Gowanus Artists Displaced From Studios
Dozens of artist tenants at a Gowanus studio space have been told new management of the property won’t be renewing their leases and they must move out, for some as early as next month, DNAinfo reported. The properties consist of three adjacent buildings at 94, 98, and 75 9th Street between 2nd Avenue and the Gowanus Canal…
Dozens of artist tenants at a Gowanus studio space have been told new management of the property won’t be renewing their leases and they must move out, for some as early as next month, DNAinfo reported.
The properties consist of three adjacent buildings at 94, 98, and 75 9th Street between 2nd Avenue and the Gowanus Canal directly underneath the elevated F and G tracks.
“The implications for this go beyond Gowanus and are being felt by the entire artist community of New York City,” executive director of Arts Gowanus Abby Subak told DNAinfo.
Displaced artists from the building told DNA they are looking in other Brooklyn neighborhoods, including Bed Stuy, but that it is near impossible to find similarly affordable rents in the area.
The three buildings were leased for $21,200,000 in April 2015 by developer Eli Hamway, who is also juggling a 44-unit factory conversion on Prospect Place and a six-story condo project on North 10th Street.
The buildings’ zoning restrictions prevent the possibility of a residential conversion, as they are currently zoned for manufacturing.
[Source: DNA | Photo: Kate Leonova for PropertyShark]
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Unfortunate, but inevitable. Time for the artist community to explore the Grand Concourse and the north shore of Staten Island, St. George/Stapleton area. The art community has at least 10 years before that area catches on.
Unfortunate, but inevitable. Time for the artist community to explore the Grand Concourse and the north shore of Staten Island, St. George/Stapleton area. The art community has at least 10 years before that area catches on.
There isn’t any rezoning going on in Gowanus, certainly not the section where this building is located.
wat?
There isn’t any rezoning going on in Gowanus, certainly not the section where this building is located.
wat?
Gowanus Village is an expensive area in comparison to what? Not DUMBO. Thats for sure.
There is major rezoning going on in the Gowanus neighborhood. Along with the fact the entire canal is being cleaned up. So I don’t think the developer knows any secrets, the developer just knows great opportunity on the commercial or residential side it seems.
P.S. -DUMBO is now a primary residential neighborhood with a thriving tech scene. Vinegar Hill and Wallaout/Navy Yard is more of the manufacturing, ect.
Gowanus Village is an expensive area in comparison to what? Not DUMBO. Thats for sure.
There is major rezoning going on in the Gowanus neighborhood. Along with the fact the entire canal is being cleaned up. So I don’t think the developer knows any secrets, the developer just knows great opportunity on the commercial or residential side it seems.
P.S. -DUMBO is now a primary residential neighborhood with a thriving tech scene. Vinegar Hill and Wallaout/Navy Yard is more of the manufacturing, ect.
It is an expensive area, but it is also dead smack in the middle of a vibrant industrial zone. Despite Dumbo being an industrial zone, Dumbo doesn’t really have much going on – this part of gowanus totally does. Steel shops, iron workers, cabinet manufacturing, multiple city buildings for bus repair, dump truck repair etc..
It’s undervalued rents, but I don’t know that there is some huge price increase looming until significant changes occur about the business being done there. Which doesn’t seem likely otherwise it would have happened.