By Carol P. Bartold

Feb. 22, 2017: Although the Bronxville Planning Board approved Pondfield Court LLC’s plans to develop the former Manhattan Storage Building at 100 Pondfield Road into 11 residential condominium units with 14 ground-floor parking spaces plan at its April 13, 2016, meeting, work does not appear to have begun on the project.

In September of 2016, Sid Blauner, Pondfield Court LLC representative, explained that the village building department still had to approve construction drawings for each of the eleven units in the plan. Once that approval is obtained, Blauner said, he anticipated an 18-month process from the beginning of work to completion of the development project and the securing of a certificate of occupancy.

Yesterday (February 21), Bronxville building inspector Vince Pici relayed through the office assistant for the building and public works department that, to date, the building inspector had not received any construction drawings for approval.

Blauner stated that the developer was still completing the construction drawings for approval. He added that the job could not be put out for general contractor bids until the drawings receive approval.

Pondfield Court LLC said that it has incorporated the village building department’s requests, including individual unit size and finishes to be installed within the units in the construction drawings.

“Nobody will see anything happening with our building [when work on it begins] because we don’t have to build anything on the outside,” Blauner explained last September. He noted that virtually all construction, save for exterior brick work, will take place inside the building and not be visible. However, he added, the developer will carefully stage work on the project because construction activity will impact the downtown business district.

The developer expressed plans to begin its marketing campaign for the building mid-2017.

Pondfield Court LLC purchased the building in December of 2010. It had been part of the estate of Steven Green MD, who planned to refurbish the building into a six-story private residence and office with a rooftop swimming pool.

The developer submitted approximately eight versions of its site plan to the Bronxville Planning Board over a four-year period before gaining the board’s approval.

Pictured here:  A view of the building at 100 Pondfield Road (building in the back), where condominiums are to be built.

Photo by A. Warner