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Old March 8th, 2009, 05:42 PM
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Default 80 Dekalb Avenue - Fort Greene - Rental - by Costas Kondylis

It seems that some of the new buildings in Downtown Brooklyn warrant their own thread.

Project: 80 DeKalb Avenue
Architect: Costas Kondylis
Developer: Forect City Ratner
Units: 365-unit rental apartment building
Height: over 34 stories, 365 feet tall (plus another 35 feet for water tower and elevator machine room)
GSF: 335,268

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Progress at 3/7/2009

View from South on Flatbush...


View from North on Flabush
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Latest rendering actually appears to have gone glassy:

http://www.forestcity.net/PROPERTIES/80DeKalb.asp

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Or is that gray brick and glass?
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Maybe. I love the shape of this building - it's going to look great when viewed from the North on Flatbush.
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I can see this building under construction from my office at the ESB.
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This building has just had its first setback. That puts it at about 25 floors so far, give or take.
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Taken today. Up to about 25 floors. Avalon is also visible in the upper right corner.

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By the way, note the cantilever in the lower left in my last picture. I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere else, but this building cantilevers over an existing building starting on the 11th floor.
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Great shot Zinka. Thanks for sharing.

From where?
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Seems to be from Forte'?
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Most likely. From that angle, there aren't that many other possibilities.
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Well bye bye view then.
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Well bye bye view then.

Yep, it's from the Forte roof deck.

It blocks a small portion of the view, but mostly the view of the Flatbush corridor, which was already blocked by other high-rises.
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Or adds to the view depending on one's perspective I guess.
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Or adds to the view depending on one's perspective I guess.

That will depend on how nicely this building ends up turning out. So far I'm extremely cautiously optimistic. It's a bit surprising they haven't started cladding it yet...
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