On Brink of Land Use Review, Not Much Opposition to Domino Plan
As the official uniform land review process for Two Trees’ plan to develop the Domino Sugar refinery site is set to begin any day now, The New York Times finds there is not much opposition to the proposed development, which has met the approval of architecture critics and affordable housing advocates alike. As we noted…
As the official uniform land review process for Two Trees’ plan to develop the Domino Sugar refinery site is set to begin any day now, The New York Times finds there is not much opposition to the proposed development, which has met the approval of architecture critics and affordable housing advocates alike. As we noted two weeks ago, demo on the complex of buildings — not the original 1880s factory with its iconic Domino sign, which is staying — has already started.
The design, by Barclays Center architects SHoP, features taller, thinner buildings with cut outs for light and views, more retail and more parkland than the previous one, a much more average group of towers commissioned by the last owners of the complex. If the new proposal does not pass the land-use review process, Two Trees has the right to build the old plan.
At Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Site, Waning Opposition to Prospect of Luxury Towers [NY Times]
Nobody’s fighting it cause they know it will be built and sense that given developers experience with waterfront work, affordable housing, great design, historic preservation, good tenants, community give backs and the arts, it will work out fine The one complaint we have heard it is too large, but clearly so expensive to do waterfront that size is a must, esp if public areas included and superb architecture too