# NEW YORK | LOW-RISE / GENERAL Development News + Construction **URL:** \ **Category:** New York\ **Created:** [June 13, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165 "2014-06-13T20:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 699
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/699 "2023-03-04T18:27:33Z")
Did you notice anything under construction across the road? > [@NEW YORK | 8-10 West 17th St | 208 FT | 16 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-8-10-west-17th-st-208-ft-16-floors/1048): > > [Permits Filed: 16-Story Condo Building at 10 West 17th Street](https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2014/10/permits-filed-16-story-condo-building-at-10-west-17th-street.html) BY: STEPHEN SMITH ON OCTOBER 2ND 2014 AT 1:00 PM 10 West 17th Street, image from Google Street View Wedged between two early 20th century buildings on 17th Street, just west of Fifth Avenue, is a squat, three-story postwar structure at Nos. 8-10. Owned by the Catholic Medical Mission Board, the structure is far underbuilt according to its zoning, which allows a floor area ratio of 10, making it the second-most liberal zon… I think this site has been empty for a very long time. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165)._