Kushner and Partners File Permits for Work on Iconic Watchtower Buildings in Dumbo

Development partners Kushner Companies, RFR Realty and LIVWRK Holdings have filed their first round of permits to begin construction on five of the former Watchtower buildings in Dumbo, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported last week. The DOB has approved permits for mechanical and plumbing work and the removal of interior partitions for the hulking former Jehovah’s Witnesses buildings at 55 Prospect Street, 81 Prospect Street, 117 Adams Street, 77 Sands Street and 175 Pearl Street.

The buildings are being made over into office space with tech tenants in mind, as previously reported. The former Bible-printing plants sold for a combined $240,000,000 last October, as part of a bigger $375,000,000 deal that included various other Witnesses properties in Brooklyn Heights, such as a hotel at 90 Sands Street, according to the story.

Construction Plans Okayed for Former Witnesses’ Buildings in Dumbo [Daily Eagle]
Watchtower Development Will Boot Dumbo Into the Big Leagues [Brownstoner]