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BP Oddo: Mount Manresa building plan calls for 250 housing units

By Tom Wrobleski 3/231/2014
The property, zoned for townhouses, was sold by the Society of

Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, for $15 million to the Savos, of Prince's Bay.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Savo Brothers development firm plans to build 250 housing units on the Mount Manresa property, according to GOP Borough President James Oddo, the first time that development plans for the 15.4-acre site have been revealed.

Oddo said it appears the Savo brothers plan to go forward and could begin pulling permits for the project within two months.

"I don't know where this leaves us," Oddo said. "I'm not giving up, but I don't know what else we can do. They've closed the
Oddo told the Advance that the developers presented a render- door on me." ing of their plan to him during a Borough Hall meeting on
Oddo and other lawmakers and advocates have joined with the

March 3. It was the second Borough Hall meeting that Oddo

had held with the Savos, the first coming in January.
Committee to Save Mount Manresa in a bid to save the site for
Oddo said that while the plans included a "green perimeter" of public use. trees, it contained no open space, and did not provide for the
The committee's Barbara

preservation of "old growth" trees or historic buildings on the

site.
Sanchez called the development numbers "horrible."
While he said he recognized the Savos as-of-right ability to
"This is going to destroy eve-

rything," she said. "It's even more than we thought. It's absolutely disturbing." build on the site, Oddo said he found the plan unacceptable. Oddo added that the Savos told him that they could have built up to 400 units on the site, although Oddo said he wondered how feasible that number really was.
The group is trying to get

As a "last-gasp measure," Oddo said he that had proposed that Democratic Mayor Bill de

the Savos build two, 10-story residential buildings on the site.
Blasio involved in the

preservation effort.
This, Oddo said, would have allowed for trees and structures to

be preserved, would have kept open space, and would have confined the project to a smaller footprint.
"This only intensifies our effort to get the mayor involved and save it," Ms. Sanchez said.

"I tried to appeal to their human side," Oddo said. The Savos, he said, rejected the idea.

The Savos did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
"I was never confident we could get a compromise," Oddo said. "But I hoped they could see beyond the profit margin. They could have created something historic in the borough."

DO YOU LIKE SITTING HERE IN TRAFFIC?

Then you'll love it when
The SAVO BROTHERS build a high density townhouse development on Mount Manresa.

Say NO to continued over - development and perpetually congested traffic on
Staten Island!

DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, IT STILL CAN BE SAVED!

Reasons Why Mount Manresa should be saved:

URGENT!

Tall, beautiful and graceful trees (some old-

PLEASE WRITE TO MAYOR

growth) cleanse asthma-causing pollutants

BILL de BLASIO

generated by cars, trucks and New Jersey

Tell him that you think

factories

Mount Manresa should be

Vital stop-over for migratory birds

Saved as a Public Park.

Please send your letters to:

Much-needed habitat for local wildlife Rare, pristine geological formation

Mayor Bill de Blasio ,

City Hall,

Historic buildings provide vital community resource (e.g. in weather emergencies)

New York, NY 10007

Last open space in the community (think children playing and dogs running)

Once it's gone it's gone FOREVER!

For more info visit SAVEMANRESA.org

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