This week RXR celebrated the topping out of 89 Dekalb Avenue, a mixed-use development in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The all-electric tower will deliver 324 multifamily units, with 98 designated for middle-income housing, along with 55,000 square feet of academic and office space for Long Island University.
Rendering of 89 Dekalb Avenue. Designed by Perkins Eastman
Located at the intersection of Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn, 89 Dekalb Avenue features 15,000 square feet of amenities and green design elements, including a fully electric power system, a smart glass façade, and electric vehicle charging stations. The project, designed by Perkins Eastman, will also deliver 55,000 square feet of academic and office space for LIU. Three levels of the residential tower will be equipped with separate entrances and lobbies for LIU.
89 DeKalb is the second phase of the collaboration between RXR and LIU. It follows the successful partnership on the nearby residential tower, The Willoughby, which brought 476 units to the market in 2021, as well as academic and office spaces, an adjacent athletic field, and parking for 564 vehicles.
Rendering of 89 Dekalb Avenue. Designed by Perkins Eastman
Future residents of the property will be a short walk from the Dekalb Avenue subway station, along Flatbush Avenue Extension, which serve the B, Q, and R trains. The property is estimated to complete construction in December 2025.
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Middle income in nyc means another form of market rate units, the city of profit developers over the average person, yes.
totally wrong. Building middle-income units in a desirable location prevents those folks from needing to find housing in more affordable locations which stops displacement. We need more housing at every single pricepoint.
news flash, we already have a lot of high price points in the desirable, and gentrifying locations, high price housing units will not fix the housing crisis, build all incomes units in these desirable neighborhoods so we all can afford and have access to better resources, so far the new so called affordable housing being built in that part of Brooklyn are for higher up, enough is enough.
Way too much glass, but I really like the form.
Yeah—I dig the shape, the massing!
Interesting, if not a bit schizophrenic.
I can’t believe the change that area has gone through and is going through and will go through..