Domino Gains Full Approval
It comes as no surprise given that the recent approval at the committee level, but the folks at the Community Preservation Corporation must still be breaking out the champagne over yesterday’s final approval by the entire City Council of the New Domino development project. In a 45-0 vote, the Council greenlighted the massive conversion, which…
It comes as no surprise given that the recent approval at the committee level, but the folks at the Community Preservation Corporation must still be breaking out the champagne over yesterday’s final approval by the entire City Council of the New Domino development project. In a 45-0 vote, the Council greenlighted the massive conversion, which will transform the 11.2-acre Domino Sugar Factory site just north of the Williamsburg Bridge on the Brooklyn Waterfront into a cluster of buildings with a mix of commercial, community and residential space. In all, there will be 2,200 apartments, 600 of which will be some kind of affordable housing; the original refinery complex will also be preserved as part of the conversion and, as part of a late-game negotiation by Councilman Levin, building height will be capped at 34 stories rather than 40. The groundbreaking is scheduled for late 2011 and it’s estimated that the project will cost $1.5 billion over the next 10 years; the developer still needs to secure financing, no small matter in this environment.
Council Approves Plan for Domino Site [NY Times]
City Is Sweet on Domino Redo [WSJ]
Plan for Former Domino Sugar Site Approved [NY Post]
Plan for Former NYC Sugar Site Approved [Business Week]
Domino Construction to Start in 2011 [Curbed]
Council Gives Final Domi-YES! [Brooklyn Paper]
New Domino Gets Final Green Light [Brooklyn Eagle]
New Domino Clears Council Hurdles [Brownstoner]
Last Minute Deal to Save Domino Development [Brownstoner]
Details on the Domino Public Hearing [Brownstoner]
Domino Public Hearing Held This Morning [Brownstoner]
City Planning Approves Domino [Brownstoner]
to be clear – I’m fine with Williamsburg being hi-rise. I don’t want the canker to spread to Greenpoint thats all.
nice. high quality looking bldgs.
any chance NYC slaps a fancy wraparound park here or those goodies only for the Heights?
and you’ll need a kayak to get to work in Manhattan
I don’t love this project, and I agree with your entire last paragraph.
I would much prefer it if the entire project was low rise – perhaps a bunch of buildings the height of 80 Met.
I’m also a realist, and understand developers are in the money making business, and when you spend millions of dollars for waterfront land facing the most recognizable skyline in the world, it makes financial sense to build big and capitalize on that.
The neighborhood got screwed over a long time ago when zoning was changed to allow buildings of this size.
Bottom line – in 10 years it will be more pleasant to walk around here than it is today.
“it’s your hood so you should have more say as to what happens in it.”
Not gonna happen, most are apathetic here and the organized groups mantra is “affordable housing”, the quality of life, air and space concerns of the current residents are well down the list.
Yes, Dh…you know Dobro stands for DOWNTOWN, correct?
Tall towers in a downtown makes total sense to me and is where towers belong. I don’t feel that they belong along the waterfront here. This project is massive and puts up a barrier to the rest of the low scale neighborhood around it.
I would also be opposed to towers along the water in Brooklyn Heights as they had once planned for the park. Good to see that the idea seems to be tabled for now and it’s become a luxurious and spectacular park, as the waterfront should be for ALL to enjoy.
Like I said…I’m glad you seem to love it….it’s your hood so you should have more say as to what happens in it. If I lived there, I’d be very disappointed with this particular scheme with so many tall towers. Not to mention 2200 new units of housing will put an enormous burden on the already overcrowded subway and other services in that area.
11217 – WBer is correct – i mean, this giant giant factory is already there, not nothing?
and, who are the people getting cut off from light and air? it’s not like there’s tons of residential just east of the factory now. Wber is also correct, that the Domino will create actual riverfront park, pier and stores on the river. that’s a good thing! no one has access to in front of the factory now. also, remember that the southside from the river to marcy has pockets of kinda ghetto residential – it’s not like UES pristine apt buildings or townhouses. i see domino bringing in more reasonable citizens to the entire area with folks who want to live in a nicely maintained hood. i’ll be happy to wave bye bye to people who don’t clean up their garbage, curb their dogs or maintain their buildings.
anyway, it’s a no man’s land at and around domino, everyone always wants prices to come down and more housing, well how do you provide that with abandoned factories and commercial buildings?
A great majority of Chicago’s lake front is wall to wall hi-rise buildings with low rise apt buildings and single families just west of those, and everyone accepts and they should! shouldn’t new york have wonderful buildings on the east river? shouldn’t we have apts with amazing views of the water and manhattan? how is that worse than urban blight?
anyway, i still say a moratorium on domino until it’s at least a tad real.
“I just don’t like uninspired 35 story buildings usually. Especially in low rise neighborhoods. ”
You like the ones in DoBro just fine.
the project is HUGE
There is not one tower, there are many all along the waterfront all tightly packed and dense
There will also be a small patch of grass that is for the community along with some trees – thanks but its not nearly enough for me to like the project –
unfortunately i live nearby