Ratner: 'Fort Greene, I've Got You Surrounded'
Man, it’s getting hard to keep up with all the towers that are sprouting up in Downtown Brooklyn. Yesterday, Curbed ran some renderings of Bruce Ratner’s latest project at 80 Dekalb Avenue aka 625 Fulton Street. The 36-story, Costas Kondylis-designed silver scraper will have 369 apartments spread out over 335,187 square feet. As we saw…
Man, it’s getting hard to keep up with all the towers that are sprouting up in Downtown Brooklyn. Yesterday, Curbed ran some renderings of Bruce Ratner’s latest project at 80 Dekalb Avenue aka 625 Fulton Street. The 36-story, Costas Kondylis-designed silver scraper will have 369 apartments spread out over 335,187 square feet. As we saw when we swung by at the end of the day, demolition of the existing three- and four-story building that runs most of the way towards Fulton from Dekalb is in full swing. Curbed reported that the property is listed as a rental on the Kondylis site, but we bet nothing’s set in stone just yet. Anyone know if this has an affordable housing component? For political reasons alone we suspect it will.
Kondylis + Ratner on DeKalb Avenue [Curbed] GMAP P*Shark DOB
I agree Jeremy. I haven’t checked the zoning on that block, but if it is several lots, then it is entirely possible that this is being constructed “as of right”.
I think downtown Brooklyn is the right place to build these kinds of things. Commence vicious hate-attacks.
I could be wrong but it seems like you can pretty much build anything any height you want if you’re a developer in NY these days, you just have to have a lot of money and be nice to the other people who have a lot of money (i.e. politicians).
I suspect if there is an affordable housing component to this project, the affordable units are located in some inaccessible block in East New York — seems to be Ratner’s modus operandi.
how did he get approval? By being a developper during Bloomberg’s adminstration and paying for it. How else?It’s not like it takes some kind of weird conspiracy. I was invited to join someone at a dinner where this shit goes down. I almost went just to see it at work, and then balked at realizing I’d have to carry around a vomit bag all night long.
Actually one of the best business in NYC right now is opening Private Schools. I wish I had the money to open one though.
does anyone know how you get on the waiting list for affordable housing for this project?
How did he get approval for such a huge building. I don’t recall Dekalb getting any upzoning, only around Myrtle. How did this happen?
Does Bloomberg and Ratner have any plans to build more schools? Where is everyone going to send their kids? I know people are going to suggest private schools, but surely they’re going to be close to full too. Are there any plans for more public/charter schools that go along with these towers?