The Post has a story this morning that does a good job of rounding up various Downtown Brooklyn development projects that are in the works. Taken together, the buildings will result in more than 1,000 units of housing and a few hundred more hotel rooms:
-388 Bridge Street: Construction is supposed to start on this 53-story tower soon. The building, which Stahl Real Estate is developing, will be a condo-rental hybrid with both affordable and market-rate units. It will have 234 apartments and 144 condos.
-Willoughby West: AvalonBay’s massive 57-story rental tower will rise just down the block, at Willoughby and Bridge streets, and have 861 units. Construction is supposed to be finished by the end of 2014, according to the story. No word on exactly when it’s supposed to begin, though.
-Hotel 718: This 128-room hotel on Duffield Street is supposed to open in April. Room rates are likely to top $200 a night.
-Another Duffield Street hotel from developer V3, which is building Hotel 718, continues to be on the drawing board.

The article brands the area where the towers are slated to rise as a sub-neighborhood called “MetroTech,” but we’re not sure that one’s going to stick.
Downtown Brooklyn’s MetroTech Starts to Hit its High Point [NY Post]
Construction Starting Next Year on 2 Downtown High-Rises [Brownstoner]


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