Work is underway to convert 83 and 85 Chambers, two neighboring buildings in the Tribeca South Historic District (both built in the 1850s) that currently have the Army Careers Center and the defunct Nelly store on the ground floor.

Plans have been in process there since 2023, but I never got around to listening to the meetings at Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee, where it was addressed in 2023 and again in 2024. But my downstairs neighbor caught this post on Instagram from the engineering firm, where they describe the work in a walk-through: adding mechanicals to the roof, removing the party wall to combine the two floor plans, adding a courtyard between the two buildings down to the second floor to allow for light and air into the apartments. There will be no extension of the building or the addition of floors; they will remove the exterior fire escape.

83 Chambers existing on left, proposal on right

65 Reade existing on left, proposal on right

A lot of the discussion at CB1 was about windows: the developer wants the windows to be consistent across the front from the inside of the apartments, but they have two different styles. I wasn’t sure what the resolution was there; I am sure it came up at Landmarks as well, sine they had to seek approvals there.

The IG post notes that the third floor will be a three-bedroom unit.

The building goes through to Reade — 65 and 67 Reade are just west of Tre Sorelle. I will give a closer listen soon to catch the plans for the Reade Street storefronts.