‘Blank Check’ to Developers or Chance to Curb Displacement: Locals Comment on City of Yes
Feedback on the Adams administration’s proposed citywide zoning text amendment for housing, which would increase developers’ ability to build bigger buildings in residential neighborhoods, got heated at a public scoping meeting last week.
Historic East New York Church May Be Demolished for New Affordable Housing Complex
A 19th-century Romanesque Revival church, Grace Baptist, could be torn down to make way for more than 140 affordable apartments if the church's plans for a rezoning come to fruition.
Tower of 20 Stories to Go Up on Bushwick Corner as LPC Mulls Landmarking Neighboring Homes
Work continues on the foundation for a new 20-story mixed-use tower, while the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission is looking into creating an historic district next door to the construction site.
Watch Online as Experts Debate Bill That Would Allow Residential Buildings of Any Size in Brooklyn
A group of experts will debate about a pair of bills in the New York State legislature that would pave the way for new construction of unlimited size in densely populated areas like Downtown Brooklyn.
Report: Residential Growing Pains Are Straining Downtown Brooklyn’s Infrastructure
Downtown Brooklyn’s recent residential explosion — while bringing activity and economic growth to the area — wasn’t the intended result of the nabe’s 2004 rezoning. Measures that were meant to turn the area into an office mecca are instead transforming it into a land of luxe condos and rentals.
With a new report released this week, Borough President Eric Adams addresses the neighborhood’s unanticipated needs and what the city can do to for its infrastructure and mixed-use future.
Everything You Need to Know About Brooklyn’s Future Tallest Building
There’s a lot of buzz in the air about the borough’s future tallest tower, coming soon to Downtown Brooklyn. Here are all the key details you need to know.
11 Creative Office Developments That Will Utterly Transform the Bushwick Loft Area
Forget about condos. Developers are banking on Bushwick as the next hotspot for offices.
Developers are swooping into the Bushwick loft district — which the city calls East Williamsburg, and residents sometimes call Morgantown — with plans for oodles of office, retail, and maker spaces.
At least 11 creative office developments are in the works for the area, making it a contender to become the borough’s next Tech Triangle or Dumbo.
Pacific Park Developer Wants to Replace Modell’s With Borough’s Biggest Office Building
Greenland Forest City — the developer partnership behind the Pacific Park mega-development — now wants to build one of the borough’s largest buildings across the street from the Barclays Center, according to Crain’s.
Pacific Park’s behemoth office tower could employ thousands of Brooklyn workers and be as big as 1.5 million square feet, but only if the developer can transfer air rights from the nearby Barclays Center plaza, a triangle of land jutting out into one of Brooklyn’s busiest intersections.
Eye-Popping Bushwick Office Building Will Have Transforming Parking Garage / Concert Venue
Looking at the hip-infused renderings for the planned office building at 430 Johnson Avenue, you can almost hear the architect working through a troubling dilemma: How to fit both a parking area and a flexible event space without displacing that must-have subterranean eatery?
Thankfully for 430 Johnson’s future tenants, a creative compromise was reached. Behold: the transforming parking garage event venue.
Once-Neglected Park Slope Mansion to Get Glamorous New Life as Luxe Apartments
After languishing on the market for years, the historic Tracy Mansion at 105 8th Avenue sold in 2015 for $9.5 million. Now, its new owner wants to dramatically expand the building and convert it into eight residential units.
After some initial hesitation, Landmarks gave the green light this week for a host of changes that’ll give a new life to this old limestone beauty.