Lots of Pictures But Unclear Address for Tillary Tower

Keeping track of all the projects in the planning and construction stages in Downtown Brooklyn is enough to keep anyone’s head spinning so we could use some reader input on this one. A reader flagged some new renderings on the Karl Fischer website (Go the the News section and click on Gold Street Residential Tower) that deserve some attention. As far as we can tell, these are plans for the large L-shaped lot currently occupied by the McDonald’s on Tillary between Gold and Duffield. It looks to us like the entrance to the main tower (which is 23 stories, according to our count) is on Gold Street. This is one of those sites with multiple addresses: 169 Tillary, 67 Duffield, and 248-268 Gold. There are no plans filed under any of these addresses on the DOB site. There was some activity with mortgages and agreements last June, according to PropertyShark, but no sign of a deed transfer. Do we have the correct site for this project? Is it actually happening or is Mr. Fischer just amusing himself? Has this been noted anywhere else yet? GMAP P*Shark DOB
Update: Okay, so a few commenters think that the site is actually one block further east, between Gold and Prince (#14 on this map), and we’re starting to agree. If that’s the case, it’s the site of a $146 million project at 277 Gold Street, according to The Post. The problem with that theory is that the new building application, which was rejected by DOB back in May, called for only 13 stories. The other problem? The architect on the filing was Avinash Malhotra, not Karl Fischer.
Feb 06, 2012 | 12:32 PM