Seven Townhouses at Long Island College Hospital Site in Cobble Hill Revealed!
In a surprise move, developer Fortis has filed new-building applications with the Department of Buildings to build seven townhouses on part of the former site of Long Island College Hospital. Development of the huge site is highly controversial, and few details have been settled. Fortis has closed on only one portion of the campus, and…
In a surprise move, developer Fortis has filed new-building applications with the Department of Buildings to build seven townhouses on part of the former site of Long Island College Hospital. Development of the huge site is highly controversial, and few details have been settled. Fortis has closed on only one portion of the campus, and has requested a rezoning, whose public review will take many months.
But on to the plans: The seven single-family homes at 90-98 Amity Street will rise four and five stories, DOB filings reveal. Each will average 4,710 square feet (33,000 square feet in all) and have underground parking for one car and a roof terrace.
The architect of record is Romines Architecture. The Dumbo-based firm has designed townhouses as well as large commercial projects, according to its website.
A rendering leaked to The Real Deal, above, shows a group of townhouses to the right of the historic Polhemus Memorial Clinic. The center townhouses appear to be red brick, with extra-long windows on the main floor similar to the historic Greek Revival and Italianate townhouses that dot the area. The row is bookended by dark brown, possibly wood-clad, townhouses.
Any townhouse design will probably be an improvement over the apartment building that currently occupies the site. Fortis has yet to file for demolition of the seven-story building, The Real Deal reported.
[Source: TRD | Rendering: Williams New York | Photo: Nicholas Strini for PropertyShark]
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Do you know how hard it is to find underground parking and 4K square feet in a single family dwelling in Brooklyn, these days? If Fortis doesn’t build here, the poor people who would buy these properties would have to look in Mill Basin.
Do you know how hard it is to find underground parking and 4K square feet in a single family dwelling in Brooklyn, these days? If Fortis doesn’t build here, the poor people who would buy these properties would have to look in Mill Basin.
I thought Di Blasio flip-flopped on closing Long Island College Hospital because he wanted the site to be developed for affordable housing. How does letting Fortis demolish a 7-story apartment building to build uber-expensive single-family houses advance his goal? The Fortis deal is shameful.
I thought Di Blasio flip-flopped on closing Long Island College Hospital because he wanted the site to be developed for affordable housing. How does letting Fortis demolish a 7-story apartment building to build uber-expensive single-family houses advance his goal? The Fortis deal is shameful.
The rendering does not show four to five story buildings. Can’t be bothered to explain?
The rendering does not show four to five story buildings. Can’t be bothered to explain?
Where on Columbia st is the abandoned parking lot? Is it the space that’s across Pok Pok between Kane and Degraw?
Where on Columbia st is the abandoned parking lot? Is it the space that’s across Pok Pok between Kane and Degraw?
Thanks, it’s been fixed.