The above photo shows the original 11 story medical center/parking garage proposal by Montefiore Hospital on the left. On the right is the revised 6 story medical center/parking garage proposal that was presented to Community Board 8 last night at the boards Land Use Committee meeting.
The revised proposal has only 2 floors of medical space which Ms. Lynn Richmond of Montefiore Hospital said was under 30,000 square feet. She added that this falls within the size of a medical center that does not need to go through the community review process. The recent Klein/Dinowitz law that requires that any medical facility in the Bronx that is over 3 stories in height or over 30,000 square feet in size be mandated to go before a community review process. There is also parking for 100 cars included in 4 floor of the building below the 2 floors of medical space.
There are scheduled to be 25 various doctors and approximately 45 staff members at the medical center. While the doctors will be parking on site, it was said that the staff members would be parking at a nearby area off site. The community continued their opposition to any size building by Montefiore, and Senator Jeff Klein said that he will ask for the review process to begin stating that the entire facility is over the limits prescribed in the Klein/Dinowitz Bronx medical facility law.
