NEW YORK CITY-Citing concerns over the project’s excessiveheight and density, Manhattan Borough President Scott M.Stringer said Thursday he’s given conditional disapprovalto Jamestown Properties’ planned expansion ofChelsea Market. The Atlanta-based owner/developeris seeking a rezoning of the Special West Chelsea District createdin 2005 that would include the proposed Chelsea Marketexpansion.

“While the potential economic impact of the Chelsea Marketexpansion will undoubtedly provide a financial benefit to New YorkCity, it must co-exist with, not overwhelm, the localneighborhood,” Stinger wrote in his recommendation on the project.The proposed expansion includes a 230-foot-tall office tower onTenth Avenue, a 135-foot building on Ninth Avenue and a rezoningthat would make the Chelsea Market complex more than 120,000 squarefeet denser than blocks immediately to the north, Stringer pointsout.

Among other changes, Stringer recommends shifting the officetower to Ninth Avenue from Tenth and capping its height at 184 feetoverall. This would be in line with the Special District’s intentto shift density away from the High Line and would also reduce theproject’s density, Stringer wrote in his recommendation.