Downtown Brooklyn Development

[Archit_K]

Downtown Brooklyn
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/north_america/eastern_usa/newyork/nyc_bl_downtown.html

This area is made up of Brooklyn Heights, Atlantic Avenue and Fort Greene, and stretches from the water to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, quickly moving from warehouses to brownstones to the staid buildings found in most any civic center. Getting there, if you choose to walk, could turn out to be the most exciting part of your trip.

Downtown Brooklyn and Fulton Mall
The eastern end of Montague is known as "Bank Row" – downtown Brooklyn's business center – and leads on to what is in effect the borough's Civic Center, with the end of the residential Heights signaled by the tall Art Deco buildings of Court Street. Across the road the sober Greek-style Borough Hall is topped with a cupolaed belfry; further east are the massive State Supreme Court and Romanesque post office, next to which stands a bronze statue of Henry Ward Beecher. There's little to linger for, but your tired feet should know that this is where to find the large Borough Hall subway station.
Beyond the civic grandeur Fulton Street leads east, the principal shopping street for the borough as a whole. There are some good bargains to be found here, but all in all the streets – lined with fast-food franchises – can be a little depressing. What you will find here is Gage & Tollner, one of Brooklyn's most famous restaurants, which serves seafood and steaks in a setting determinedly left unchanged. However, the food doesn't come cheap. Another neighborhood landmark, and one more affordable, is Junior's on the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb avenues; the cheesecake is justly famous and their other dishes aren't far behind.

Just south of Fulton Mall, Adams Street turns into Boerum Place, and at the corner of Schermerhorn you'll see a subway entrance that actually leads to the New York Transit Museum, housed in an unused station that hasn't seen a train for over forty years.

[Archit_K]

The Toy Factory Lofts Condominium: An Affordable Luxury Condo in the Heart of Downtown Brooklyn.

Located at 176 Johnson Street in the vibrantly active neighborhood of Downtown Brooklyn
www.thetoyfactorylofts.com

At last, Luxury meets Affordability in Brooklyn’s most innovative condo, The Toy Factory Lofts. Located at 176 Johnson Street in the rising star neighborhood of Downtown Brooklyn, here is a condominium that successfully combines the highest standards of design with convenience, comfort and value.

With great open spaces, high ceilings, wall-to-wall windows, hardwood floors and a wealth of exceptional amenities, The Toy Factory Lofts offer unparalleled opportunities for living and investing in Brooklyn.

This unique condo brings in beautiful natural light and is accessible to public transportation, the BQE, the Manhattan Bridge and major business districts in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

History: The Toy Factory Lofts Condominium: Framed in History, Developed for Today’s Discriminating Tastes.

The Toy Factory Lofts are located in the building that was once home to Tudor Metal Products, where the popular Depression-era toy Budget Bank was invented by Elmer Sas in 1929. Two decades later, this is where Elmer’s son Norman created Electric Football, one of the country’s most beloved post World War II games. From the 1950’s through the 1980’s, Electric Football became more sophisticated and lifelike. In 1958, Electric Football introduced its first 3D plastic players and in the 1960’s, Tudor became an official NFL licensee. But by the late 1980’s, video games replaced the hands-on board and the company was purchased by Miggle Toys.

This sturdy brick building that housed the old toy factory has been home to generations of entrepreneurial triumphs. Now in its next life, award-winning Scarano & Associates Architects has transformed it into 56 loft units with details that are well thought-out, stylish and intelligent.

[Kolbster]

Ha, i passed that building yesterday

[Gulcrapek]

I remember about two years ago that building was kinda run down. I said at the time it could make a nice loft building but I doubt people would want to live right next to the projects. I guess they don't mind that much...

[Kolbster]

Well, i think people are just pretty excited to be going into the new up and coming Downtown....You know, living near the projects didnt stop people from squabbling up residences near lincoln Center...but these projects have a different mentality though...pretty tough those are.

[Archit_K]

Developer: 125 Court Street, LLC
Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects
Structural Engineering: Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers P.C.
MEP Engineering: Robert Ettinger Associates
Height: 128ft.
Floors: 11
Construction end: 2005
http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=122877


This high-rise building is still under construction [topped out]. Ismael Leyva Architects website is still under construction too http://www.ilarch.com/

[Gulcrapek]

I like CourtHouse, it's more than a simple brick building and I'm very fond of the ground floor treatment. The previous design by BBB was pretty bland (but what can we expect from them?).

[Derek2k3]

Project # 1

Toy Factory Lofts
176 Johnson Street
8 stories 98 feet
Scarano & Associate Architects
Residential Condominiums
56 units 64,000 Sq.ft.
Completed 2004


http://www.scaranoarchitects.com/

176 Johnson Street is an 8 story, 64,000 square foot industrial building, which is being converted into a 56-family residential condominium. It is one of the first factory buildings in the downtown Brooklyn area that was rezoned by the Board of Standards and Appeals as part of a new master plan for the Brooklyn downtown redevelopment.

In an attempt to preserve the continuous feeling of the currently uninterrupted 8300 square foot floors, with their large windows and elegant flared columns, and, in addition, in trying to avoid long corridors lined with doors, a layout was developed in which the columns are accentuated, acting as dramatic buffers between the public hall and intimate entranceways into apartments, broken off diagonally from hallway circulation. Full-height views around the columns enhance the dynamic sense of these entrance ways, while the main corridor ceiling is lowered to accommodate the tightly designed, highly efficient, mechanical core. Bathrooms and kitchens are also organized around a tight core, effectively reducing plumbing and mechanical costs and creating a continuous open main space that is rich with light and air.

The apartments, ranging between 800 - 1,200 square feet, are flexible in their layout so that they can easily be converted into one, and even two bedroom apartments though sold as lofts.

This building combines all the luxuries of fine city living, with private parking and storage rooms in the cellar accessed by a newly constructed ramp, and a commercial first floor, including a gym and other retail spaces. An elevator opens at the roof into a glass-enclosed 'sky-lobby" and a landscaped roof deck. With the up and coming development efforts in this neighborhood 176 Johnson Street will quickly stand out as one of the most successful residential ventures in the area.

[Archit_K]

I like CourtHouse, it's more than a simple brick building and I'm very fond of the ground floor treatment. The previous design by BBB was pretty bland (but what can we expect from them?).
Hey, Gulcrapek can you post the previous design by BBB Architects?

[Derek2k3]

Projects #2

Bridge View Tower
189-197 Bridge Street
18 stories 216 feet
H2 Consulting
Dev-Bridge View Tower, LLC
Residential
59 units 90,063 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-2006

[Gulcrapek]

Never heard of that one, thanks.

Archit: I forgot where it is, I think it was somewhere on the NYC rezoning pages though...

[Kolbster]

Bridge View Tower
197 Bridge Street
18 stories 216 feet
Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects
Dev-Bridge View Tower, LLC
Residential
59 units 90,063 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-2006


Where is bridge street...in relevence to like Atlantic Ave, or the Bridge

[ltjbukem73]

if you pull off the BQE at the tillary st exit, bear right, make a right onto front st, which is where 57 front and the bridgefront condos are, go about 4 blocks, then make a right onto bridge st and that's where the bridge st condos are.

it's parallel to atlantic, about 15 blocks north in dumbo.

[Derek2k3]

Projects #3 & 4

Court House Tower I
211-233 Atlantic Avenue/125 Court Street
11 stories 128 feet
Ismael Leyva Architects
Developer-Two Trees Management
Residential Condominums
321 units 495,638 Sq. Ft.(Combined)
Under Construction Spring 2003-Early 2005


Court House Tower II
211-233 Atlantic Avenue/125 Court Street
11 stories 128 feet
Ismael Leyva Architects
Developer-Two Trees Management
Residential Condominums
321 units 495,638 Sq. Ft.(Combined)
Under Construction Spring 2003-Early 2005


www.courthouseapts.com

Gotham Gazette
http://www.gothamgazette.com/community/33/news/964

Long-Awaited CourtHouse Apartments Open for Rental
by Brooklyn Eagle
November 24, 2004
Brooklyn Eagle


‘Everybody Gets a Free Y Membership’

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Two Trees Management’s much-heralded CourtHouse apartments opened for leasing last Friday, November 12, as reported in the Daily Eagle.

The CourtHouse, built on the site of a former parking lot, is a recent Two Trees project offering 320-brand new units conveniently located at 125 Court St. The building, on the corner of Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, also includes the upcoming Brooklyn Central YMCA facilities and parking facilities.

A leasing office (also at 125 Court St.) is accepting applications for the no-fee one- and two-bedroom apartments and studios. There are 42 layout variations throughout the building, which is set for completion in February of 2005, according to the website.

Toby Klein, recognized last week for her efforts with Two Trees Management Co., commented to the Eagle, “I am happy to say that they don’t cut quality in building rentals. The have the same construction standards as they do in their luxury buildings.”

Two model apartments are ready for viewing, according to a leasing office representative. “Everyone gets a free YMCA membership,” Klein added.

Also under construction at the site is the new headquarters for Brooklyn’s oldest Y. Brooklyn Central Y was originally housed on Hanson Place, where it functioned with pool and athletic facilities for the first half of the 20th Century. When the building was sold, Brooklyn Central Y occupied several different rented sites around Downtown Brooklyn, but never had a real headquarters. That changes this spring, when the new Dodge Y branch will open with a six-lane pool and full gymnasium facility. The Dodge Family Foundation put up a portion of the funds that were required to build the $12 million facility. The board and community leadership of Brooklyn Central Y continues to raise money for completion of the new facility, set to open in sometime in the spring of 2005.

The Brooklyn Central Y will own its facility, but the remainder of the building will be rental units managed by Two Trees.

The units are a mix of studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments. They range in size from 465-472 square feet for a studio; 602-728 square feet for a one-bedroom; and 853-1,068 for a two-bedroom. According to the website, all units have nine-foot ceilings, oversized windows, red oak floors, Shaker maple wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, including dishwashers, and granite counters.

In addition to the onsite parking and access to the new YMCA, other building amenities include 24-hour doorman service and security, laundry facilities on every floor and common outdoor space.

Pre-construction prices are in the $1,400-$3,600 range.

There are also other pre-construction benefits, according to Klein, like one-month free rent with a one-year lease, or three months free rent with a two-year lease. More information is available at www.courthouseapts.com.


The last attatchment is the Beyer Blinder Belle design Kris.

[Derek2k3]

Project #5

49 Duffield Street
4 stories 50 feet
Scarano & Associates Architects
Dev-Martin Handler Partners
Residential Condominium
7 units 9,000 Sq. Ft.
Proposed

Scarano & Associates Architects

http://www.scaranoarchitects.com/

A modest twenty five foot lot with a new seven apartment building is nested between homes on an existing block which has not seen new development in over thirty years. With a mandate to use the provisions of the Quality Housing program for R-6B zoning district, the building can maximize its potential yet maintain a high quality and be in context with its neighbors.

A variety of apartment styles and types including flats, duplexes and lofts were incorporated into the design to provide for a wider array of unit types than what is typically found in these settings.

To give the feeling of large interior spaces, both the building footprint and zoning envelope were maximized. The loft-style apartments with fifteen feet ceilings in the living areas also contain a flexible loft space that has a multitude of uses based on the buyers? preferred lifestyle. Most apartments have large outdoor spaces in the form of balconies or roof terraces.

Flaunting a modern design that uses traditional materials, the building?s presence adds a tasteful twist to the streetscape. But its greatest contribution is in completing the missing link in the street wall.

[Kolbster]

if you pull off the BQE at the tillary st exit, bear right, make a right onto front st, which is where 57 front and the bridgefront condos are, go about 4 blocks, then make a right onto bridge st and that's where the bridge st condos are.

it's parallel to atlantic, about 15 blocks north in dumbo.


O wow, good look. When is construction going to happen?

[Archit_K]

Originally Posted by Gulcrapek
Archit: I forgot where it is, I think it was somewhere on the NYC rezoning pages though...
Yeah don't worry. Derek2k3 posted the previous design by BBB Architects.

[Derek2k3]

Project #6

Fifteen Metrotech (Nine MetroTech Center South)
15 MetoTech Center/115-159 Myrtle Avenue
19 stories 325ft
Cesar Pelli & Associates/Swanke Hayden Connell
Dev-Forest City Ratner
Commercial Office
607,815 Sq. Ft.
Completed November 20, 2001-Summer 2003

http://www.wirednewyork.com/images/import/9metrotech_south_rendering.jpg
Rendering before the additional floors and square footage.

http://www.fcrc.com/project_main2.asp?id=36&cc=2&rid=36
Fifteen Metrotech

Name : Fifteen Metrotech
Location: Fifteen Metrotech, Brooklyn, New York 11201
RSF : 646,693 square feet
Parking : 400 below grade
Current Status : Operating
Opening : Summer 2003
Features : Forest City Ratner Companies is proud to announce the development of 9 MetroTech South, the last development site at MetroTech Center. It will house Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield. MetroTech Center is a 16 acre urban corporate campus located in downtown Brooklyn, just minutes from Manhattan. As the most active developer in New York City, FCRC has set the standard for high-tech design and construction. FCRC understands the needs of sophisticated users and has the experience to construct buildings that suit unique tenant requirements. As the most sophisticated high-tech space in the metropolitan area, MetroTech houses the vital systems that support emergency services, financial and brokerage operations, education and a host of other functions that need the operational reliability and dependability only MetroTech can offer.

As with other buildings at MetroTech Center, 9 MetroTech South will incorporate the latest in state of the art tenant infrastructure to suit the needs of today's tenants. Forest City Ratner Companies has designed the building with the versatility and capability to meet the demands of the financial services industry. The floor plates will range in size from 35,000 sf to 48,000 sf with several of the floors designed to support the use as a data center, switching station, or server farm.


http://www.wirednewyork.com/brooklyn/9metrotech_south/default.htm
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3391

[Archit_K]

Floors: 22
Height: 265 ft
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern
Year: 2004
Status: 2005 completed

Location: Boerum Place and Adams Street
The Brooklyn Law School Dormitory is the Brooklyn Law School's solution to student housing problems. The height and number of floors was being debated by a Quaker meeting hall across the street, but the building has apparently risen to its full intended height.

- Will have 360-400 beds.
- The site is in a special zoning district which limits the height to 120 feet. However, the school successfully argued that the new housing was absolutely necessary and the project went through at a taller height.
- Style is postmodern.


Gulcrapek website: view pics and renderinghttp://www.geocities.com/brooklyn_rise/blsd.html

Check out this already started thread:http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5189&highlight=brooklyn+law+school

[Gulcrapek]

Hehe, I wrote the SSP text..

[Archit_K]

Here are two pictures I took a while ago.

[Derek2k3]

Project #7

Feil Hall/Brooklyn Law School Dormitory
58 Boerum Place/205 State Street
22 stories 231 feet
Robert AM Stern Architects/SLCE Architects
Dev-Brooklyn Law School
Residential Dormitory
210 units 242,752 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction Fall 2002-Summer 2005

http://www.acmedigital.com/bklaw.jpg
Ernest Burden III
Acme Digital

http://www.brooklaw.edu/feilhall/gallery/large/drawingnew.jpg

http://www.brooklaw.edu/feilhall/

New Student Residence
Feil Hall

Feil Hall, Brooklyn Law School’s magnificent new student residence, will open in the summer of 2005. Located in Brooklyn Heights just three blocks from the law school’s main building, Feil Hall will provide spacious, affordable and convenient campus living for approximately 360 students.

Feil Hall’s 239 furnished apartments will include a mixture of studios and one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Each student will have his or her own private bedroom. All apartments have full kitchens and one or two private bathrooms. Many have panoramic views of Brooklyn, New York Harbor, and Manhattan.

Designed by acclaimed architect Robert A. M. Stern, Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, the hall was named in recognition of the generosity of the Feil Family Foundation. The top floor will be home to the Jeffrey D. Forchelli Conference Center, which will be the site of academic symposia and other law school events. The ground floor will feature Geraldo’s, a cyber café.


No comment on the name.

[Derek2k3]

Project # 8

LIU Athletic, Recreation & Wellness Center
Dekalb Avenue
5 stories
Arquitectonica
Dev-Long Island University
Recreational
110,000 Sq. ft.
Under Construction 2004-October 2005

http://www.brooklyn.liunet.edu/bbut11/arwcphotos/wellness_center_big.gif
http://www.arquitectonica.com/

http://www.brooklyn.liunet.edu/bbut11/arwcphotos/122104-2.jpg

http://www.brooklyn.liunet.edu/bbut11/arwcphotos/photos.htm

LIU'S ATHLETIC, RECREATION AND WELLNESS CENTER

The largest building project in the Campus’ 78-year history, the $40 million, 100,000 square-foot complex will provide state-of-the-art athletic facilities for students and other members of the Campus community. It will feature tennis courts, a running track, a broad array of workout equipment and a 25-yard swimming pool in addition to a 3,000 seat arena, where the school’s NCAA Division I teams will compete.

Additionally, the center will house resources and programs to promote the health of community residents. Cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedic therapy and asthma education services are planned, as well as the installation of specialized equipment, such as a separate therapy pool equipped with a hydraulic floor. The new facility also will provide an important venue for civic events. Ground was broken for the center last spring and construction is rapidly progressing. Its grand opening is scheduled for the first night of the NCAA Division I basketball season in October 2005.

[MonCapitan2002]

Project #7

Feil Hall/Brooklyn Law School Dormitory
58 Boerum Place/205 State Street
22 stories 231 feet
Robert AM Stern Architects/SLCE Architects
Dev-Brooklyn Law School
Residential Dormitory
210 units 242,752 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction Fall 2002-Summer 2005

http://www.acmedigital.com/bklaw.jpg
Ernest Burden III
Acme Digital

http://www.brooklaw.edu/feilhall/gallery/large/drawingnew.jpg

http://www.brooklaw.edu/feilhall/

New Student Residence
Feil Hall
I think the building came out rather nicely from the pictures shown later in the thread.

[Derek2k3]

Project #9

117-119 Court Street
183 State Street
10 stories 120 feet
Ernst & Associates Architects
Dev-JPKJ Realty, LLC
Residential Condominiums
7 units 22,500 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction Late 2003-2005

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=223207


http://www.nypost.com/realestate/19941.htm

"Court Street has always been a stable and diverse commercial strip that's just gotten better. It was never funky and terrible, like Smith Street used to be," says Austin.

John McFadden, the owner of Staubitz Market, an 87-year-old Cobble Hill butcher shop, is thrilled he bought his building when he acquired the business.

"The rents have gone up so much, if you didn't own your own building, I'd probably think about whether it'd be worth staying," McFadden says.

William Ross, Brooklyn executive director of sales for Halstead Property, estimates that due to strong interest and limited availability, retail rents will go up 15 percent to 20 percent in the coming year. He expects residential rentals to go up around 15 percent as well, with home sales jumping 10 percent to 12 percent.

Adding to the condo pool is 119 Court, a work in progress, with nine separate three-bedrooms. Prices haven't been determined, but a model should be ready in January.

If the apartments go for $700 a square foot, as expected, prices for the units would range from $1.4 million to $1.75 million.

[Archit_K]

Project #8

Kudos to Arquitectonica.

[Derek2k3]

Project #10

The Smith/Atlantic Court
295 Atlantic Avenue/75-91 Smith Street
13 stories 140 feet
Meltzer/Mandl Architects
Dev-Boymelgreen Developers
Mixed-Use
134 units 152,000 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-Early 2006

http://www.africa-israel.com/eng/imagesEng/D10H/US_images/US003a_193x.jpg
(Previous design)
http://www.africa-israel.com/eng/US_003.asp


http://www.dagherengineering.com/projects/project_09.php

Atlantic Court is a new mixed-use building on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. It will consist of a 67 room hotel, retail, restaurants, community and office spaces in 60,000 square feet on the lower four stories. A nine story residential tower on top of the four-story building will house 48 apartments of a total of 62,000 square foot. And lastly, 34,000 square feet is allotted to a two level underground garage.
Dagher Engineering is providing design engineering services through all phases of development and construction for Mechanical /HVAC, Electrical, Fire Alarm, Fire Protection, and Plumbing systems.


http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/8/prweb150350.htm

Boymelgreen Developers name J/Brice Design International of Boston for boutique hotel in Brooklyn

Award-winning hotel interior design firm — J/Brice Design international of Boston — is gaining momentum with contracts from international real estate developers, REITS, and major hotel chains. Contract with Boymelgreen Developers is latest.

BOSTON, MA (PRWEB) August 18, 2004 -- Brooklyn, New York-based Boymelgreen Developers, LLC has selected J/Brice Design International, Inc. of Boston, MA for the interior design of the hotel at Atlantic Court on Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street in Brooklyn.

Founded in 1989 by Jeffrey Ornstein, J/Brice has become an award-winning industry bellwether and the largest firm of its kind in New England. Boymelgreen Developers, has charged the firm with creating the hotel interiors for the property, which will include 84 guestrooms on floors two through four, while floors 5-13 will be sold as one- and-two bedroom apartments, and luxury penthouse duplexes.

Explained Danny Kim, Boymelgreen development manager, "The 13-story building, slated to open in early 2006, features a masonry appearance designed to integrate the structure with its surrounding brownstone and brick environment." Architect is Meltzer Mandl Architects, PC of New York and Alisa Construction, Inc. a Boymelgreen operation, is managing construction.

In making the announcement Kim, stated, "J/Brice has made a name for itself as an international design firm. The firm is able to interpret the property owner’s vision in exciting and innovative ways that resonate with the market. Jeff’s success with the award-winning The Muse Hotel in Times Square and the Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey, that won first place in Lodging Hospitality’s 2004 design competition figured into our decision."

Boymelgreen Developers, LLC is an established real estate development company with operations located in New York City, Toronto and Miami with projects in the pipeline worth $6 billion. Boymelgreen, which is actively interested in furthering its involvement in the hospitality industry, was selected out of a field of eight competing companies to develop the $3.3 million Brooklyn site. In addition to the hotel and residences, the property will include retail operations, underground parking and a community facility. The area is already attracting new retail and restaurant operations and the new hotel is expected to increase momentum.

Combined Lobby & Restaurant
The Hotel interior will be contemporary chic with a subtle underpinning of the Art Deco era — ala the Chrysler Building — to reinforce the property’s relationship to New York through historical and architectural references.

Boymelgreen is introducing an innovation in public space configuration by eliminating physical, perceptual and functional boundaries between the lobby and its surrounding amenities. The combined public space will have numerous private areas ideal for individuals and intimate groups. A cyber café will be included in the scheme. Central to the concept is the availability of wait service throughout the public space for cocktails, beverages and dining.

"The integrated lobby-lounge offers more options, greater convenience and a higher-level of service. Guests will be able to carry on a quiet conversation or read while enjoying espresso or dining, yet they will be surrounded with the energy and excitement of a smart New York hotel," explains Ornstein.

All guestrooms will be completed with high-end furniture, fixtures and finishing details using luxurious materials, a range of textures and richly toned fabrics. J/Brice has, for example, specified unique custom wall units in exotic hardwoods to serve as closets and desks giving the property a fashionable Euro look. Plasma TVs complete the picture.

The design firm eliminated the conventional panoply of desk lamps, and light fixtures in favor of lighted wall surfaces and dramatically lit recessed niches. "The entire guestroom comes alive and the mood may be varied to suit every activity — from getting ready for a morning business meeting to an evening of romance," observes June Ericson, a senior J/Brice Design project director.

Since its founding in 1994, Boymelgreen has become a prominent force in Brooklyn’s revitalization. In addition to the new downtown hotel project, the developer has four commercial, retail and residential projects underway in the historic waterfront park district of Fulton Ferry, known as DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge Overpasses). While 80 percent of this 70-acre park will be open space, development of the commercial space is guided by the Master Plan calling for character, quality and sensitivity to Brooklyn’s historic roots. Other local Boymelgreen properties include Hudson Park Riverside at 323 West 96 Street at Riverside and RKO Plaza in Queens, a mixed-use residential and commercial project.

J/Brice Design International, Inc. has been designated an Interior Design Giant, and Architectural Giant since 1991 and has directed hotel design projects throughout the US, with emphasis on the East Coast, Las Vegas and California. Overseas, the firm has served the Taj Hotels in India and developed properties in Dubai, UAE. In 2004, Lodging Hospitality awarded J/Brice first-place honors for its design of the Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey. J/Brice ranks 24th out of 100 national firms, its staff has over 150 hotel/restaurant projects to its credit, and the confidence of all major hotel chains as a preferred design team. Founder Jeffrey Ornstein shuttles between J/Brice offices in Boston and New York. The Firm’s Los Angeles office is scheduled to open in September.
Telephone 617-695-9456. www.jbricedesign.com

[Archit_K]

Project #11

http://www.corcoran.com/property/nd/photo/53BoerumPlace.jpg
Boulevard East
53 Boerum Place
Brooklyn, NY11201
Official website: http://www.boulevardeast.com

Brooklyn’s luxury bar has just been raised a bit higher at the 99-unit, 11-story Boulevard East at 53 Boerum Place. Readying for occupancy in December, it’s the first new construction in downtown Brooklyn’s new Redevelopment Zone. Tech-smart beyond imagination (including integrated home networks and radiant-heated bathroom floors in every unit) and amenity-filled (it has a fitness center and a gorgeous garden courtyard that’s perfect for sipping lattes), the studio, one- and two-bedroom homes range from 772 to 970 square feet. Add to that jaw-dropping views of the Empire State Building and the Verrazano Bridge from the upper floors. Ranging in price from $250,000 to the mid-$700,000s, more than 20 percent of the units sold on the first day they went on the market says Melinda Magnett, Corcoran Group Brooklyn president. “Here we are, three weeks later, and more than 50 percent have sold, some sight unseen, over the phone.”

Does anybody know who designed this building?

[BrooklynRider]

Projects 9 and 10 seem to be moving at a start / stop pace.

Project #9 the first three floors of steel rose and then it stopped for quite a while. It's picked up again.

They've been working on foundations for #10 forever foundation

[Gulcrapek]

Yeah, it was supposed to be above ground a year ago..

[Derek2k3]

Project # 11

Boulevard East
53 Boerum Place
11 stories 97 feet
Stephen B. Jacobs Group
Dev-Procida Realty and Construction Corporation
Residential Rental
99 units 113,739 Sq. Ft.
Completed August 2002-Fall 2004

http://www.corcoran.com/property/nd/photo/53BoerumPlace.jpg

53 Boerum Place
Brooklyn,NY11201

http://www.corcoran.com/property/nd/detail_fr_overview.asp?ndevid=85

Be Here.
Nestled in the gateway to the best Brooklyn has to offer, amid historic, charming neighborhoods and today’s most sought-after destination shops, restaurants and cultural resources, is New York’s most exciting condominium complex.
Boulevard East at 53 Boerum Place… This is where the organic and the digital find a perfect union: an earth-washed terra cotta structure wired to be this crown jewel of high tech condo living in New York City.
It’s where living takes on an added dimension.
It’s where you want to be.

Amenities

NEW CONSTRUCTION! Enhance your lifestyle! Pre-wired for home network, high speed internet access and high definition or digital TV. Central A/C. Kitchen fully equipped with premium maple cabinets and sleek stainless steel appliances. Abundant closet space. Luxurious bathrooms feature extended vanity tops, polished chrome fixtures, and floors emitting radiant heat on demand! Building offers a LIVE-IN Super, 24-hour doorman, and on-site parking. Other amenities include fitness center, on-site laundry, and landscaped courtyard.

[Kolbster]

The building should have been taller

[Derek2k3]

Project #12

112 Flatbush Avenue
557 Atlantic Avenue/558 State Street
8 stories 80 feet
Bricolage Designs
Dev-Denali Construction (Boerum Heights Realty Associates)
Residential
72 units 99,194 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-2006

Maybe I should give this a thumbs down ahead of time...

[Derek2k3]

Project #13

252 Atlantic Avenue
252 Atlantic Ave/89 Boerum Place
AHF Architects, LLC
8 stories
Dev-Marc Chemtob/Renaissance Realty
Residential Condominium
64 units 114,319 Sq. Ft.
Proposed 2006

http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4871&highlight=252+atlantic+mobil

http://www.brooklynpapers.com/html/issues/_vol27/27_20/27_20bp.pdf

Condo planned for Atlantic Ave. Mobil Site
By Deborah Kolben
The Brooklyn Papers
Atlantic Avenue may now be home
to baby boutiques and designer furniture
stores, but many residents still
bemoan a two-block stretch in
Boerum Hill not-so-affectionately
know as “the dead zone” or “the gap.”
Filled with gas stations, parking lots
and a prison, the stretch of Atlantic Avenue
near Boerum Place separates rapidly
developing sections of the avenue to the
east and west.
But these days even the so-called gap is
beginning to fill in.
A developer is looking to replace the
Mobil gas station and car wash at Boerum
Place with an eight-story luxury condominium.
In addition to ground-floor retail space,
the building at 252 Atlantic Ave. would include
approximately 65 apartments and a
parking garage, according Patrick Jones,
attorney for the property’s owner, Marc
Chemtob.
Chemtob and his associates are still
working out design kinks but hope to
make an application to the Board of Standards
and Appeals soon.
Last week Jones presented the plans to
Community Board 2.
While the design kinks are sill being
worked out, the community is welcoming
the development with open arms.
“This is great news,” said Sandy Balboza,
president of the Atlantic Avenue
Better Association (ABBA), who called
the gas station an “eyesore.”
The organization has been working for
years to help develop that strip and in the
late 1990s sponsored a study examining the
problem between Court and Smith streets.
“Our goal is to eliminate that gap and
connect the two now-divided retail strips.
It’s one avenue with two separate retail
strips because of that area,” said Balboza.
The transformation began two years
ago when the city sold off a massive municipal
parking garage at the corner of Atlantic
Avenue and Court Street.
Real estate developer David Walentas,
best known for his redevelopment of
DUMBO, in the past year razed the
garage to make way for a 12-story building
with 20,000 square feet of groundfloor
retail space, loosely slated for a
home furnishings business, about 600 underground,
public parking spaces and 250
apartments on the second through 12th
floors. A 40,000-square-foot YMCAwith
an entrance on Atlantic Avenue is also part
of the project.
Down the block at Smith Street and Atlantic
Avenue, developer Shaya Boymelgreen
is converting a state-owned parking
lot into a retail and residential development.
The hulking Brooklyn House of Detention
still stands opposite the gas station
site at Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place.
Last year, the city transferred all the inmates
from the jail to Rikers Island and
some neighbors are now asking the city to
sell it off or tear it down.
“There has been enormous change,”
said Sue Wolfe, president of the Boerum
Hill Association. “That was a real stopgap,
it was quite unpleasant,” she added.
Wolfe hopes Atlantic Avenue can be become
a grand boulevard connecting the
planned BAM Cultural District in Fort
Greene with Brooklyn Bridge Park — the
1.3-mile commercial and recreational
space planned along the waterfront between
Jay Street and Atlantic Avenue.
While Wolfe said she was excited about
the gas station development, there are still
several concerns.
“We think the design should be
rethought,” she said, noting the balconies,
which the developer has aggred to remove.
Wolfe said aesthetics were particularly
important because, for many people
coming off the Brooklyn Bridge, this will
be their first glimpse into the borough.
The Mobil gas station and car wash, on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place may be knocked down and replaced
with eight stories of luxury condominiums.

[Kolbster]

Now if only they built a tower a-top that. I really think they should upzone residential as well

[Derek2k3]

Project #14

The Brooklyn Renaissance Plaza Expansion
345 Adams Street
23 stories 240 feet
SB Architects/William B Tabler Architects
Dev-Muss Development Co.
Commercial Hotel
283 units 180,000 Sq. Ft.
Proposed Winter 2005-Fall 2006

http://www.williamtabler.com/brp_exp_big_2.jpg

http://www.williamtabler.com/brp_exp_big_1.jpg

William B Tabler Architects
The Brooklyn Renaissance Plaza Expansion

http://www.williamtabler.com/brp_exp.htm

WBTA is currently working on a 283 Room addition to the successful Brooklyn
Renaissance Plaza Project. The new tower shall be connected to the existing facility
via a two level bridge designed as a floating trellis. The lower levels are clad in limestone.
The tower gracefully steps back at the corners, giving this edifice a stately appearance
that works well in this neighborhood of federal and local courts. Working with designers
SB Architects, WBTA developed an efficient floor plan on a tight 87' x 97' footprint.
The new building has meetings rooms and retail space.



NY Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/273266p-233994c.html

Solid as a bedrock
Marriott has room to grow 24 stories

BY NICHOLAS LoVECCHIO
and MAGGIE HABERMAN
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Mayor Bloomberg is flanked by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (l.) and developer Joshua Muss at groundbreaking for Marriott expansion project in downtown Brooklyn yesterday.
Officials drove shovels into the dirt yesterday for an expansion of the booming Brooklyn Heights Marriott that will nearly double the size of the borough's best-known full-service hotel.

"It's just part of the revival of Brooklyn," said Mayor Bloomberg at a groundbreaking ceremony - much of which was held indoors because of the frigid weather.

The 24-story expansion will add 280 rooms to the Marriott complex on Adams St., bringing the total number of rooms to 656.

New street furniture will be put on the plaza between Adams and Jay Sts., and there will be a pedestrian bridge connecting the original hotel to the new building.

"There's nothing else of the scale and size in this area. This hotel is much needed here," said Philip Wolf, an executive at Muss Development, which is building the new structure.

Wolf added that they are hunting for a retail tenant for the first floor, hopefully something that will be open around the clock for the neighborhood.

"We want to get late-hour usage, to take advantage of all the students living nearby," Wolf said.

The expansion will be built on a patch of land adjacent to the hotel that Muss Development bought from the city for $5.2 million.

Bloomberg, noting that the Brooklyn Marriott is the chain's most productive hotel, said the $77 million construction project will create 100 permanent jobs. It is expected to be ready for business next year.

"It's great to be associated with a project that doesn't have any detractors," joked the Jets Stadium-supportive mayor.

Borough President Marty Markowitz noted that the hotel has "become so much a part of our life," adding: "When this idea was conceived, it was during some of Brooklyn's most challenging" times.

The original concept for the hotel came in 1983, but it took almost 15 years before it actually got built - the first full-service hotel in the borough in 70 years.

Once it did, it was widely seen as a beacon of Brooklyn's rebirth, signaling that people were willing to come across the river.

Within a year, the hotel was jam-packed, with an average 80% occupancy rate each year, considered high in the industry.

And its prices are competitive with another major hotel in the chain, the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

Kathy Duffy, a New York-based Marriott spokeswoman, said that the average rate for a standard room at Brooklyn's hotel in January is $249.

At the Marquis, which is a far bigger hotel situated right in Broadway, the rates for the same type of room in January are $239 to $299, she said.

Originally published on January 21, 2005


Thread on the project here:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3677

Not much to see yet.

[Kris]

March 6, 2005

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

Yet Another New Chapter for a Glamorous Old Theater

By JEFF VANDAM (http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=JEFF%20VANDAM&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=JEFF%20VANDAM&inline=nyt-per)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/03/06/nyregion/06schw_lg.jpg
Possibly the fanciest gym ceiling in town.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/dropcap/f.gifrom its inception, the Paramount Theater in downtown Brooklyn was a knockout. Starting in 1928, it welcomed guests into its mirrored lobby and its impossibly ornate playhouse, where Miles Davis, Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby and Mae West performed under innumerable golden statues and fountains spewing dry ice. A Wurlitzer organ, second in size only to Radio City's, trumpeted tunes through yards upon yards of pipe.

These days seem different. If they notice, passers-by on Flatbush Avenue will see a barely legible blue script on the side of a tan brick building across from Junior's. "Paramount Theatre," it whispers, implying there is little else to remember the old place by.

But inside the building, now part of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus, nearly all the Paramount's trappings remain. Students consume sausage pizza in the lobby, its shimmering cylindrical chandeliers still hanging above their heads. Inside the theater itself, the rococo fountains and statues still stand, though they now peer down at a basketball court, where the L.I.U. Blackbirds have played home games since 1963.

Until now, that is. The Blackbirds are in the midst of the 2005 postseason, which will be their final games in the Paramount, currently named the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Athletic Center. This fall, the school's teams will move nearby into a bright new complex that will house athletic facilities and a community health center.

The Paramount, its magnificent aura intact, will become something else. Again.

"As beautiful as the old Paramount is, it really isn't an appropriate state-of-the-art facility for athletic competition," said Gale Stevens Haynes, provost for the university's Brooklyn campus. Her grand office overlooking Flatbush used to belong to the Paramount's manager.

Though no formal plans have been announced, Ms. Haynes expressed interest in perhaps placing a student union inside the Paramount. In the meantime, intramural events will continue to be held there, and pickup games are always welcome; last week, a group of gray-bearded professors played three on three.

Yet among those who grew up with the Paramount, there is a longing for something more. Joe Dorinson, an L.I.U. history professor, had his first date in the theater, an event that apparently did not go well. Nevertheless, Mr. Dorinson represents a group who would like to see the theater returned to its original usage.

"It cries out for something more dramatic," he said, voicing a wish that grand shows return to the Paramount's stage. "This would be a wonderful way to hail Brooklyn."

Copyright 2005 (http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/copyright.html) The New York Times Company (http://www.nytco.com/)

[Derek2k3]

Project #15

The Joseph J. & Violet J. Jacobs Building
305-315 Jay Street
8 stories 115 feet
Davis Brody Bond
Dev-Polytechnic University
Mixed Use
68,000 Sq. Ft. (Six academic floors & Recreation/gymnasium complex)
Completed 2000-Summer 2002

http://www.wirednewyork.com/images/poly_newacademicbldg.jpg


The Joseph J. & Violet J. Jacobs Building, Polytechnic University

http://www.poly.edu/construction_renovation/academic.cfm

As part of Polytechnic’s transformation, the University is improving the physical plant at MetroTech Center. An eight-story Joseph J. and Violet J. Jacobs Building is currently under construction and will contain state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, as well as a fully equipped athletic center. Rogers Hall, Polytechnic's original academic building, is undergoing major renovations to provide students with access to modern, well-equipped laboratories and classrooms—wired for the Internet, long-distance learning and state-of-the-art audio/visual instruction.

The Addition will be a new eight-story structure that abuts Rogers Hall, the primary academic building on Polytechnic's Brooklyn campus. It will be situated on land already owned by the university, hence will require no new real estate transactions.

The Addition, adding approximately 68,000 gross square feet, will provide an entirely new facade to the university's main entrance. As such, it is likely to become the architecturally dominant feature of the south side of the campus.

The basement and most of the lower three floors will be devoted to a new gymnasium and supporting athletic facilities, while part of the third floor, and all of floors four through eight, will be devoted to academic functions.

The northern side of the Addition will adjoin Rogers Hall, which will undergo extensive renovation. Upon completion, the two structures will exhibit seamless floor-to-floor continuity, with the facilities within the Addition being fully integrated-both spatially and functionally-with facilities in the renovated Rogers Hall. The academic floors of the Addition and corresponding floors of Rogers Hall will conform to the following general pattern on each floor level: undergraduate design and innovation facilities will be located in the Addition; classrooms, upper division laboratories, and student departmental activities will be concentrated in the central core of Rogers Hall, near the elevator bank; research labs and offices will be primarily located in the southern portion of the Addition.

For detailed, floor-by-floor, architectural drawings and descriptions, click on the thumbnail images of the floors you wish to view

As part of Polytechnic’s transformation, the University is improving the physical plant at MetroTech Center. An eight-story Joseph J. and Violet J. Jacobs Building is currently under construction and will contain state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, as well as a fully equipped athletic center. Rogers Hall, Polytechnic's original academic building, is undergoing major renovations to provide students with access to modern, well-equipped laboratories and classrooms—wired for the Internet, long-distance learning and state-of-the-art audio/visual instruction.



Davis Brody Bond
Polytechnic Jacobs Building
Brooklyn, NY
2002

http://www.davisbrody.com/

Following the Polytechnic University Expansion Master Plan, Davis Brody Bond was commissioned to design the Joseph J. and Violet J. Jacobs Building, a mixed-use building consisting of six academic floors and a recreation/gymnasium complex. The academic areas include two lecture halls, several multipurpose seminar rooms, engineering and computer labs as well as wet-labs for the chemistry and biology departments.

This new building is an addition to the school’s existing Rogers Hall. Its L-shaped plan creates an internal, landscaped courtyard directly above the gymnasium level. Located on Jay Street in Brooklyn, it represents a new image and front door for the University. The entry lobby is a three-story atrium that offers access to both the academic floors and the gymnasium level. The lobby also serves to connect the building to other student meetings areas in the existing Rogers Hall such as the cafeteria and lounge space.

The materials used in the design of Jacobs Building unite the structure with the Othmer Residence Hall as well as the Dibner Library which was designed by Davis Brody Bond in 1992. A glass curtain wall, precast concrete and metal panels are all part of a consistent design vocabulary intended to create the sense of a cohesive campus. The unification of these structures will be further achieved by the upgrading of the original Rogers Hall in the next phase.

Joseph J. and Violet J. Jacobs Building
9 stories
Davis Brody Bond Architects
Completed 2002



Wired New York page on the building:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/polytechnic_jacobs.htm

[Derek2k3]

Project #16

The Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Residence Hall
101 Tech Place/85 Johnson Street
19 stories 195 feet
Davis Brody Bond
Dev-Polytechnic University
Residential DOrmitory
440 Units 115,591 Sq. Ft.
Completed 2000-2002


http://www.poly.edu/reslife/reslifeimages/photos/othmer.jpg

Davis Brody Bond
Polytechnic Othmer Residence Hall
Brooklyn, NY
2002

http://www.davisbrody.com/main.cfm?go=1

The new Othmer Residence Hall is the first dormitory building on the Polytechnic University campus. It realizes one of the major goals of the University’s expansion master plan to introduce student life and residential facilities that had not previously existed on this urban campus. As Polytechnic University is a predominately commuter school, this housing building enables the school to attract a more diverse student body.

The Othmer Residence Hall stands at 18 stories and is comprised of 400 dormitory bed units, a student cafeteria, and staff apartments. Open two-story lounges, situated on every other floor, provide informal areas for student interaction. The student residents are designed as suites. The second through eighth floors contain four person suites that are designated for freshman students, and the upper floors contain two person suites equipped with kitchen facilities. The completion of this new campus facility has helped create a more cohesive campus environment.


http://www.poly.edu/reslife/housing/othmer.cfm
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=113873
http://newyork.construction.com/projects/02_BestOf/02_AwdMeritRes.asp

Wired New York page on the project:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/polytechnic_dormitory.htm

[Gulcrapek]

199 State Street
11 floors, 116 ft
46 units
Architect: Fox&Fowle

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobDetailsServlet?requestid=4&allisn=0001080004&allboroughname=&allnumbhous=199&allstrt=STATE+STREET&s=2764E472656094405BCE4CFD7393E84A

[Derek2k3]

Cool, that should be an interesting project.

Project #18

NYC Office of Emergency Management Building
159-165 Cadman Plaza East
3 stories 56 feet
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Dev-NYC Office of Emergency Management
Commercial Office
66,245 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction February 2006


http://www.shca.com/images/content/archive/oem-02.jpg
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

NYC Office of Emergency Management
New York, NY

http://www.shca.com/portfolio/default.asp?svcId=1&sctId=376&thumb=oem-03.jpg&credit=&projType=Architecture

SHCA has been retained by the New York City Department of Design and Construction to provide architectural and interior design services for New York City's new Office of Emergency Management Headquarters. The facility, which will replace the former headquarters destroyed on September 11, 2001, will be located at Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. Formerly the site of the American Red Cross building, the location places O.E.M. prominently at the northern terminus of Brooklyn's Civic Center. The project scope calls for a re-clad, gut renovation and addition to an existing 3 story building. The program, of approximately 65,000 square feet, includes a new 100 person Emergency Operations Center, Watch Command, General Office space and a Press and Conference Center. The building will be supported by state of the art A/V and IT systems as well as redundant electro-mechanical systems. Completion is scheduled for October 2005.

[BrooklynRider]

The site for 557 Atlantic is completely cleared and ready to roll.

[Derek2k3]

Cool, I'll be surprised if anything good springs out.

Project # 19

Schermerhorn House (HS Developement Site Phase II)
Corner of Schermerhorn and Hoyt Streets
11 stories
Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
Dev-HS Developement Partners LLC/Common Ground Community/The Actors Fund
200 units 97,000 Sq. Ft.
Affordable Residential Condominiums
Proposed 2005-2007

http://www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/2005/images/0304/polshek_schermerhorn.jpg

http://www.aiany.org/designawards/2004/projects/jpegs/241a.jpg
Polshek Partnership Architects
http://www.polshek.com


GIVE THEM SHELTER
For pioneering affordable-housing advocate Rosanne Haggerty, good design is hardly an extravagance. In fact, it pays for itself.

AN SRO FROM THE GROUND UP
By Anna Holtzman

http://www.commonground.org/org_info/media/articles/2004-04_Architecture2/

Forging ahead into other realms of design, Common Ground is developing its first ground-up construction, a 200-unit building in downtown Brooklyn designed by firm partners Susan Rodriguez and Timothy Hartung of Polshek Partnership. The project is a joint venture between Common Ground and the Actors' Fund of America, for whom Common Ground already manages a low-income residence for entertainment professionals in Manhattan. Like the Times Square Hotel, the Brooklyn building will house a fifty-fifty mix of formerly homeless people and low-income tenants, many of whom, in this case, are employed in the arts and entertainment industries.

The land for the project, part of a parcel being developed by Hamlin Ventures and Time Equities, was given to Common Ground by the developers because, as a city-designated urban-renewal site, a portion of the property had to be dedicated to low-income housing. The rest of the site will contain market-rate residential and commercial buildings. Common Ground chose Polshek Partnership in part because of the firm's previous experience on projects like The Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan that also faced this site's peculiar challenge: close proximity to a subway tunnel. In some areas, the structure will sit only 5 inches above the train passage. Four 23-foot trusses, which are exposed at the first two stories, suspend the building over the tunnel and visually "set the presence of the building apart from traditional low-income projects" Hartung believes. "Part of Common Ground's mission [with this project]," he adds, is to establish "pride of place." Incorporating sustainable initiatives is another goal of the project; the architects are following LEED guidelines (and may apply for the certification, if funding allows) and are pursuing the use of green roofs, daylighting-the front of the building is mainly glass-and recycled materials. Construction starts next year, and completion is planned for 2007.

Beyond communicating its ideology through architectural expression locally, Common Ground is spreading its innovative thinking about homelessness to cities across the United States and around the world. In addition to partnering with local organizations on projects in London; Newburgh, New York; and Hartford and Willimantic, Connecticut, the nonprofit runs a "replication" program that educates housing organizations in countries as far away as Australia and Japan. With the First Step Housing competition, Haggerty hopes to also inspire other humane approaches to temporary shelter. With her imaginative and pragmatic approach to affordable housing, she stands a very good chance.

Articles on the entire development:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3067
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_23_50/ai_112862710

Photo of the HS Development Site from the NYT.

[Derek2k3]

Project #20

U.S. Federal Courthouse for the Eastern Regional District
275 Washington Street/26-48 Tillary Street
18 stories 260 feet
HLW/Cesar Pelli & Associates
Dev-U.S. Government
Civil Building
650,000 Sq. Ft.
Completed 2000-2004

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40556401.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40556406.jpg


NEW U.S. COURTHOUSE

http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/General_Information/Courthouse_Locations/Groundbreaking/groundbreaking.html

The new Federal Courthouse will be located in the Civic Center of downtown Brooklyn, visible from the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, lower Manhattan and surrounding neighborhoods. It will be constructed on the site if the former Emanuel Cellar building was razed in 1998.

The project is comprised of three architectural elements: the 6-story existing courthouse; a 6-story connecting entry hall, which includes the main building entrance, lobby and cross-building connectors; and the new courthouse, a 14-story, limestone-clad tower. The combined building elements will function as the new court complex.

The new $222 million building will ultimately house 16 District courtrooms, nine Magistrate courtrooms and 29 judges' chambers. The building will open in 2002 with 12 District Courtrooms, for Magistrate courtrooms, one Arraignment courtroom and 17 judges' chambers. To provide for both current needs and beyond, areas to be occupied by future courtrooms and chambers will initially house the U.S. Probation Department, which will be relocated from the building, as additional court space is needed. The courtrooms and chambers are arranged in a collegial layout with a single chambers floor located between two court floors. This layout reduces the size if the floorplate, creating a more tapered building profile. The smaller Magistrate floors, located in the upper tower, allow the building to be setback at the top. The Courthouse will also house a U.S. Court of Appeals Library, offices for the District Court Clerk, the Pretrial Services Agency and the U.S. Marshals Service. The building will include a food service facility and a Jury Assembly area, as well a below ground parking.

Designed by HLW International L.L.P and Cesar Pelli and Associates



Wired New York Page on the building:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/brooklyn/federal_courthouse/default.htm

Other links:
http://www.geocities.com/brooklyn_rise/fed.html
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100382
http://www.fwdodge.com/dcp/NYCN/NYjune02/top_proj2002/TP_8.html
http://www.fwdodge.com/dcp/NYCN/NYcover/NYfeature2-mar01.html
http://newyork.construction.com/features/archive/0311_Cover_C.asp
http://gothamgazette.com/community/33/news/831
http://www.stoneworld.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,4046,109040,00.html

[Derek2k3]

Project #6

Fifteen Metrotech (Nine MetroTech Center South)
15 MetoTech Center/115-159 Myrtle Avenue
19 stories 325ft
Cesar Pelli & Associates/Swanke Hayden Connell
Dev-Forest City Ratner
Commercial Office
607,815 Sq. Ft.
Completed November 20, 2001-Summer 2003


http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686457.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686493.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686495.jpg

Not my camera obviously. You can download these full size fron the Forest City Enterprises web site.

http://www.forestcity.net/press_property_off.html

[Derek2k3]

Project # 21

12 MetroTech Center/The Kings County Supreme & Family Courthouse
318-330 Jay Street/78 Johnson Street
Perkins Eastman & Associates
Dev-Forest City Ratner Companies
32 stories 473 feet
Civil Courthouse
1,125,000 Sq. Ft.
Completed 2001-2004

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686989.jpg

http://www.330jaystreet.com/

Twelve MetroTech Center
330 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201

http://www.forestcity.net/Properties/Commercial/Office/Twelve_MetroTech_Center.html

330 Jay Street has been designed to be an integral part of responses to the context of downtown Brooklyn.

Location Description
Rising 473 feet high, 330 Jay Street consists of stories (including two stories that will house the building's mechanical equipment). The below grade parking and floors 1 through 25 will be occupied by the Supreme and Family courts and associated city and state agencies. The remaining floors (26 through 30) are being developed as commercial office space. The ground floor of 330 Jay Street will have three separate entrance lobbies, one each for Family Court and Supreme Court, and a third lobby serving the commercial office space.

A previous design.
http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686984.jpg
Rendering Credit: Ernest Burden III, Acme Digital


http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686978.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686981.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40686982.jpg

Wired New York page on the building:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/brooklyn/12metrotech/default.htm

Some additional links
http://www.wirednewyork.com/brooklyn/12metrotech/default.htm
http://www.geocities.com/brooklyn_rise/12mc.html
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=101470
http://www.mrce.com/pages/projects/2002-5.shtml
http://www.enclos.com/blastres.htm
http://www.turnerconstruction.com/newyork/content.asp?d=1310
http://newyork.construction.com/NYCN/NYjuly02/feature2Jul02.html
http://newyork.construction.com/features/archive/0311_Cover_D.asp

[Derek2k3]

Project #22

"Bruce Kaplan Tower"
Myrtle Avenue between Gold and Prince Streets
23 stories
Dev-K & L Development Co./Bruce Kaplan
Residential
350 units
Proposed

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/40706336.jpg

Brooklyn Papers

http://www.brooklynpapers.com/html/issues/_vol27/27_33/27_33nets3.html

A developer by the name of Bruce Kaplan plans to build a 200-foot residential building across Myrtle Avenue stretching to Johnson Street between Gold and Prince streets.

That site is not listed as one of the projected development sites in the Downtown Plan.

Kaplan is scheduled to present his plans at the monthly Community Board 2 meeting in October. Some residents who have gotten wind of the project have already started complaining about the height and size, according to James.

But real estate brokers and city officials say they are pleased, overall, with the increased activity downtown.

“This neighborhood has location, location, location, and now the rezoning has made it more fertile ground for investment,” said Rachaele Raynoff, a spokeswoman for the Department of City Planning.

[Gulcrapek]

That was a while ago, there hasn;t been any news since then. Nothing about Catsimatides' (sp) thing either.

[Derek2k3]

Well, it was just in October they were suppose to have the community board meeting so I bet we'll hear something by this summer...and demolition soon after hopefully.

Not sure if this building expansion is a real project yet or just an idea...

Project #23

New York City Technical College Expansion
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects
Dev- New York City Technical College
Academic
Proposed ?

http://63.240.68.122/FirmFiles/8/images/nytechr1.jpg

http://63.240.68.122/FirmFiles/8/images/39422-int-full.jpg

Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects
New York City Technical College
http://www.eekarchitects.com/project.html

Location: Brooklyn, New York

EE&K Architects recently completed updating the Campus Master Plan for the New York City Technical College. To inform the design principles for this project, the most critical issues were identified through interviews and focus groups. EE&K Architects' analysis indicated that New York Tech's problems included insufficient vertical circulation, a separation between campuses, an inappropriate main entrance, a lack of visual identity, lack of a campus center, not enough casual gathering spaces, security issues, and no full production theatre.

Since the campus is landlocked, with no undeveloped sites available, all growth potential is through either demolition or expansion of existing buildings or the acquisition of new lands. EE&K Architects studied all three options and their variations. With the most limited of resources, our new master plan asserts the importance of New York Tech as a gateway to downtown Brooklyn. The plan fully satisfies the campus' need for growth and flexibility over time through the creative use of streets, zoning, and the joint use of adjacent facilities and property.

Forgot to take a pic of the low-rise for the expansion but here's the main building across the street.
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Projects #24 & 25

230 Livingston Street
25 stories
Karl Fischer?
Residential
226 units(total)156,615 Sq. Ft.
Proposed

225 Schermerhorn Street
14 stories
Karl Fischer?
Residential
226 units(total) 60,996 Sq.Ft.
Proposed

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http://www.masseyknakal.com/buildingphotos/230livingston.pdf
Tower 1: 25 floors, 156,615 sqft residential
Tower 2: 14 floors, 60,996 sqft residential
Both with ground floor retail
Total units: 226
Architect: Karl Fischer

Site is now a parking lot.

http://www.masseyknakal.com/buildingphotos/230livingston.pdf

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Downtown jail may
reopen for biz - city

BY HUGH SON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

The dormant downtown Brooklyn prison on Atlantic Ave. could soon house inmates again because of two upcoming jail renovation projects, a city honcho says.

The overhaul of a floating East River jail barge and a Rikers Island facility could force the city to reopen the hugely unpopular Brooklyn House of Detention by 2007, Correction Commissioner Martin Horn told a City Council hearing last week.

"It's important to have that space available," Correction Department spokesman Thomas Antenen said. "The commissioner was just giving examples why we couldn't give it up."

Though Antenen stressed there was no formal plan to reopen the Atlantic Ave. jail, which was closed two years ago, the city has earmarked $18.4 million to refurbish the 11-story building.

The projects are "far too speculative justifications for taking up this extremely valuable piece of real estate," said Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights), who had grilled Horn about a possible opening date.

With a vacancy rate of about 8%, the 11 active city prisons are filled with more than 13,500 people - a figure that could surge if crime picks up.

Critics of the House of Detention - including Borough President Marty Markowitz - charge a reopened prison would hinder downtown Brooklyn's rebirth. They want the imposing gray building at 275 Atlantic Ave. turned into retail stores or housing.

"Having a jail smack in the middle of all this new development is not a good thing," Downtown Brooklyn Council head Michael Burke said.

An active jail would be a "huge turnoff" for renters and buyers at apartments that flank the site - and could knock 25% off values in the buildings, said Bill Ross, sales director of the Halstead Brooklyn real estate agency.

Before the jail closed, inmates' relatives formed long lines on nearby Boerum Place, and prisoners made catcalls to passersby from windows.

"They would whistle at men, women, boys, girls - whatever," Ross said.

Hundreds of luxury apartments in buildings at 125 Atlantic Ave. and 53 Boerum Place are nearing completion, as is a Brooklyn Law School dorm at 205 State St.

Putting a jail back in that spot would be "one of the worst decisions the city could make," Ross said, adding that the site could fetch $25 million for city coffers.

"This place don't belong here," John, a 33-year-old construction worker, said as he walked by the scaffolded site yesterday.

The Coney Island man said he spent a day in the Brooklyn cooler on a pot possession bust years ago.

"It was a hellhole," he said. "This is a beautiful neighborhood - why would you put 10 stories of prisoners here?"

Originally published on March 17, 2005

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Project #26

The Atlantic Building
397-399 Atlantic Avenue/90 Bond Street
6 stories 72 feet
Case Development Inc./JMJ Cross Enterprises
Dev-Bond and Atlantic Realty
Residential Rental
13 units 14,500 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2003-2005

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399 Atlantic Ave. Takes Shape
by Linda Collins (linda@brooklyneagle.net), published online 06-18-2004

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/archive/brooklyn_space.php?id=1815

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Project #27

384 Atlantic Avenue
384-386 Atlantic Avenue
5 stories 50 feet
Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & Bee, P.C.
Dev-384 Atlantic Avenue LLC/Community Preservation Corporation Resources
Residential Rental
12 units 13,295 Sq. Ft.
Completed 2002-2003


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New York Times
February 23, 2003, Sunday
REAL ESTATE DESK
POSTINGS: Housing Group Builds For-Profit Project in Brooklyn; 12 Market Rentals And Two Storefronts
By EDWIN McDOWELL

http://www.communityp.com/index.php?sec=articles&page=forprofit

The Community Preservation Corporation in Manhattan has provided financing throughout New York and New Jersey for adding and preserving 93,000 affordable housing units over almost three decades. But last summer the housing group took a new path when its for-profit subsidiary, Community Preservation Corporation Resources, developed a vacant lot in Brooklyn into a four-story building with retail space at ground level and 12 rental apartments above.

''It's our first venture in new construction at market rates,'' said Michael D. Lappin, president and chief executive of the Community Preservation Corporation.

The building, at 384 Atlantic Avenue, rented all 12 apartments -- eight one-bedrooms and four duplex penthouses -- within two months. A lease is now being negotiated for one of the two 2,000-square-foot storefront spaces.

Six of the one-bedroom apartments, ranging from 585 to 629 square feet, rented for $1,500 a month, while the other two, which have decks, rented for $1,750. The two-bedroom duplex penthouses rented for $2,400 or $2,500.

The Galaxy Construction Corporation in the Bronx built the building. The architect was Carmi Bee of RKT&B, architects and planners of Manhattan.

The current structure is unusual for several reasons, Mr. Bee said, among them that it is a walkup, a rare new building that does not have an elevator. Balconies on the building's front are not so much for aesthetic purposes as for safety reasons: to allow crossing between apartments in case of fire.

Because the 50-by-100-foot lot is within the Atlantic Avenue special zoning district, the building had to be of a height approximating that of the general area. To harmonize with other buildings in the area, Mr. Bee used a combination of brick, precast concrete and decorative metal on the facade.

''It's a tricky business,'' he said, ''because you don't want to stick out like a sore thumb, but you want to add interest, and you want a good-looking and commodious building at a reasonable price.''

Mr. Lappin and Mr. Bee said they hoped the building would be the first of several in-fill rental structures developed by the group. ''We want to be the Johnny Appleseed of these projects,'' Mr. Bee said, ''so we can see more of them proliferate.'' EDWIN McDOWELL

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Project #10

The Smith/Atlantic Court
295 Atlantic Avenue/75-91 Smith Street
13 stories 140 feet
Meltzer/Mandl Architects
Dev-Boymelgreen Developers
Mixed-Use
134 units 152,000 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-Early 2006

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Projects #28-31

State Renaissance Court Phase I (Building I)
200 Schermerhorn Street
James McCullar & Associates
Dev-State Renaissance Court LLC/IBEC Building Corp./Strategic Development Group
8 stories 77 feet
Residential Rental
158 units 195,296 Sq. Ft. (Total Phase I Sq. Ft.)
Under Construction 2005-2006

State Renaissance Court Phase I (Building II)
200 Schermerhorn Street
James McCullar & Associates
Dev-State Renaissance Court LLC/IBEC Building Corp./Strategic Development Group
6 stories
Ventilation Shaft
195,296 Sq. Ft. (Total Phase I Sq. Ft.)
Under Construction 2005-2006

State Renaissance Court Phase I (Building III)
200 Schermerhorn Street
James McCullar & Associates
Dev-State Renaissance Court LLC/IBEC Building Corp./Strategic Development Group
8 stories 77 feet
Residential Rental
158 units 195,296 Sq. Ft. (Total Phase I Sq. Ft.)
Under Construction 2005-2006

State Renaissance Court Phase II
200 Schermerhorn Street
4 stories
James McCullar & Associates
Dev-State Renaissance Court LLC/IBEC Building Corp./Strategic Development Group
Residential Condominium
28 units
Proposed


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Phase I

http://www.mccullar-aia.com/StateRenaissPlan.jpg
Site Plan

http://www.mccullar-aia.com/TownhousesRedBrick.jpg
Phase II


James McCullar & Associates
Design of a mixed-use building over a subway station / Design in progress

http://www.mccullar-aia.com/StateRenaissance.html

The proposed design for Site B in the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Urban Renewal Plan is designed in two phases: Phase 1 includes an 8-story mixed-use building with 158 apartments, retail stores, and indoor parking. Phase 2 includes the design of new infill townhouses on State Street after completion of the 8-story building. The development team was selected in a competitive RFP by the Empire State Development Corporation with community based design guidelines.

The building designs are intended to form a transition in scale from the commercial activity of downtown Brooklyn to the residential character of "brownstone Brooklyn". The 8-story building is located above the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station that extends the length and width of Schermerhorn Street and the building footprint. The two level subway structure was designed to support a future building, but new seismic criteria requires a first floor truss-like structure isolated at load points and anchored by pile foundations at the adjacent townhouse sites. As a result, the 447-ft. frontage is treated as one building, with a central lobby leading to three elevator cores. The First Floor street frontages consist of retail stores, with covered parking located at the rear. The 8-story building will be divided equally between market-rate and affordable rental units. The Phase 2 townhouses will be a market-rate condominium.



BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PRESS
by Linda Collins

Developers of one of Hoyt-Schermerhorn Urban renewal Area projects in Dowtown Brooklyn have revcieved some assistance with their financing from the New York City Housing Development Corp. (HPD)

The HDC approved $35.2 million of tax-exempted bond financing and $3.5 million from its corporate reserves for what it calls the "first mixed-income rental apartment buildings in Brooklyn."

The developers of the site, to be known as state renaissance court with the address of 200 Schermerhorn St., are IBEC Building corp. and Strategic Development and Construction, both Brooklyn-based companies who will be operating as State Renaissance LLC.

Under the program, 30 percent of the 158 rental units will be reserved for low income housholds; 20 percent of the total units will be set-aside as middle-income housing; and the remaining 50 percent of the units will be rented at market rate, according to a published statement from HDC.

the range in income for a typical family of four will be $25,1000-$37,680 for the low-income units, with a cap of $125,000 for the middle-income units, according to IBEC's Samy Brahimy, who said he estimates that the application process for the affordable units will begin in January 2006. Brahimy also said his firm's website, ibecliving.com will be posting updated during construction
The apartments will be a miz of 17 studios, 40 one-bedroom units, 91 two-bedroom units, nine three-bedroom units and one superintendent's apartment.

"HDC's mixed-Income Program allows us to serve a wider range of economically diverse NEw Yorkers and allows our resources to go father," said Emily Youssouf, HDC president, adding that the HDC recieved national recognition for this innovative program at the recent annual meeting of the NAtional Council of State Housing Finance Agencies. "We look forward to financing more mixed-income developments as aprt of the mayor's housing plan."

As previously reported in the Brooklyn Eagle, the dite is bounded by hoty, Shermerhorn, Bond and State streets and will be built in two phases with this first phase erected atop the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway station.

Its design has undergone a few changed, according to John Frezza of Strategic Construction.

"In view of the mayor's initiative on affordable housing we wanted to create more affordable units so we embellished the project a bit," he said.

As originally planeed, a 135-unit apartment building with towo seperate aings-- one 8 stories, the other 6 stories--was proposed to include a one-story vent shart between them need for the subway.

"The design now calls for two eight-story wings with a 6 story connection, creating a more contectual look," Frezza said, adding that the developers have been working closely with the city and MTA on the plans [b]

"the building designs are intended to form a transition in the scale from the commercail activity of Downton Brooklyn to the residential charcter of the residential character of brownstone brooklyn," said architect Jim McCullar of James McCullar & Associates, who included the following description on his website: "The eight-story building is located above the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station that extends the length and width of Schermerhorn Street and the building foorprint. The two-level subway structure was designed to support a furutre building, but new seismic criteria requires a first floor truss-like structure isolated at load points and anchored by pile foundations at the adjacent townhouse sites. As a result the 447-foot frontage is treated as one building, with a central lobby leading to three elevator cores."

In addition to the rental units, there will be 17,000 square feet of space for retail stores at street level, with a 72-car private indoor parking garage at the rear. Other amenities will include 24-hour doorman service, laundry rooms, a fitness center and recreation room, and a landscaped outdoor terrace on the second floor.

HDC is not involved in Phase II of IBEC/Strategic project, which will eventually provide for 14 two-family market rate condominium townhouses build next to and after completion of the state REnaissance Court aparments.[b]

Both phases of the project were originally initiated through an RFP issued by the Empire State Development corporation, and are being developed under the auspices of the Department of houseing preservation and Development (HPD).

According to Richard Bearack, who heads the Brooklyn Borough President's Hoyt-Schermerhorn Task Force, it is important to note that this property only occupies the first three-quarters of schermerhorn Street between Hoyt and Bond, doesn't include any property on Bond, and doesn't occupy and already developed properties, such as the existing private homes and St. Nicholas Cathedral.

According to Frezza, constuction will begin "on or about Februarty 1." The closing on the property took place December 7.

The other two parcels in the Hoyt-Schermerho9rn Renewal area at smioth Street and atlantic Avenue, a mixed-use apartment building with a possible hotel being developed by Leviev Boymelgreen Developers and currently in redesign' and a site bordering by Smither, Schermerhorn, hoyt and State streets being developed by Time Equities and hamlin Ventures operating as HS developement PArtners LLC.

The Hs development site is still in the Design stage but has released the names of the architects for two parts of the three-part project. Rogers Marbel Architects will develop the town houses of Phase I; and for phase II, James S. Polshek Partners will design Schermerhorn house, the proposed 200 unit building containgin affordable houseing units being develped in conjunction with common ground and the Actors Fund. All three sites in the Hoyt-schermerhorn are were previously rented to parking lot owners by the State of New York.

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3/22:Along Schermerhorn Street
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Phase I construction


Thread here:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5706&highlight=schermerhorn

Links:
http://www.ibecliving.com/src.htm
http://www.nychdc.com/apartments/d_mixedincome.htm
http://www.davidyassky.com/hoyt.php
http://www.nychdc.com/pressroom/pr_102504_boardmeeting.htm
http://www.wncinc.com/news.htm
http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/67517.html

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Project #32

State Street Townhouses
261-287/301-309 State Street
3 stories 49 feet
Rogers Marvel Architects, PLLC
Dev-HS Development Partners, LLC (Time Equities Inc. and Hamlin Ventures, LLC)
Residential Condominium
1 unit ~4,297 Sq. Ft. (X 14)
Under Construction Late 2004-2005

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State Street Townhouses
http://www.statestreettownhouses.com/

This is the first phase of the HS Development site. The second phase is already posted as "project #19."

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Links:
http://www.corusbank.com/PRESS/PR-2004-Oct-26-StateStreet.htm
http://www.aiany.org/designawards/2004/projects/proj4.htm
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_23_50/ai_112862710

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Project #33

120 Willoughby Street/Thor Tower
116-124 Willoughby Street/392-400 Albee Square
48/33 stories >512 feet
Kohn Pedersen & Fox ?
Dev-Joseph Sitt of Thor Equities
Mixed-Use
1.2 million Sq. Ft.
Proposed

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Proposed to be the first tower to rise around "Willoughby Square"

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Parking lot where Willoughby Square will go.


Whole thread on the project here.
http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/topic.cgi?forum=4&topic=511

Links:
http://www.geocities.com/brooklyn_rise/ast.html
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=29753
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/archive/editorial_viewpoint.php?id=3222

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Project #34

The Heights
100/94-110 Court Street/44-50 Schermerhorn Street
13 stories 172/195 feet
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates
Dev-Forest City Ratner
Commercial Retail
141,224 Sq. Ft.
Completed June/July 2000

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Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates
Court Street Retail Development
Brooklyn, New York

http://www.hhpa.com/projects/project_details.php?section=commercial&ID=100

Also referred to as The Heights, the HHPA-designed Court Street Retail Development combines a 12-screen cineplex and Barnes and Nobel bookstore into a hub of activity to a southern portion of Brooklyn's Court Street. The street, which separates the historic residential area of Brooklyn Heights from the borough's civic and downtown business center, fell victim to urban decay over past decade. Design of the new building responds to the assorted architectural influences of its surroundings, and with careful manipulation of massing and materials, minimizes its impact. A marquee at the southeast corner announces the cinemas' entrance and through the use of glass corners, exposes activities within cinema lobbies. To express individual cinemas and enliven the windowless facades, HHPA developed a design that juxtaposes a broad spectrum of colors, patterns, and setbacks creating an overlap that variegates the tower's dimensions and patterns.

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Links:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=139351
http://www.fcrc.com/project_main1.asp?id=21&cc=1&rid=21
http://www.forestcity.net/Properties/Commercial/Retail/The_Heights.html

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Project #35

Edmund T. and Jeanette Pratt Building /Pratt Center/Pratt Building at Long Island University
1 University Plaza
6 stories 85 feet
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
Dev-Long Island University
Academic
70,600 Sq. Ft.
Completed 1999-March 2001

http://gortonassociates.com/Projects/LIUPratt-Reg.jpg

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Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
Pratt Center,
Long Island University, Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York.

http://www.mitchellgiurgola.com/giuh_pages/prt_more.html

Completed:
2001

Area:
62,000 gsf

Cost:
$ 20,000,000

In accordance with the Comprehensive Master Plan for the Brooklyn Campus, Long Island University has constructed a new building on the site of an existing MTA substation, located in the heart of the campus. To satisfy the needs of a rapidly growing student and faculty population, LIU’s programmatic requirements for the Pratt Building included creating new space to relieve cramped and inadequate classrooms, student services, and supporting resources. Furthermore, the Pratt Building links with and expands upon the inter-building circulation system of the campus. In the future, LIU anticipates demolishing the adjacent “S” Building and replacing it with an extension of the Pratt Building. The overall design considers this potential development.

The six-story Pratt Building welcomes students and faculty from the main campus walk at its primary entrance, and from the north through the Triangle Theatre lobby. The most prominent façade of the building is clad in glass, giving relief to the long, windowless backside of the Metcalfe Building. The building houses various departments, computer labs, and student academic and career advisement services. It also provides critically needed flexible classrooms and offices wired for the school’s burgeoning technological needs.

The Pratt lobby runs the length of the site from east to west, anticipating the eventual connection to Flatbush Avenue and allowing a convenient passage to the center of the campus. A tall stone-clad wall defines the public corridor from the departmental office suites and classrooms flanking it. At the same time, the wall extends beyond the face of the building to mark the entry. The corridor/lobby arrangement repeats up through the building as two three-story atria, through which natural light diffuses. The ends of each corridor terminate in a lounge affording views into campus or across Flatbush Avenue.

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Links:
http://www.designshare.com/Awards2001/ReviewProjectOverview.asp?project_id=86&ProjType=COL
http://gortonassociates.com/ProjSchoolLIUPratt.htm
http://www.aiany.org/designawards/2001/project/153_proj.htm

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Project #36

180 Montague Street
176-180 Montague Street
33 stories 331 feet
H. Thomas O'Hara
Dev-Eichner Continuum Company
Residential Rentals
186 units 212,268 Sq. Ft.
Completed 1999-2000

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180 Montague Street
http://www.180montague.com

Brooklyn Heights, New York
180 Montague street's magnificent architecture transports you to an era when fine workmanship was prized and fine materials were standard.

Old world finishes give the phrase "quality of life"
a whole new meaning.

Outrageous views of Manhattan and NY Harbor - from the top floors you'll see well into New Jersey.

Elegantly Appointed Marble Lobby.

State-of-the-art security and intercoms for your safety, privacy and peace of mind.

On-site parking makes life easy and convenient - never worry about your car again.

Laundry room on the second floor.

24-hour Concierge

Pet Friendly

Pre -wired with DSL

Elegantly Appointed Marble Lobby

Breathtaking Manhattan Skyline Views

Nine-foot ceilings

Hardwood Floors

Pre-Wired Telephone Intercom System

State of the Art Fitness Center

2nd Floor Laundry Room & Lounge

On-site Parking Garage

34 Stories / 192 Residential Units

Valet Services Located on 2nd Floor

N-R-2-3-4-5-F-A-C Subways just steps away.

High Tech Video Security System

Nine Foot Ceilings

Hardwood Floors

Elegant Euro Style White Cabinets

White on White GE Profile Kitchen Appliances

White on White Ceramic Tile Bathrooms

White on White Microwave

Individually Controlled Heat & Air Conditioning

Many Residences with Walk-in Closets

Oversized Insulated Windows

Porcelain Tile Kitchen Floors


Studio $1,700

1 Bedroom $2,250

2 Bedroom $4,000



A high-rise grows in Brooklyn Heights

33-story complex dominates skyline; neighbors unhappy

http://www.thetimesharebeat.com/archives/2000/ts/tsjuly1.htm

By Cecily Barnes / Bloomberg News
Published in The Detroit News
June 8, 2000
NEW YORK -- New York's Brooklyn Heights, with its quaint 19th century brownstones and parks, is about to emerge from the shadows of Manhattan with a 33-story apartment complex that will dominate the borough's skyline.

The expected opening this fall of the 186-unit complex at 180 Montague St. -- about five blocks from the home of Washington Roebling who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge from his bed -- is seen by some as a new refuge for migrating Manhattanites. Others see it as the loss of a tranquil oasis.

The developers, brothers Bruce and Stuart Eichner, say the building will capitalize on a growing number of people fed up with sky-high New York City apartment prices who are migrating across the river to Brooklyn Heights in search of cheaper digs.

Longtime residents complain it just doesn't fit with Brooklyn Heights' row houses and reputation as "an oasis in the city," says Judy Stanton, executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, a citizens group.

"The building is way too big for where it is," Stanton says. "It's 33 stories and it kind of dwarfs the district. It's this big tall building sort of eating up the sky."

Rents at the high-rise, the only one of its kind in the area, will range from $1,900 to $6,700 a month.

Tenants will get views of the Manhattan skyline, a marble-laden lobby, fitness center and 24-hour concierge service. Top floor residents will be able to see New Jersey.

Melinda Magnett, president of Corcoran Group's Brooklyn office, says Wall Street firms like Bear Stearns and Goldman, Sachs are bringing more apartment seekers into the area as they open offices in downtown Brooklyn.

"I suspect that this building (on Montague Street) will house a lot of the employees," she says.

The apartment building is 20 percent preleased, according to the developers, who declined to disclose the cost of the project.

Some residents and brokers warn that the project will bring an increased interest in Brooklyn Heights, accelerating rent increases and disrupting the area's sense of neighborhood.

"When the owners of brownstone apartments see the higher rents being obtained, they'll think in terms of higher rentals for the units they have," says John Noonan, a real estate broker with Noonan Associates.

Adds Magnett, "I would bet money next year's rental averages will be up considerably because of these apartments."

The average cost of a Brooklyn Heights rental has increased more than 50 percent to $1,811 since 1995, according to Corcoran Group. Rental prices for two-bedroom apartments have almost doubled to $2,910.

Building publicist Melissa Green says the developers have worked with Brooklyn's planning commission to alleviate most of the concerns.

"In the planning stages, (the Brooklyn Heights Association) objected to it, and we had to adjust everything to them, and that's how we got it approved," Green says.

For Bruce Eichner, 54, and Stuart, 50, the project is a return to their roots.

Bruce got his start in Brooklyn Heights in the early 1970s by renovating brownstones. Stuart came on board later and the money they made financed their move into Manhattan, where the two have developed 10 major projects.

The projects include CitySpire at 150 West 56th St., the city's tallest mixed-use property, and the Manhattan Club near Carnegie Hall in Midtown, one of the city's first time-share properties where one-week stays go for $19,000.

The Eichners, though, have a less than sentimental reason for going back to Brooklyn.

"It was a combination of a very, very good (land) acquisition price and reasonable long-term lending rates," Stuart says.

(c) Copyright The Detroit News. All rights reserved.


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Links:
http://www.emporis.com/ge/wm/bu/?id=115543
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4659
http://www.hto-architect.com/180montague.htm
http://www.ibrooklyn.com/buildingbrooklyn/residential_mmk.html
http://www.vjbconstruction.com/recently_completed.php?sub=rec_pro#
http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/NY-New-York-180-Montague-Street-251737.html#continued

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Project #32

State Street Townhouses
261-287/301-309 State Street
3 stories 49 feet
Rogers Marvel Architects, PLLC
Dev-HS Development Partners, LLC (Time Equities Inc. and Hamlin Ventures, LLC)
Residential Condominium
1 unit ~4,297 Sq. Ft. (X 14)
Under Construction Late 2004-2005

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State Street Townhouses
http://www.statestreettownhouses.com/

www.14townhouses.com

Corcoran
14 townhouses
267-287 State Street
Brooklyn,NY11201

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Overview
COMING SOON!
Introducing 14 Town Houses, a new development now underway on historic State Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Conceived by cutting edge developers Abby Hamlin and Francis Greenburger, this unique project will create a limited number of carefully crafted, modern single family homes across from a classic row of restored landmark townhouses. Designed for contemporary city living, these 4,000 square foot town houses combine dramatic, double-height entertaining space in an open-plan layout with gracious family quarters that include five bedrooms and four full bathrooms. Daylight will flood these interiors through nine foot high south facing windows, a twenty foot high north facing glass wall, and an eight foot wide skylight above a custom wood and steel stair. With elegant modern detailing, state-of-the-art Bulthaup kitchens, top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances, a private backyard and roof terrace, these homes are perfect for the sophisticated, design-savvy urbanite.

14 Town Houses' location is ideal too. With Manhattan a brief subway ride away, you are around the corner from everything in Boerum Hill - unique shopping, fine dining, contemporary culture and entertainment venues, esteemed schools, parks and more. Once you get here, you'll never want to leave.

This rare opportunity to acquire a brand new, architecturally distinguished urban home won't last. Designed by the award-winning firm of Rogers Marvel Architects, this contemporary row house composition of only 14 will quickly become an exemplary, lived-in modern urban block.

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Project #37

322 Hicks Street
322-324 Hicks Street
5 stories
Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects/LSGS Architects
Dev-Second Development Services, Inc.
Residential Condominium
6 units 11,770 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction October 2002-Fall 2003

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322 Hicks Street

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Client: Second Development Services, Inc.
Project: Hicks Street
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Project Type: Housing and Community Development / New Construction
Description: 322 Hicks Street is a new building on one of the last open sites in the Landmarked District of Brooklyn Heights. For this reason, the project represents a special design challenge in an historic urban fabric. The insertion of a five story multiple dwelling, with luxurious full floor single apartments on floors 2-5 and two generous duplex units with walk-out garden access on the ground floor and basement level, introduces a typology foreign to the neighborhood of single family residences. It was our goal to produce a design that was both contemporary, yet very sensitive to the district, both in the scale of its massing and in its details. For that reason LSGS, working in conjunction with facade consultant Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects, developed a proposal to link typologically the building's design to familiar neighborhood structures. The two predominant Brooklyn typologies: the Brownstone and the Warehouse, provided various design cues. From these precedents came the inspiration for the "bay" or oriel window, the size and scale of building, the relationship of building skin to openings, the mitigation of the scale of the building through canopy, and provision of a street scaled space at sidewalk level by the articulation of the ground floor. The resulting design with its front facade inflection serves to unify the entire block, while giving it new focus. This project uses building materials of the highest quality: a Norman size brick with a "historic Brooklyn Heights" orange hue, a shot-peaned stainless steel canopy, steel-section oriel windows, and an extensive glass curtain wall system on the rear facade to take advantage of spectacular New York Harbor views. Interior finishes are of a similar high quality. 322 Hicks building construction will begin in the winter of 2002, with expected completion Fall of 2003.


New York Times
POSTINGS: New Brooklyn Heights Condominium; Warehouses And Oriels As Inspiration
By ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY
Published: August 25, 2002, Sunday

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The Brooklyn Heights Historic District is known for its 19th-century brownstones, but the design for a new five-story condominium building that won the approval of the district's guardians was uncompromisingly contemporary.

The design for the new building, to rise on an empty lot at 322 Hicks Street, was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in July with the support of both the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Municipal Arts Society. Construction on the $3.5 million project is to start in October and be completed in a year.

''Brooklyn Heights has a long tradition of new buildings being contemporary,'' said Brian Hogg, director of preservation at the landmarks commisssion, who described the new design as ''exciting in its underlying inspiration between old and new buildings.''

In his design for the facade, said Henry Smith-Miller, ''I thought about the single family brownstone with its signature stoop and oriel window and the commercial warehouse with its loading dock and canopy.'' Mr. Smith-Miller's firm, Smith-Miller and Hawkinson Architects, which is noted for its contemporary designs, was brought in to collaborate on the building's design with the firm of Larsen Shein Ginsberg Snyder, whose partner in charge of the project is Douglas F. Korves, after a more traditional design was rejected at a landmarks hearing in March.

The building's brick exterior, resembling a vertically folded piece of paper, will echo the proportions of facades typical of the neighborhood. Mr. Smith-Miller said the building's loftlike apartments and stainless steel open trellis canopy will recall the ''warehouse ethos'' and the contemporary bay windows will recall the ''usual oriel'' found in the single-family brownstone.

Gerard F. Vasisko, chairman of the Brooklyn Heights Association's landmarks committee and a partner at the architecture firm Gruzen Samton, applauded the design. ''We believe historic districts are living, breathing entities reflecting the best architecture of the times,'' he said. ''For new buildings, why not have contemporary aspirations, materials and techniques of that age?''

There will be one apartment to each floor except for the first, which will have a maisonette with an entrance leading to the street and will share a lobby with another apartment. Apartment prices are expected to be in the $800,000 to $1.4 million range, with harbor views from the second floor up. All apartments -- about 1,900 square feet -- will have three bedrooms and fireplaces.

Louis Greco, who is involved in a number of other projects, with more traditional designs, in Downtown Brooklyn and is consultant to 322 Hicks Street L.L.C., the developer, whose principal is his wife, Linda, said: '' We took a bold step. If I had 150 units, I'd be nervous. With six units we could make a statement.'' ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY

Published: 08 - 25 - 2002 , Late Edition - Final , Section 11 , Column 1 , Page 1

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A (Contemporary) Landmark Grows in Brooklyn
http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature64.htm

In an unusual turn for typical historic neighborhood watchdog groups, the architectural custodians of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District have approved a decidedly contemporary design for a new five-story condominium building designed by Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects with Larsen Shein Ginsberg Snyder, Architect-of-Record. The Landmarks Preservation Commission, Brooklyn Heights Association, and the Municipal Arts Society gave the go-ahead for the building to rise on an empty lot at 322 Hicks Street. The red brick exterior, bay windows, and stainless-steel trellis canopy are in keeping with the neighborhood noted for it’s classic 19th century brownstones, but with a distinctly modern attitude. There will be one three-bedroom, loft like apartment per floor, each with a fireplace (and views of the harbor) from the second floor up, and two ground floor duplex apartments. Construction is expected to begin in October, and be completed in about a year.

http://gothamgazette.com/community/35/news/570
Newest Brooklyn Heights Condos Take Shape on Hicks Street
June 18, 2004
Brooklyn Eagle

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=624
Despite Winter Weather, Heights Construction Sites Take Shape
by Linda Collins (linda@brooklyneagle.net), published online 02-07-2004

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Project #37

The State House Condos
56-60 State Street & Hicks Street
5 stories 48 feet
Warman Pinkus Munoz Architects
Dev-56 State Street LLC
ResidentialCondominiums
11 units 28,856 Sq. Ft.
Completed Summer 2002


The State House Condos
SOPHISTICATED LUXURY IN THE HEART OF BROOKLYN HEGHTS

http://www.thestatehousecondos.com/

RARE AVAILABILITY! Duplex with 630 sq. ft. on first level with private entrance and 600 sq. ft open "rec" space on lower level. Downstairs has full bath ,laundry and convertible to 1-2 bedrooms or office or family room. First level has two exposures, chef's kitchen w/high quality construction including Pogenpohl cabinetry, Subzero refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher granite and marble finishes. $725K. Comes with deeded parking space! Check pricing page for more details!

Site History
The State House Condos sit on the historic site of the Brooklyn Flint Glassworks, which operated from 1823 to 1868. The factory was partially bounded by State, Atlantic, Hicks and Columbia Streets. Lured by incentives such as lower taxes, this glass blowing factory would move to Corning NY to become the now famous Corning Glass Inc

The State House Condos are the ultimate in luxury living and offer priveleged owners state-of-the-art amenities.

COMPLEX FEATURES
HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM
OUTDOOR SPACES
MASTER SUITE FEATURES
KITCHEN FEATURES
LAUNDRY FACILITIES
PARKING


Article in the NYT

March 24, 2002, Sunday
REAL ESTATE DESK
POSTINGS: At State and Hicks Streets; In Brooklyn, A New Condo With 11 Units
By RACHELLE GARBARINE

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A five-story building rising at State and Hicks Streets is the first newly built condominium in Brooklyn Heights in nearly two decades. Called the State House, it is to have 11 one- to three-bedroom apartments as well as an enclosed garage with 16 parking spaces that are for sale. The building, designed to fit in with its neighborhood of 19th-century brownstones, fills a long-vacant site not far from an entrance ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

The developer of the $10 million project is 56 State Street of Brooklyn, which bought the site two years ago from a previous developer who had planned a rental building but after getting approvals decided not to proceed. Moti Pinson, the president of 56 State Street, said he had switched to condominiums ''because this is a family neighborhood and I wanted to give a product -- larger luxury-style apartments -- that people could buy and establish roots.''

The sales market in Brooklyn Heights ''is as strong as ever,'' said Michael Dowling, who with his partner, Sandra, runs Michael Dowling Ltd. and Brooklyn Heights Real Estate, the sales agents for the State House.

The apartments will have from 1,239 to 2,032 square feet. Top-floor units will each have a private roof deck. Sales are to start once the condominium's offering plan is accepted by the state; Mrs. Dowling said that approval was expected soon. Prices have not been set but they are estimated at from $590,000 to $1.89 million. The co