Development Watch: 525 Clinton Avenue
We’ve been watching the development of 525 Clinton Avenue, the 13-story project between Atlantic and Fulton, with interest since work started last Fall. With its glass exterior now almost 50 percent finished, we decided to dig a little deeper and get the skinny straight from the developer (who, it turns out, is the same group…
We’ve been watching the development of 525 Clinton Avenue, the 13-story project between Atlantic and Fulton, with interest since work started last Fall. With its glass exterior now almost 50 percent finished, we decided to dig a little deeper and get the skinny straight from the developer (who, it turns out, is the same group that built the Green House Condos). When it’s completed in the first quarter of next year, there will be 30 market-rate condos atop a community facility, which will most likely be medical offices. It’ll be a mix of 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units, with the lion’s share being two bedrooms. The big selling point is likely to be the combination of light and views, given the building’s height and unusual shape, which will ensure that each apartment has a ton of windows. The developer is using an unusually thick (4 inches) and energy-efficient glass called Visionwall designed to minimize heating and cooling bills. The layouts and interior design are being done by Stephanie Goto who’s done a number of restaurants as well as the sleek-yet-understate interiors at 448 West 37th Street in Manhattan. That’s about all we got. We’re just hoping this will be the shot of adrenaline that Fulton Street needs.
525 Clinton Avenue Looking Good [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
525 Clinton Gets Its Glass On [Brownstoner]
Tower Rising at 525 Clinton Avenue [Brownstoner]
believe me if they could sell they would do so
i’ve been watching the development of this building for the past year, and like an earlier commenter said, it seems like the progress has been very slow – there was some significant work last year, but it seemed like they took most of the winter and spring off, even though they were done with the structure (much like the sacarno project on fulton for that matter). and it does seem very odd that they haven’t started marketing it – that didn’t stop the smith or the forte from marketing before they even had half the floors in.
So what are your thoughts on all of the NYCHA projects that are spread throughout FG/CH not to mention the Clinton Ave Cooperatives? Are these buildings not out of context or do you simply have a unique fondness for tall brown Fedders brick buildings as a backdrop to your precious brownstone streetscape?
In short, you don’t make any sense.
First who is LP?
Are you the developer, his PR?
The developers do nice and quality job, but i think they have been delayed because they are trying to push the envelope as they did in the Greene House. In any case they will do well without the PR of LP and you Stoner.
Maybe you prefer this type of development — there’s no accounting for taste. I’m not happy with sacrificing the character of the neighborhood to build these cheesy high rises. 4th Avenue is a 6-lane major road where tall buildings do not look out of place. It is also an industrial zone with ugly warehouses and other commercial buildings–there’s no comparison to what’s going on in FG/CH.
Clinton Hillbilly:
I’m so sick and tired of hearing the terms of “totally out-of-context behemoth” or “monstrosity”! Please come up with something less trite to express your misguided and melodramatic sense of outrage. If I didn’t know better, you would think that developers were building replicas of the Empire State Building throughout Brooklyn. Give it a rest already!
The buildings are not immense towers or skyscrapers. They are typically the size of your average local NYCHA housing project which are just down the road on Fulton or even the Clinton Avenue Cooperatives two blocks away. How is this so out of context that it offends your sensibilities?
Furthermore, many of you high rise whiners/haters are missing the boat. Why? Because many of you want high end boutiques, restaurants, cafes and a slew of “must have” amenities but fail to realize that without high density development, many of these neighborhoods will lack the population density to make all of these businesses profitable enough to stay in business. That’s why I don’t get the beef with the multitude of development projects on 4th Avenue since all the stores on 5th Avenue will undoubtedly welcome the increase in business that these new residents will provide and create subsequent demand for additional stores in the neighborhood.
Ever wonder why so many restaurants on Dekalb Avenue lay empty on weekday evenings? Well it probably has something to do with the fact that there is not, with exception of Forte and Greene House, a lot of high density development in the area. If there was, there would be far greater demand for some goods and services in the neighborhood.
No photos, but my husband talked to the demo team and tried to get some salvage off of them as they were tearing down the brownstones.
lp, I agree that it’s a great street, that’s why I really hate the out-of-context glass high-rise there. But I also hate Greene House for the same reason. Forte looks like crap and is out of scale, but at least it’s on Fulton Street vs. a side street.
PS are they planning to advertise these apts on brownstoner?
That’s interesting, Hillbilly. If true (and lp seems to have a different recollection of what was there), we certainly had no idea…Do you happen to have any photos from a couple of years ago? PropertyShark shows a pretty nice house from the tax photos from 30 years ago but nothing more recent that the construction fence of this project. We’re not above eating our words so please send along some photos…
I agree lp.