expansion will soon send two office towers soaring above the former warehouse building. But before construction gets underway, the existing landmarked building will undergo an interior renovation that will add eight new retail spaces without altering the structure’s exterior, according to the New York Times. [more]

Chelsea Market building at 95 Ninth Avenue

Google is looking across the street to the Chelsea Market building for more office space, after some attempts to soak up additional space at its headquarters at 111 Eighth Avenue were thwarted, Crain’s reported.

The Internet and advertising giant is in talks to take about 75,000 square feet at 95 Ninth Avenue, the space across the street from 111 Eighth (where offices are in at least one instance connected via slide). The company leased 95,000 square feet at 95 Ninth, already an expansion from their previous space, about two months ago. If the pending lease is signed, Google’s total square footage at the space will be around 300,000. [more]

From left: a rendering of Chelsea Market and Council Speaker Christine Quinn

The City Council voted unanimously today to approve the rezoning of Chelsea Market, paving the way for developer Jamestown Properties to build a nine-story office tower atop the converted cookie factory.

Over the course of the approval process, Jamestown had made several concessions to city planning officials and opponents of the project, nixing a plan to build a hotel and earmarking money for affordable housing. [more]

Chelsea Market rendering

The City Council zoning subcommittee today approved the upzoning of the Chelsea Market block, which will potentially allow Jamestown Properties to build its expansion atop the Chelsea Market structure. Next comes the full Council vote, which is slated for Oct. 30 and will be the final word on whether the plan can move forward.

However, the approval of the subcommittee is considered to be a last step for the project, as the full Council almost never votes against its subcommittees, Crain’s reported. [more]

The interior and exterior of Chelsea Market

Jamestown Properties, the development firm behind the controversial expansion of the Chelsea Market, has agreed to amend two aspects of its proposal, according to the Wall Street Journal. Jamestown Properties will not alter certain exterior elements of the 17-building complex between Ninth and Tenth avenues, nor will it change the windows or the facade. Although the precise agreement has yet to be revealed. [more]

From left: a rendering of Chelsea Market and Christine Quinn

The City Council held a public hearing on the proposed Chelsea Market expansion today, but City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, whose vote is key to the approval of the project, was nowhere to be found. Quinn has not yet taken a position on the expansion, but many attendees had hoped to get a sense of her views at the hearing.

Jamestown Properties, which owns the market, is seeking to build a nine-story office tower atop the converted Nabisco factory, and had previously planned to construct a hotel on the property as well. But community groups claim the addition could devastate the historic building and increase traffic in the area. [more]

Chelsea Market

Google already has its own building at 111 Eighth Avenue that it bought for $1.9 billion, but now the tech giant is set to lease approximately 94,000 square feet at Chelsea Market, according to the Wall Street Journal. (See video after the jump)

From left: Amanda Burden, and the exterior and interior of Chelsea Market

Jamestown Properties’ controversial plan to expand the Chelsea Market finally got the green light today, although not without significant alterations. The City Planning Commission gave its unanimous approval for the project – despite opposition from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and ambivalence from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn –  on the condition that Jamestown give approximately $12.7 million to the High Line, some $6.3 million to affordable housing in the area and reduce the scale of the additions, the New York Observer reported. [more]