Appeals Court Rules Howard Hughes’ Seaport Tower Can Go Forward, Overturning Previous Court Rejection

June 7, 2023 / no comments

A planned 25-story residential tower in Manhattan’s Seaport neighborhood can go ahead, an appeals court has ruled, putting an end to years of legal action against the project.
The proposed building would contain 399 units, roughly 100 of which would be reserved as affordable housing, at 250 Water St. New York state Appellate Court’s First Department unanimously granted permission to developer The Howard Hughes Corp. to move ahead with the project, reversing an order issued by a New York Supreme Court judge earlier this year, The Real Deal reported.
The development first ran into difficulty in 2021, when local residents sued to stop the…