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Fill The Spot: Your Suggestions On 194 Howard Street

What did you want to see in this former Pfizer building, and what works according to the city?

Last week, we asked what you thought would be good in the three-story office building at . Formerly leased by Pfizer, it's now unoccupied and U.S. Properties is seeking someone new to move into the building.

There wasn't a big response on the article itself, but on Facebook we got a couple of suggestions. One person thought the building should be converted into affordable housing for those on SSDI. Another said the building could be a good site for a homeless shelter or offices for social services.

According to Shelly Briscoe, land use assistant at the , 194 Howard is in the general commercial district. This allows "for a wide range of commercial and limited industrial uses along major arterials" such as retail stores, restaurants, churches, television or radio studios, and quite a few other things.

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It also puts a damper on some of the suggested uses, since residential development is "discouraged except in certain instances." New residential development is permitted only as part of mixed-use development, but both this and a homeless shelter would be permitted upon approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Check out the full list of permitted uses in the PDF attachment.

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