Tower To Go Up Next Door to BAM?
According to Brooklyn Papers, The Clarett Group, which has developed four luxury residential towers in Manhattan, has gobbled up three lots next door to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Located at the corner of Fulton and Ashland Place, the properties fall under C6-4 zoning, which would enable the developer to build a 20-story hotel or…
According to Brooklyn Papers, The Clarett Group, which has developed four luxury residential towers in Manhattan, has gobbled up three lots next door to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Located at the corner of Fulton and Ashland Place, the properties fall under C6-4 zoning, which would enable the developer to build a 20-story hotel or office tower as of right and possibly as many as 30 stories of residential. No permits have been filed, but neighbors believe the existing buildings will be demolished.
Hotel Harvey [Brooklyn Papers] GMAP
“…not sure why you claim the stores are targeted toward project residents…”
I’m sure they’re not exclusively targeted that way, but I don’t think its a stretch to suggest that the Fulton Street Mall stores keep their prices low so that lower-income residents of Brooklyn can afford to shop there. Be real.
Its prime property!! They have to take it over at some point. The location just doesnt make sense…
I would kiss the sky if they ever tore down those projects (and while they’re at it, every other housing project in the city). What a public policy disaster, all around. But I’ll believe it when I see it.
If they could take down those projects, whoaa, very prime real estate.
I would bet that rumor about project is only rumor – including part about vacancies.
I know, I know. I hear you about the Fulton mall, but being a design freak, its always so frigging dirty and gritty. Its New York, and its downtown, so Im not offended, I just wish it could be a tad more pleasing to the eye…
On a side note, not sure why you claim the stores are targetted towards project residents…
Anyone hear anything about the Walt Whitman Fort Greene projects being torn down? Heard they are currently 60% vacant, and may be bought by a developer
I, for one, love the Fulton Street Mall. Just because the stores there aren’t aimed at you, Anon 12:35, doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of Brooklynites who do enjoy them. From what I understand, most of the businesses there are successful, so I guess we really do need that many hip hop sneaker stores.
Brownstoners have a lock Smith Street, 7th Ave, 5th Ave, numerous blocks of DeKalb, Fulton and Atlantic, etc. Why act offended if a few blocks of Fulton target their wares at those dwelling in Farragut, Ingersoll and the Walt Whitman Houses instead?
Anyway, how many bistros, coffee shops and antique stores do we really need?
While I think a mid-rise condo would be good for the neighborhood, I just don’t see that many guests at a hotel located up on Ashland at this point in time. Perhaps if the hotel is desinged to go online after another batch of signifciant corporate type space becomes available in the Metrotech/Downtown business district expansion plands, it could work — but I don’t see it. (I also don’t see how that hotel on Atlantic and Smith will really be that successful on a long term.)
On a related note, I agree with the poster’s comments below on the the need to clean up that SE corner at Fulton and Flatbush in front of the Popeye’s. That is one of the most trashed corners I come across in all NYC and really is a disservice to what could be a pleasant large plaza corner at a very busy intersection of auto and pedestrian traffic.
On the other hand, I quite like the multitude of sneaker and clothing stores on Fulton Mall itself. My only complaints are that the store facades too often and too unnecessarily mar the existing building appearnces, and that the BID for the mall does not seem like one of the better ones in the city in terms of keeping the sidewalks clean and getting better plantings etc in key locations.
Their other buildings are of quality, so Id expect the same here.. Could also help the other back side on Dekalb. That stretch before South Elliott is pretty ugly. What I really want is a new Fulton Place mall. Could it get and tackier? How many hip hop and sneaker stores do we really need? And ascetically its the worse. Someone should buy the stretch on Fulton between Flatbush and Ashland- that could be a LOT nicer and its a hot location. Plus, do we really need te dirty popeyes? OK. Done random rambling for now