The Planning Board and Preservation Board will review plans for redevelopment of the Broadway Market in coming weeks. Capital funding for the $40-$45 million renovation is from Empire State Development and operations support for BMMI is funded by the Regional Revitalization Partnership. Broadway Market Management, Inc. (BMMI), a new not-for-profit corporation, has been established, in coordination with ESD, to operate the city-owned public market building that was constructed in 1956.
Flynn Battaglia Architects has the rundown of the proposed changes in its project application:
The interior will be a gut renovation that right-sizes the market hall for existing and new vendors and provides an overflow area for Easter surges. A new grease waste system, production-specific stalls and centralized cold storage area will enhance the market’s ability to expand production, while renovation of office spaces and toilet rooms will provide a refreshed and professional interior for both customers and BMMI, the nonprofit that will take over management of the market.
The exterior renovation includes full replacement of existing storefront systems and removal of additive non-historic assemblies such as EIFS and glass block infill to better capture the original 1950’s design intent. The proposed façade includes aluminum framed storefront with a granite base and aluminum soffit, as well as painting the concrete parapet overhead. This is a Historic Tax Credit project, and all work performed will conform to the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for rehabilitation.
Extensive structural work is required to repair the exterior columns of the market. As a result, the rear portion of the parking garage and the two existing parking ramps will be demolished at the southern-most expansion joint. Both levels of the parking structure will be removed and replaced with a new surface lot and loading dock. The remaining exterior columns over the market will be either partially or substantively rebuilt, with an addition of a slide bearing added to select perimeter columns to remedy flaws in the original design and concrete composition.
At the roof level, a new traffic coating will be applied to help waterproof the structure, with new and replacement roof drains installed at this level as well. Two of the existing stair towers will receive replacement roofs and partial rebuilds to support these, and two small brick chimneys facing Broadway will be removed to the parapet level.…