Last year, several developers joined together to purchase the former Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower complex in Dumbo Heights for $375 million. And now, YIMBY now has the first renderings of a potential residential tower at the site...read more at YIMBY >>
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Water Street is abuzz with activity, including the construction of a glassy 290-unit rental complex. Designed by Leeser Architecture and Ismael Leyva Architects for the Two Trees Management Company, it is named Dock Street. The development will eventually house a 300-seat public middle school with an entrance on Dock Street as well as stores along Water Street. The apartments, including 58 units designated for low-income residents, are expected to begin leasing this fall with occupancy to follow by year’s end...read more at New York TImes >>
Curtain wall installation has reached the 14th floor at LEESER Architecture and Ismael Leyva Architect's 17-story, 290-unit rental near Brooklyn Bridge Park. The glass curtain wall features vertical fins, yet to be installed, of opposing triangles that define irregular shapes which help to break down the relentless glass envelope. The Two Trees development will also contain a 300-seat middle school and retail at its base. see construction photos at Field Condition >>
Gaze into the glass façade of the DUMBO developer family's Dock Street project, on the left side of this new Brooklyn Eagle photo. That's the famed Clocktower Building you see reflected there. It's only fitting that the project in progress should serve as a mirror for its century-old neighbor. read more at Brooklyn Daily Eagle >>