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US (NY): Greenpoint tomato importer hopes to build rooftop greenhouse

For years the owner of Lucky's Real Tomatoes, a Greenpoint-based distributor, dreamed of building a rooftop greenhouse, having space for a small cooking school or room to make salsa or tomato sauce.

But since 1978 when Lucky Lee first started selling Florida tomatoes to New York restaurants like Peter Luger Steakhouse and Danny Meyer's from her warehouse at 29 Meserole Ave., the city's zoning code in the industrial area has prevented her from building up.

In recent weeks the city, working alongside two developers, has begun the process of changing zoning in an area just a block away from Lucky's warehouse to pave the way for a massive eight-story office complex at 25 Kent Street that includes two public parks and a pedestrian plaza.

If the changes are approved, landowners less than a block from Lee will be able to double the size of their buildings if they agree to set aside some portion of the building for manufacturing uses.

Read more at DNAinfo.com