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58-Story Residential Tower Coming to Downtown Brooklyn
July 15, 2009 by Neil · Leave a Comment
The battle of the “tallest” buildings in Downtown Brooklyn continues with the filing last week for a 58-story residential tower on Willoughby Street between Bridge and Duffield streets. AvalonBay Communities, already building a major complex nearby at Myrtle Avenue, Gold Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension called Avalon Fort Greene, filed the permit application with the Department of Buildings for what may be called Avalon Willoughby West, according to Stephanie Cuba, project manager for AvalonBay.
In June, the 51-story tower by The Clarett Group at 111 Lawrence Street topped out. Known as “The Brooklyner,” it will be two feet taller than the iconic — and previously tallest — 512-foot Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, a residential conversion now known as One Hanson Place. “We are big believers in Downtown Brooklyn. We think it’s a great community,” said Cuba. Noting that the area has been an untapped market Cuba said she is well aware of the four hotels in various stages of development around the corner on Duffield Street. Demolition of the existing buildings and construction on the new building should begin within a year, with completion estimated to take two years.
The 58-story tower will contain 860 rental units plus street level retail, according to Cuba. Further details are not known at this time and the final design — by SLCE Architects of Manhattan — is not completed. The Department of Buildings application notes that the new tower will be 596 feet tall, 869,066 square feet and will have parking for 345 cars. It also notes that 11 original tax lots will be merged to create the development. City records show the properties were acquired for close to $27.5 million.
Source: Downtown Brooklyn’s Newest ‘Tallest’ To Rise at Willoughby and Bridge streets, Linda Collins, The Brooklyn Eagle, 7/8/09
