Redevelopment plans for the Kingsbridge Armory will almost certainly undergo significant changes in the coming months as the developer, the Related Companies, shepherds their plan through the land use review process and negotiates with community stakeholders. But here’s where things stand so far:

What Related plans to put in the Armory

• 897,860 square feet of new uses

• 377,235 square feet of retail and restaurant space (some local, some national chain stores, the ratio is unclear)

• 164,285 square feet for parking

• 57,485 square feet for a new cinema

• 33,240 square feet for a fitness club or gym

• 27,000 square feet of community space

What the community wants (from testimony at recent public hearing):

• A guarantee to provide living wage jobs at all establishments inside the Armory after construction ($10 an hour, plus $1.50 in benefits)

• Union labor during construction and the opportunity to unionize workers after construction

• A plan to mitigate traffic and pollution during and after construction

• Healthy food options (maybe a new supermarket)

• A free technology center for youth and adults

• Affordable recreation space

• More community space for local groups

• Help for the businesses surrounding the Armory

• Stores inside the Armory that won’t compete with those outside of it

• A binding agreement guaranteeing some of these wants

Ed. note: Schools are no longer part of the Armory plan, as the Department of Education has taken them off the table, but residents continue to push for them to be put in the Armory’s annex buildings, which currently house a National Guard unit. Eliminating severe overcrowding in schools is still a pressing local priority.