Façade installation is progressing on 711 Grand Street, an eight-story residential building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects and developed by Idan Magen of Irving at Decatur, the 85-foot-tall structure will span 28,668 square feet and yield 21 condominium units with an average scope of 1,176 square feet. The project will also include 3,965 square feet of commercial space and an 85-foot-long rear yard. The property is located on two conjoined parcels by the corner of Grand Street and Graham Avenue.
Crews are in the process of laying the light gray brick exterior around the grid of recessed floor-to-ceiling windows. Scaffolding and netting cover most of the main southern elevation, but the exposed upper two stories offer a glimpse of the various bond patterns used in the façade. The mostly blank eastern and western party walls are complete and feature a continuation of the brick toward the street and gray finished concrete in the rear. A crane is in the process of delivering more materials to the midpoint of the building, and interior work is also underway.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The below rendering from the info board shows loggia terraces lined with dark metal railings running down the midpoint of the building, above the double-height entrance and retail frontage.
711 Grand Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The property was formerly occupied by a two-story commercial building and three-story residential structure, as seen in the following Google Street View image from before their demolition.
711 Grand Street. Image via Google Maps.
The nearest subway from the site is the L train at the Grand Street station to the east.
An anticipated completion date for 711 Grand Street was not posted on the info board, but YIMBY expects work to finish sometime around the middle of next year.
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What’s with the sloppiness at the top?
This is pretty bad. Compare it to the building that used to house SUBWAY. This is why people hate contemporary architecture. Where is the pride in building something?