Excavation is progressing at 111-115 North 6th Street, the site of two-story commercial outpost for French luxury retail brand Hermès in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Building Studio Architects and developed by investment firm L3 Capital under the L3 Berry and N 6 LLC, the structure will yield 8,500 square feet. Cavan Builders Corp. is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of North 6th Street and Berry Street.
Recent photographs show an excavator and piling machine working around the southern end of the site, with a portion of the ground already dug up. Temporary wooden walls have been assembled to support the exposed earth until the formation of the reinforced concrete foundation walls.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The below Google Street View image shows the former low-rise occupants of the plot prior to their demolition.
Image via Google Maps
The following screenshot previews the final look of the development. The façade is composed largely of red brick framing oversized floor-to-ceiling windows, with a transition to gray cementitious paneling on the western end of the North 6th Street elevation. A pyramidal skylight is visible above the roof near the southeast corner of the building.
The building will feature 147 feet of wraparound street frontage and yield 4,850 square feet on the first level with 16-foot-high ceilings, 3,600 square feet on the second level with 16-foot-high ceilings, and 3,120 square feet in the cellar.
Image from williamsburgcollection.com
L3 Capital also opened a 5,400-square-foot pop-up Hermès location designed by Kenneth Park Architects earlier this year at 91 North 6th Street, a space it plans to occupy for about two years. The nearest subway from the property is the L train at the Bedford Avenue station. The North Williamsburg ferry terminal is also nearby at the northwestern end of North 6th Street along the East River.
111-115 North 6th Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for the winter of 2024 as noted on site, though previous online reports have placed the opening day sometime in 2026.
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Hermès in Williamsburg – one or the other will survive.
It’s rather sad that what they tore down looked nicer than what’s being built.
Imagine going back in time to around 1990 and telling people that there would be an Hermes store on that corner.
You don’t have to go back that far — the early 2000s will suffice.
That little corner used to have The Future Perfect – a great store with a true sense of design
I find it hard to believe that a Hermes boutique will have a large clientele to support this location in Brookyln?! 🤔
First it was Starbucks, now Hermes is the new indicator of gentrification
If Hermès is opening in Williamsburg, I’m guessing an Apple store will soon open in Bushwick or Bed Stuy…. how times changes, and at such a fast pace…