Old Factory Near Williamsburg Bridge to Become Art Gallery, Apartments

After selling for $5,000,000 in 2012, the old bakery-turned-artist-loft at 331-333 Kent Avenue is going to be developed into a huge gallery space with apartments, most likely condos. NY YIMBY obtained renderings for the planned expansion, details of which were recently disapproved at the building department.

As longtime readers may recall, artist Cosimo Cavallaro hoped to turn the gigantic industrial space into an 11-story luxury condo called Punctilio back in 2004. Well, that didn’t pan out, and now the mysterious new owner (hidden behind an LLC) has other plans.

The first two floors will house a cafe, reception and art gallery over 7,805 square feet, according to the Schedule A. A two-story addition is planned, which will house two duplex apartments with terraces over 4,663 square feet. Sounds sweet.

This is just north of the Williamsburg bridge and also across and down the street from the three landmarked Domino sugar factory buildings at 292-314 Kent.

We like all of the design, especially the elegant modern addition, but we think it would be even better if the original building were restored, arched brick windows and all. Click through to see the building as it appeared in 2010 and over to YIMBY to see three more renderings of the new design. The architect is Diad Architecture. What do you think of the plans?

Rendering by Diad Architecture via NYY; photo by Douglas Elliman

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