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Applicants explain motivation for acquiring and demapping the land

0:26:46

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Raymond Levin, the attorney for the applicants, explains their motivation for acquiring and demapping the land. He emphasizes that the primary reason is to expand their business and take control of the space.

  • Levin points out that the site is not visible from the street, making it difficult to monitor
  • He stresses that their goal is to make the land usable for their business expansion
  • Levin describes the surrounding area as industrial, not residential
  • The attorney confirms that the main motivation is for market opportunity and business growth
  • Council Member Won clarifies that the acquisition is primarily for business growth and profit opportunities, not maintenance issues
Raymond Levin
0:26:46
And The the the the the the site is not visible from the street.
0:26:51
So to the extent that there are things going on back there, whether it's clean or not clean, they're not gonna be visible.
0:26:59
Oh, sorry.
0:27:02
It's not on?
0:27:04
Oh, sorry.
0:27:07
Is it on now?
0:27:09
Oh my god.
0:27:10
Okay.
0:27:13
So the the fact that the site is is not visible from the street, whether whether the police car drives by on Borden Avenue or Van Damme Street, they're not gonna see what's going on back there.
0:27:24
If it's clean, that's very nice.
0:27:26
But that doesn't solve some of the other illegal problems that that have occurred back there.
0:27:31
But beyond all of that, the question and the reason that we're here is to make it usable and so that our business can expand into that space so that we can take take control over it on a day to day basis, not every once in a while when someone calls.
0:27:53
So it's it we understand we understand the the concern, but this piece of property is bounded by warehouse buildings, by a ramp.
0:28:02
Across the street is a is a, a mini storage.
0:28:06
To the north is a
Kevin Riley
0:28:07
is a
Raymond Levin
0:28:07
a Dunkin' Donuts.
0:28:10
There's a Tesla dealership.
0:28:12
This is not part of a residential area at all.
0:28:16
It's part of a of an IBZ, an industrial area.
0:28:20
So the we are we're looking to acquire it not so much for the purpose of making it nice and neat, but for the purpose of our business.
Julie Won
0:28:33
Okay.
0:28:33
So am I understanding correctly that the main motivation for acquiring or demapping this is for your mark market opportunity for your business growth?
Raymond Levin
0:28:43
Yes.
0:28:44
He he
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