In a surprise move, Continuum Company has sold its property near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden less than a year after it secured a controversial site rezoning it had spent years fighting for.

The rezoning for 962-972 Franklin Avenue (marketed as 970 Franklin Avenue) was approved in November last year , allowing a 10-story development on the long-vacant site, provided it was angled to reduce the amount of shade cast on the garden’s vulnerable plants.

The decision put to rest a years-long battle over the size of the long-planned development on the former Spice Factory site in Crown Heights, and the amount of shade it will cast on the nearby Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The approved rezoning allows for 355 units in the 10-story tower , which will have a sloping plane restricted to 10 de

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