Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 193 13th Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Located between Third and Fourth Avenues, the interior lot is three blocks south of the 4th Avenue-9th Street subway station, serviced by the F, G, and R trains. Matthew Riez under the WJ 193 13th Street LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Exterior work is progressing at One Willoughby Square, a 495-foot-tall office skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Alternately addressed as 420 Albee Square, the project is designed by FXCollaborative and being developed by JEMB Realty, and will yield 500,000 square feet of Class A office space. Gilbane Building Company is in charge of constructing the reinforced concrete edifice, which stands as the tallest new office building in Brooklyn.
Demolition work is progressing at 547–589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, the site of a proposed skyscraper. RedSky Capital, LLC is reported to be the developer of the triangular-shaped parcel, which is listed as “Fulton Mall” on its website. The plot was assembled and purchased for $104 million and is bound by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension diagonally to the east, Fulton Street to the south, and Bond Street to the west. It’s unclear whether the tower is slated for residential or commercial use.
Greenpoint’s iconic ACME Smoked Fish Factory has now entered a mandatory public review process known as ULURP or the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. This phase is a major step forward for the expansion which required zoning text amendments, an environmental assessment statement, and initial approvals from the Department of City Planning.
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 107 Schaefer Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Evergreen Avenue and Central Avenue, the lot is close to the Wilson Avenue subway station, serviced by the L train. Ben Sadykov under the 107 Schaefer LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
