City Picks Al Laboz to Develop Municipal Building
NY1 and The Post are reporting that the city has selected Al Laboz’s United American Land to develop the retail portion of the Municipal Building. The Post says the Joralemon Street building’s retail mix won’t include Brooklyn’s first Apple store, as Marty Markowitz hoped, but it will have an “upscale restaurant.” It’s unclear from the…
NY1 and The Post are reporting that the city has selected Al Laboz’s United American Land to develop the retail portion of the Municipal Building. The Post says the Joralemon Street building’s retail mix won’t include Brooklyn’s first Apple store, as Marty Markowitz hoped, but it will have an “upscale restaurant.” It’s unclear from the story whether specific tenants (that aren’t Apple!) have already signed on to take space in the building. Laboz is one of Downtown’s major property owners and is developing the H&M on the Fulton Mall. Construction at the Municipal Building is supposed to start next year.
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I hope as part of the project they clean the facades of the Muni. It isn’t a bad building in that classical dour way, but the dirt streaks and the obvious bird netting doesn’t help its street appeal.
I don’t mind at all a little livening up of that corner, which has always been a windswept Siberia right at the epicenter of the Boro.
Just to be clear, it is not the entire Municipal Building that is planned for conversion, but as I understand it, the first two stories fronting on Court and Joralemon. The rest of the building will continue housing city agencies and personnel.