Sephora Will Open in November at the Municipal Building
The scaffolding is down at the Sephora storefront in the downtown Brooklyn Municipal Building, and they put up a sign announcing that they plan to open in November (pictured after the jump). The cosmetics chain signed a lease on the 7,000-square-foot ground floor corner spot in June, getting 1,300 square foot of storage in the…

The scaffolding is down at the Sephora storefront in the downtown Brooklyn Municipal Building, and they put up a sign announcing that they plan to open in November (pictured after the jump). The cosmetics chain signed a lease on the 7,000-square-foot ground floor corner spot in June, getting 1,300 square foot of storage in the bargain. Developer United American Land is currently renovating the building and asking $140 per square foot in rent. YogaWorks also signed a lease for 5,000 square feet on the lower level, helping make the building into what the New York Post called a “women’s power center.”
Sephora Signs a Lease at the Municipal Building [Brownstoner] GMAP
Oh, and there weren’t any storefronts, it was just a city building that had a majestic look to it, ie., large storefront type windows on the first floor.
So is it that the city sold this building? Isn’t the marriage bureau/clerk’s office there along with the Department of Buildings? The entrance to the subway closed sometime in the early 1990s to mid; the building had primarily city tenants, ie., the NYC Law Department and the Brooklyn DA’s. Perhaps it was a safety concern?