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Excavation is under way at 470 4th Avenue in Gowanus, where a 12-story building will eventually rise. The Aufgang Architect-designed project will bring 105 apartments and 5,000 square feet of commercial space to the corner of 4th Avenue and 11th Street, according to permits approved this month.

It looks like the development also has a new or alternate address at 237 11th Street. The 84,000-square-foot building will have ground floor retail, a courtyard, a medical office, a gym and 29 cellar parking spots, per Schedule A filings.

Developers Adam America, Slate and the Naveh Shuster Group paid JBS Project Management $20,000,000 for six 19th century wood frame houses and three small commercial buildings on the corner last year, and demolished them last summer. Click through to see another construction photo and the rendering posted on the fence.

470 4th Avenue Coverage [Brownstoner] GMAP

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  1. The design is not bad. I like that they are using traditional brick combined with a modern design. Yes, it is big and will tower over smaller houses, but that is no surprise. We all know that 4th Avenue is destined to be large rental and coop buildings. The secondary address is interesting. I guest that a 4th Avenue address is not so attractive (imagine that!).

    • Oh, and thank you for putting the parking spaces in the basement unlike that horrendous building at 16th and 4th that put the parking right at street level, leaving no retail–or even windows–along the sidewalk.

  2. 29 parking spots for 105 units actually sounds about right, for once. That block of 11th street is actually quite nice, with the houses torn down for this project being the worst of the whole block…but man it’s going to tower over the ones remaining.