A long-dormant big-box retail building that gobbles up much of the ocean block of Worth Avenue is poised for new life under a recently approved plan.
The Town Council voted unanimously at the Feb. 11 development review meeting to approve three special exceptions, a site plan and two zoning-code variances needed for the redevelopment of 151 Worth Ave., the former home of the Neiman Marcus department store that closed in September 2020. The building has been vacant since.
Under the proposal, the three-story building — with 48,578 square feet on the north side of the Avenue, within salt-spray distance of the Atlantic Ocean — would be divided into 17 shops and an as-yet-unnamed restaurant across two floors. The top floor would be reserved for storage, back-of-house operations and equipment, plans show…