Construction is wrapping up on Union Channel, a nine-story residential building at 240 Third Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Tavros Capital and Charney Companies, the 95-foot-tall structure will span 210,000 square feet and yield 224 rental units in studio to three-bedroom layouts, along with 8,900 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Twenty-five percent of the apartments will be designated for affordable housing. The property is alternately addressed as 585 Union Street and bound by Sackett Street to the north, Union Street to the south, and 3rd Avenue to the east.
Façade installation has finished since our last update in May, when crews were applying the waterproofing and insulation layers around the grid of floor-to-ceiling windows behind a shroud of scaffolding and construction netting. Recent photos show the completed look of the exterior, which features a distinctive undulating form across most of the second through seventh stories, and is clad in a mix of architectural concrete and dimpled aluminum paneling. Glass railings line the setbacks atop the fifth and seventh floors, as well the edges of the roof parapet.
The structure culminates in a mechanical bulkhead enclosed in a gray mesh screen bearing an advertisement for the property.
Work is still finishing up on the ground floor and around the fifth-story setback. Fencing and barriers surround the property, but should be dismantled in the coming weeks as construction draws to a close.
Homes will feature kitchens lined with Daltile concrete countertops with porcelain tile backsplashes, wood laminate millwork, and stainless steel appliances. Bathrooms are fitted with wood laminate millwork and large-format porcelain tile floors and wall finishes. Several units on the fourth, sixth, and eighth floors will come with private terraces.
Residential amenities, as part of ‘The Drift Club,” will include a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center, a yoga room, a shared outdoor roof deck with a swimming pool, a coworking lounge, a sky lounge, and enclosed parking for up to 72 vehicles. The retail space will come with 200 feet of frontage along Third Avenue, and 230 feet of frontage along Union Street.
Rental leasing is being conducted by Charney Brokerage, led by Jini Van Maarseveen and Ian Smith. Property management for Union Channel is handled in-house by Charney Management.
The closest subway from the property is the R train at the Union Street station along 4th Avenue.
Union Channel’s anticipated completion date is slated for the spring of 2025, as noted on site.
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This is a really nice design.
Given the age of this neighborhood, it would be nice for some these new projects to be clad in brick so it all doesn’t look like the same era.
Gives off a San Francisco-looking kind of residential building with that undulating facade
The Gowanus Green development over by the canal–if that ever actually happens–seems to have a lot of brick at least.
25% affordable for who, hope not more high middle income
JOE – who do you actually think pays for your “affordable” housing.
It is subsidized ! By NY taxpayers or other tenants.
and then you condemn them.
The sense of entitlement knows no bounds.
The new structure has not been able to reduce, the antiquity of the brickwork on the surrounding low-rise buildings. The Stone Age and the Industrial Revolution are beautiful and can live together: Thanks.