Leeser Architecture

455 Jefferson Street, image via teaser site

Loan Acquired For Six-Story Office & Retail Conversion At 455 Jefferson Street, Bushwick

Late last month, YIMBY brought you news of the mixed-use commercial conversion of the six-story former warehouse at 455 Jefferson Street, in northern Bushwick. Now, Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company and Boston-based Alcion Ventures have secured a $51.2 million loan for the project, according to Commercial Observer. The building will have offices on every floor and retail space at street level, which will total 122,697 square feet in rentable space. Work began last month, and completion is expected next June.


90 Sands Street

30-Story Building At 90 Sands Street To Be Converted Into 600-Key Public Hotel, Dumbo

Kushner Companies and RFR Realty are teaming up with Ian Schrager to develop a Public Hotel at the six-building Dumbo Heights redevelopment, in Dumbo, according to the New York Post. At 90 Sands Street, the 30-story, 508-room Jehovah’s Witness residential hotel could to be transformed into a nearly 600-key hotel, with up to 100,000 square feet of amenity and meeting space.


Macy's Redevelopment

Vision: Plans for Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s Redevelopment by Leeser Architecture and Ismael Leyva

YIMBY previously posted renderings of a tentative redesign and redevelopment set for the Macy’s store in Downtown Brooklyn, and now we have another submission from the project’s competition, though evidently this creation was not selected. The design comes from Leeser Architecture and would have featured two residential towers in addition to new and revamped retail space.

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