The affordable housing lottery has launched for 14 Duffield Street, a six-story residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by WJH Architect, the structure yields 12 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are four units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $82,286 to $167,570.
Façade installation is approaching the 1,066-foot pinnacle of the The Brooklyn Tower, a 93-story residential supertall skyscraper at 9 DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn and the tallest structure in the outer boroughs. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development, the building will yield 550 residences, with 150 for purchase, as well as a 100,000-square-foot retail podium bound by Flatbush Avenue Extension to the northeast, Fleet Street to the northwest, and DeKalb Avenue to the south. This public portion of The Brooklyn Tower will utilize the landmarked Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, which is being renovated. Douglas Elliman is serving as the exclusive marketing, sales, and leasing agent for the property. YIMBY last reported that 30 percent of rentals are designated as affordable housing units, and residences for purchase start over 500 feet above street level.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 575 Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Lorimer Street and Leonard Street, the lot is four blocks from the Metropolitan Avenue-Lorimer Street subway station, serviced by the L and G trains. Yitzchok Katz of Developing NY State is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a 12-story mixed-use building at 563 Sackett Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Located between Nevins Street and Third Avenue, the lot is within walking distance of the Union Street subway station, serviced by the R train. Marino Mazzei under the BonaFide Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
YIMBY went to check out the views from Olympia, a 33-story residential building at 30 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Fortis Property Group, the 401-foot-tall sail-shaped tower will yield 76 condominiums designed by Workstead. The units will come in one- to five-plus-bedroom layouts with sales and marketing led by Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes of the Eklund Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman and Karen Heyman at Sotheby’s. Urban Atelier Group is managing the ongoing construction, Manhattan Concrete created the superstructure, and King Contacting Group is in charge of the CMU work, exterior insulation finish systems, and roofing for the project, which is bound by Front Street to the north, Washington Street to the east, and York Street to the south.
