Criterion Group filed a rezoning application to build a 321-unit residential building on Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick, according to Commercial Observer, which first reported the filing.
The project would need to clear the city's Uliform Land Use Review Procedure before any construction documents go to the Department of Buildings, a process that typically runs seven to nine months once certified and includes a City Council vote.
For contractors watching the Bushwick corridor, a rezoning filing is an early signal, not a bid opportunity — there is no general contractor, construction budget, or schedule attached to an application at this stage. But a 321-unit building, once entitled, is a substantial package of trade work in a neighborhood that has seen a wave of similar mid-rise residential conversions and new builds over the past two years.
The application has not yet been certified by the City Planning Commission, the procedural step that starts the ULURP clock. No financing or construction cost has been disclosed.
What to do next
Bushwick-area subs and GCs should track this filing through ULURP certification, which the Department of City Planning posts publicly once it happens. Certification is the signal that a site is roughly a year out from needing contractor bids — that's the point to start building a relationship with Criterion Group or whichever GC it eventually names, not before.