Construction is moving along on 291 Livingston Street, a 22-story hotel in Downtown Brooklyn. The 189-foot-tall structure is designed by Gene Kaufman Architect and is being developed by Aview Equities and Hello Living, which purchased the narrow plot for $11.1 million. The hotel is planned to contain 100 guest rooms and a ground-floor beer garden.
The 189-foot-tall, 22-story reinforced concrete edifice of 291 Livingston Street appears to have recently topped out. YIMBY last covered the Downtown Brooklyn building several years ago and reported that this will become a 100-key hotel. A rendering on the construction fence depicts a very bold pattern of black and white stripes in an almost Dazzle camouflage-esque configuration on the party walls. Hello Living is the owner of the lot after purchasing the site for $11.1 million, and is developing the project with Aview Equities. Gene Kaufman Architect is the architect of record.
Brooklyn-based developer Hello Living is expanding into The Bronx. The announcement of their purchase of 1049 Washington Avenue in the South Bronx yesterday—their second development and acquisition outside of Brooklyn—also brought forth the first renderings plans to realize the site as condominiums.
Hello Living’s first foray into Manhattan development will be a pricey one. The Brooklyn-based full-service real estate development firm announced earlier this week their plans to acquire 4650 Broadway in Inwood. If that address rings a bell, it’s because FBE Limited purchased the site this past spring from Acadia Realty Trust for $26 million. At $55 million, Hello Living paid more than twice that for 370,039 buildable square feet.
Hello Living’s 1580 Nostrand Avenue has resumed construction following a scaled-down redesign of the residential development. Located in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, the structure would have been one of South Brooklyn’s tallest towers at 23-stories.