CW Realty recently dropped $20 million to acquire a controversial parcel in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, where previous owners failed to win approvals for development. Located at 251 Front Street, also referred to as 68 Gold Street, the site currently supports a large parking lot that would be redeveloped to support a five-story building with 59 rental units.
Renderings for the new property are attributed to Input Creative Studio with J-Associates as the architect on record. Compared to previous renderings from Think Architecture and Design, the newly proposed structure features a ground-up brick façade, large industrial-style windows, and metal pin signage at the ground floor.
If approved, the structure would comprise just under 40,000 square feet with each unit measuring around 678 square feet.
Rendering of 251 Front Street aka 68 Gold Street. Rendering by CW Realty / Input Creative Studio
The site was previously owned by Tocci Brothers, which originally planned to construct a nine-story, 95-unit building including 23 below market-rate units. While the project received approvals from the Department of City Planning, local officials fiercely opposed the proposal. Tocci Brothers later scaled down the project from 95 to 72 units, but were unable to win support from the officials and eventually scrapped the project.
While it’s too early to tell if local officials will better favor CW Realty’s iteration of the development, the structure illustrated in the new renderings more closely resembles existing buildings in the surrounding neighborhood.
Previous rendering of 251 Front Street aka 68 Gold Street. Rendering by Think Architecture & Design
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If the building is proposed to be 40,000 square feet, it is probably as-of-right and local officials will have little say over the design.
this looks very attractive in comparison to the previous proposal.
How great a name is Vinegar Hill?
Not as good as Hamburger Hill
Love to have information
Big improvement over previous design
No wonder the previous design was never approved… it was terrible! Try a little harder if you’re going to build next to a historic district… The current design is much nicer.
Dont care for the unimaginative lifestyle center cornice but other than that looks quite nice.
? I love the entire facility, I must emphasize on the pet spa,children play room, and the gymnasium love it.