City files $106M alteration plan for Kingsbridge Armory, following withdrawal of $50M plan filed last month

The New York City Economic Development Corporation, on October 27, filed a permit application for a $106 million change in use to the 571,509-square-foot building at 1 West Kingsbridge Road, known as the Kingsbridge Armory, in Kingsbridge, the Bronx. The redevelopment plans to convert the historic armory into the country’s largest ice skating complex.

Last month the EDC filed plans for a $50 million conversion of the armory. Those plans were withdrawn this week. In the documents filed for that plan, the building was measured as a larger building, encompassing 605,646 square feet.

The revised plans call for no change in size but a change in use of the 35-foot tall, three-story, 571,509-square-foot building.

The project is described in the filings as: filed herewith alteration type 1 for change in use, egress and occupancy, converting Kingsbridge Armory to an ice hockey facility as an A4 place of assembly, as per plans. The initial cost as reported in the DOB filing for the work described in this permit application is $106 million.

The project has been planned since 2013.

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