New Williamsburg Condos Want to Bring the Outside In
ODA's latest stack of boxes, planned for a long-stalled site at the corner of Driggs Avenue and North 8th Street, will feature private outdoor space for each of the 100 apartments, and Buzz Buzz Homehas the first glimpse of what that will look like inside the units. The rendering shows a retractable glass wall that lets the living and dining room seamlessly blend with the terrace. The building is supposed to rise five stories and start construction this June, but permits for the project have yet to be filed.
Sleep Beneath Brooklyn's Water Tower Bar From $250/Night
Amidst the hotel boom bringing 2,600 rooms to Brooklyn comes the Williamsburg Hotel, which Bedford + Bowery reports will open later this year and ask from $250 a night. Along with the announcement comes a first rendering of the hotel's hip guest rooms that are designed by Michaelis Boyd. The hotel, which will stand seven stories at the corner of North 10th Street and Wythe Avenue and have 150 rooms, has made headlines for its rooftop water tower bar which will hold a measly 50 people.
East Williamsburg Condo Building Forty2East Set to Launch
A six-story apartment building that's rising at 42 Maspeth Avenue in East Williamsburg has been revealed as condos by developer The Bondee Group. The Christopher Papa-designed building, unfortunately named Forty2East, will contain 53 units with interiors designed by Durukan Design. Sales are set to launch this summer. Studios will start at $549,000, one-bedrooms at $689,000, and two-bedrooms at $1,075,000. Shared amenities will include a common roof and rear deck, a gym, a resident's lounge, a parking garage and individual storage units.
Brooklyn Brewery, Bowl Building Is For Sale, But Don't Panic
[Brooklyn Brewery, from North 11th Street.]
The large, low-rise brick warehouse on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg that houses both the Brooklyn Brewery and Brooklyn Bowl is currently for sale, and it's expected to attract bids of $50 million. In 2011, the building changed hands for $16.4 million, so that's a sizable markup due to one thing: ever more gentrification. The most profitable thing, of course, would be to turn the sprawling site, which takes up most of the block between North 11th, North 12th, and Berry Streets, into hotels, offices, or retail space. Zoning laws are tricky, but future developers might even be able to build bigger than the 70,000 square feet currently allowed. But don't freak out yet—Brooklyn Bowl has its lease until 2021, and Brooklyn Brewery, till 2025, so demolition can't get underway just yet. Unless you fancy a decade-long mourningperiod, it's probably best to earmark this site as a goner and file it away under "Gentrification of the Future."
Williamsburg Church Conversion Could Definitely Be Worse
A new rendering has been revealed, via construction fence, for the church-to-residential conversion of the former St Mary's Catholic Church at 81 Ten Eyck Street. Confusingly, there are actually three buildings on this property, all of which have at times been referred to as 81 Ten Eyck Street, and all three are being converted into apartments by developer Yoel Werzberger and architect Nataliya Donskoy. Aesthetically, this one, the true 81 Ten Eyck, falls somewhere in the middle—it's much better-looking than 74 Maujer, but is retaining less of its character than the smaller 69 Ten Eyck. The building will have 26 apartments with a community space on the ground floor.
Former Williamsburg Salvation Army Site Finally Sells, for $36M
Though the broker for 176-180 Bedford Avenue, the former site of a now-demolished Salvation Army in Williamsburg, claimed to have received "five to six offers a week for the property and over the last three years," it still took a rather long time to sell. Now, though, The Real Deal is reporting that Thor Equities, led by developer Joe Sitt, is in contract to buy the prime development site for $36.1 million, which comes out to a substantial $2,500 per buildable square foot. The money will go toward Salvation Army's adult rehabilitation centers.
· Joe Sitt's Thor pays $36M for Williamsburg development site [TRD]
· 176-180 Bedford Avenue coverage [Curbed]
· Joe Sitt's Thor pays $36M for Williamsburg development site [TRD]
· 176-180 Bedford Avenue coverage [Curbed]
Workers at Brooklyn's First Apple Store Are Plugging Away
If Williamsburg hadn't already made it when J. Crew planted its roots, the impending Apple Store definitely confirms that the waterfront neighborhood is now the epitome of consumer culture cool. Construction of the borough's first Apple Store on the corner of Bedford Avenue and North 3rd Street is moving right along, with Brownstoner noting that its foundation is more or less complete. The store will sit directly adjacent from the neighborhood's long-awaited Whole Foods.
Morris Adjmi's 'Burg Building Tops Out, Awaits Glass Shell
The Morris Adjmi-designed building at 282 South 5th Street in South Williamsburg has topped out, Brownstoner reports. The structure will, upon completion, be sheathed in a futuristic glass shell, and while any glass whatsoever has yet to make an appearance, we now have a real sense of how prominent the 13-story building will look among the surround structures (very prominent). The building will feature 82 rental units, 26,000 square feet of outdoor space, and retail and a community facility on the lower levels.
· Morris Adjmi-Designed Building in South Williamsburg Tops Out[Brownstoner]
· 282 South 5th Street coverage [Curbed]
· Morris Adjmi-Designed Building in South Williamsburg Tops Out[Brownstoner]
· 282 South 5th Street coverage [Curbed]
Anti-Gentrification Graffiti on New Williamsburg Development
A Curbed insider recently caught this graffiti sprayed on the outside of a new development in Williamsburg, and while it's not as creative or colorful as some of our favorite anti-yuppie diatribes, it certainly gets the point across.
The building—located at the corner of Leonard Street and Montrose Avenue, and called 73 Montrose—is five-stories, with 40 units spread over almost 30,000 square feet, plus about 2,700 square feet of space intended for community facilities. The lot was purchased by Yidel Hirsch in 2012 for $4.1 million.
· Schematic Posted for Five-Story Apartment Building in Williamsburg['Stoner]
· Permits Filed: 73 Montrose Avenue [YIMBY]
· Die Hard Yuppie Scum [Curbed]
· Schematic Posted for Five-Story Apartment Building in Williamsburg['Stoner]
· Permits Filed: 73 Montrose Avenue [YIMBY]
· Die Hard Yuppie Scum [Curbed]
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What $4,900/Month Can Rent You in New York City
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various NYC neighborhoods. Is one man's studio another man's townhouse? Let's find out! Today's price: $4,900/month.
↑ In Williamsburg, this two-bedroom, two-bedroom is marked by exposed brick, exposed beams, large windows, and restored wooden ceilings. The building includes such amenities as a furnished roof deck with gas barbecue, gym, and bike storage, and the apartment is asking $4,900/month.
Another Drop in the Ocean of Williamsburg Condos Plans Debut
280 Metropolitan Avenue, a planned six-story condo development with 28 units, is set to launch sales later this spring under the stewardship of MNS, and has released a few new renderings to drum up interest. The building, developed by CB Developers and SK Development and designed by Garrison Architects, will feature for-sale indoor parking and storage, a bike room, a fitness center, a smartphone based intercom system, a package and grocery delivery room, a landscaped courtyard, and a furnished and landscaped roof terrace, plus ground-floor retail space. The units will be a mix of studios and one-, two-, and three-bedrooms, including a penthouse with a 50-foot-long private terrace. More than half the apartments will include private outdoor space. Overall, it looks nicer than most, but is that even relevant? It'll sell. They all sell.
Developer Envisions Rare Offices in Industrial Williamsburg
Developer Toby Moskovits has bigger visions for northern Williamsburg than a hotel with a bar in a water tower. Her firm, Heritage Equity Partners, has been buying up formerly industrial parcels in the area, and beyond Hotel Williamsburg, she is angling to put up a full square block of offices on Kent Avenue between North 12th and North 13th streets. One problem: the area is zoned for manufacturing use, one of the ways that the city has tried to preserve jobs in that sector despite Williamsburg's residential renaissance over the last decade. So, as the Journal reports, Moskovits will file for a special permit that would allow her to build the 400,000-square-foot office complex she envisions—"that one day could house 2,000 to 3,000 office workers and artisanal manufacturing workers"—with 20 percent of the space set for light manufacturing. It would, according to The Real Deal, be the first new office building in Williamsburg since the 1920s.
Williamsburg's Funky Hotel Rises, Acquires Dubious New Name
It's time to add the bonkers-looking 183-room hotel that's currently going up quickly on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg to the list of the city's most absurdly named buildings. Formerly known as the Level Hotel, developers Riverside Developers announced today that the hotel and shopping complex, which just launched its teaser site, shall henceforth be known as The William Vale. The building's architects, Albo Liberis, designed a futuristic chevron-clad tower that straddles a shorter base below. And the name, according to a Riverside Developers exec quoted in a press release, "is derived from the name of a mid-1800s Brooklynite whose property boundaries encircled the location of the site." So, you see, it makes no sense.
Weekend Open House Tour: Williamsburg
This weekend on the Open House Tour, we're seeing what's new to the market in Williamsburg. There's a two-bedroom at 176 South 4th Street asking $1.75 million, a two-bedroom on Berry Street asking $1.295 million, a two-bedroom at The Oosten asking $1.665 million (above), and more.
Chunky Black Williamsburg Rentals Are Almost Ready For You
After emerging on the right side of earlier financial troubles, the swath of land on North 9th Street between Roebling Street and Driggs Avenue will soon be under-used no more. The development at 212 North 9th Street has fallen somewhat under the radar (after all, the new building permit was approved back in 2008), but a tipster sent in construction photos showing that the seven-story, 33-unit building is almost done. With exteriors designed by the ubiquitous Karl Fischer(because of course it is) and developed interiors by the Meshberg Group, which has a description of the project on its website, the building is constructed of black brick, black granite, and white metal windows. The building will have a roof deck. Construction was slated to be complete in early 2015—so it's a bit behind schedule, but not by much. It'll likely be ready for renters in a few months. UPDATE: Adam Meshberg of Meshberg Group writes in to tell is that the building will be condos, not rentals, and that the developer is Fortis Property GroupSales will start in a month or two.
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