Construction Well Under Way at Enormous, Neighborhood-Changing Navy Yard Building
When finished, Building 77 will add 1,000,000 square feet of workspace and an estimated 3,000 jobs — expanding the Navy Yard’s workforce by over 40 percent.
Could the Sale of This Mammoth Commercial Building Transform Wallabout?
Manhattan-based private real estate firm Westbrook Partners has signed a contract to buy an enormous commercial property south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Wallabout, in Brooklyn’s Tech Triangle.
Long-Awaited Downtown Tower on Albee Square Will Be Offices
Photo via Downtown Brooklyn‘s Instagram
With much fanfare, city officials and developer Jemb Realty Monday officially announced a 35-story commercial building to be built at 420 Albee Square. The announcement was heavy on prepared statements of support from local politicians but light on the details, such as when construction might start or end. The building was no secret, however, as permits were filed in March.
With Innovation Firms Thriving, Brooklyn Tech Triangle Hungers for Even More Office Space
Downtown Brooklyn seen from Dumbo
The Brooklyn Tech Triangle — encompassing Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard — was conceived in 2013 by a coalition of businesses advocating for more office space and worker amenities in the borough’s commercial hub.
Two years later, the group has released an update calling for — surprise! — yet more office space.
Shake Shack Might Be Coming to Williamsburg in the Old Puccio Marble Building
NYC burger baron Shake Shack is eyeballing the former Puccio Marble warehouse at 661 Driggs Avenue as a potential Williamsburg outpost, The Real Deal reported. Brownstoner readers may remember the building — which sold in July for a whopping $1,049.32 per square foot.
Will Your Office Move to Brooklyn? Developers Are Betting on It
Say sayonara to your Manhattan commute. More Brooklynites than ever may soon be working as well as living and shopping in the borough, making trips across the East River ever more rare.
Rendering Remix: Will 205 Montague Street Be Too Tall for The Heights?
A property at 205 Montague Street — with air rights enabling a 700-foot-tall tower — just went on the market for a cool $200,000,000. That’s more than 250 feet taller than the oh-so-controversial proposed Brooklyn Heights replacement library and condo tower at 280 Cadman Plaza West. It’s also 282 feet higher than Brooklyn Heights’ tallest existing building.
Rising Rents in Brooklyn Force Navy Yard Modular Factory Capsys to Close
Brooklyn’s affordability crisis has priced out yet another longtime business, 19-year-old modular manufacturer Capsys.
Dumbo Office Space So Rare, Sugar Crystal Building Developer Drops Condo Plan
Inline with local demands for office space, developer Glacial Global Partners is retaining 10 Jay Street as a commercial property.
Rising Property Values Lead Salvation Army to Close Third Brooklyn Store
Salvation Army’s Greenpoint store has bitten the dust.