LES Pathmark may get new condo tower

**petermore** · July 10th, 2015, 05:09 PM

After being slapped with a partial stop-work order about three weeks ago for causing a local street to sink, Extell’s Lower East Side mega-development at 250 South Street appears to be back on track. A recent visit to the site shows that piles for the building are again being driven into the bedrock. However, it appears excavation will continue to be an arduous journey since most of the parcel sits on landfill and is only a few feet above street level.

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**GordonGecko** · July 10th, 2015, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by EastMillinocket

was this supermarket built on top of a large puddle of toxic sludge?

Interestingly, the site used to be a bus depot before the supermarket

**Tectonic** · July 12th, 2015, 04:20 PM

Looks like a lot of water in the site.

Tectonic

**EastMillinocket** · August 13th, 2015, 01:02 AM

New York YIMBY strikes again....

http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/08/foun...th-street.html

**EastMillinocket** · October 16th, 2015, 12:49 PM

New York YIMBY strikes again...

http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/10/exte...east-side.html

**GordonGecko** · October 20th, 2015, 01:45 AM

wow, who knew there was that much in air rights available above pathmark. That's a colossal tower for that site, way out of proportion and wrong for the neighborhood (and I am very pro development)