The exterior of the second building in the ever-growing Domino development in Williamsburg is getting close to the finish line.

Designed by COOKFOX Architects (the architect of record is Bhaskar Srivastava of dencityworks), the double-towered building at 260 Kent Avenue (alternately known as 1 South 1st Street) topped out at 42 stories a few months ago.

A recent visit to the site revealed the white precast concrete facade is almost complete, except for a few strips running from the ground floor to the top of the building. The concrete was cast with 3D-printed molds, according to the architect’s website, and the design was inspired by sugar crystals — a reference to the former Domino sugar factory.

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One of the towers, which will be dedicated to office space, will end at 22 floors. The 42-story tower is residential and will have a planned 332 units and private roof terraces on the 28th floor. According to building permits, which don’t usually specify, 66 of those units will be income-restricted.

There will be two retail spaces on the ground floor (famed Bushwick pizza-shop Roberta’s will occupy one of the retail spaces), with commercial office space, an exercise room, a residential recreation room, a kid’s playroom and a reading room.

The building will start leasing this summer, according to the building’s teaser website.

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The twin, interlinked design is similar to the first building completed as part of the development, the 16-story donut-shaped residential building at 325 Kent Avenue, near the southern end of the site.

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Two more residential buildings are planned for the Two Trees project. One will be located at 280 Kent Avenue, right next door to the recently topped-out building, and the other at 346 Kent Avenue, taking the place of North Brooklyn Farms, which closed down in December 2018.

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When completed, the entire development is expected to add approximately 2,800 new apartments and 4 million square feet of space to the area.

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Rendering via Two Trees

[Photos by Susan De Vries unless noted otherwise]

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