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chris08876 Sep 25, 2014 7:42 PM
NEW YORK | One Willoughby Square | 540 FT | 36 FLOORS
 
65-Story Tower Coming to 420 Albee Square, Downtown Brooklyn

Current Site: (Currently empty parking lots)

http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...bee-Square.jpg

Info:

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Downtown Brooklyn continues to gain serious height, and the neighborhood’s largest filing of the Great Permit Frenzy of 2014 has come in for 420 Albee Square, which JEMB Realty is developing. The new building permit lists SLCE as the architect of record, and the tower will stand 65 stories and 620 feet tall, becoming one of the tallest buildings in the borough. :)

As-is, 420 Albee Square will rise higher than either 388 Bridge — Brooklyn’s current tallest — or the Avalon Willoughby Square, which will soon eclipse it. Both of those towers crest just under the 600-foot mark.

Permits for JDS’ 340 Flatbush Ave. Extension would make that building the tallest by far, standing nearly 800 feet tall, and the third phase of City Point could also rise to a similar height. While 420 Albee Square is major compared to the current skyline, it will actually be fairly contextual to the Downtown Brooklyn of the 2020s, which will become increasingly prominent from perspectives across the region.

Per The Real Deal, JEMB picked up the site for $38.5 million in April, though additional air rights must be part of the assemblage, as the tower will measure 751,548 square feet. That will be split between 271,203 square feet of commercial development on the lower levels, and 480,435 square feet of residential space, divided amongst 620 apartments.

Downtown Brooklyn’s residential development boom continues to accelerate, and buildings like 420 Albee Square are necessary en-masse to solve the city’s affordability crisis. The only remedy is increased supply in areas with adequate transit capacity, and while many neighborhoods face restrictive zoning that eliminates otherwise prime opportunities, Downtown Brooklyn serves as a model for how transformation can occur. New units — likely rentals — will still be relatively expensive, but the sudden surge in inventory is likely to mitigate future increases, as thousands of apartments will soon be rising simultaneously.
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http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/09/per...-brooklyn.html

Fardeb Sep 25, 2014 8:20 PM
I figured we would hear something about these lots soon, big developments in every direction right nearby so they weren't gonna last long.

Nice to see it will be joining the ranks of the taller buildings in Brooklyn.

NYguy Sep 26, 2014 1:04 AM
This is perfect, as Brooklyn's tallest towers begin to form a cluster between Fulton and Willoughby Streets, joining the current tallest...


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/157569279/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/157569280/original.jpg

NYRebel Sep 26, 2014 1:13 AM
Yes!!!!

Truly the Brooklyn skyline of the 2020's will be magnificent if it keeps this pace. From Pacific Park (Atlantic Yards), Williamsburg, and Downtown!

The question will be which developer will producer a signature tower BK will be known for?! Exciting times for the borough and city!

NYguy Sep 26, 2014 1:45 PM
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The new building permit lists SLCE as the architect of record, and the tower will stand 65 stories and 620 feet tall, becoming one of the tallest buildings in the borough.

Building permit lists the height at 679 ft, which sounds more accurate for a 65-story tower. It will probably reach 700 ft. There will be 620 units, or apartments.


http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01

Quote:
Building Height (ft.): 679
Building Stories: 65
Dwelling Units: 620

So, it's about a hundred ft behind Stern's tower. Wonder how high Barnett will stretch his tower.



http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JB...allbin=3000316

There will be 10 units on each floor from 4 - 65, so it should be a pretty solid tower. Beyond that, there's a "lower roof" and an "upper roof", whatever that means.



Also, I'm assuming that Willoughby Square park is still in the works, haven't heard much about it, but the towers will border it.


http://cdn.brownstoner.com/brownston...k-map-0410.jpg
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2010...lp-design-wil/



http://ny.curbed.com/uploads/WilloughbySquare-2.jpg
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/0...rking.php#more


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chris08876 Mar 4, 2015 12:20 AM
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Credit: towerpower123

NYguy Mar 4, 2015 12:38 AM
This one easily gets forgotten about, but it will be a similar development to CityPoint accross the street.

NYguy Mar 12, 2015 2:13 PM
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/159419441/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/159419443/original.jpg

hunser Mar 12, 2015 2:25 PM
^ Height cut? :shrug:

NYguy Mar 12, 2015 2:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hunser (Post 6947967)
^ Height cut? :shrug:
Looks like it, although it could be just temporary filing. We'll see. For now it says 35 floors, 390 ft.

sbarn Mar 12, 2015 2:47 PM
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Originally Posted by NYguy (Post 6947996)
Looks like it, although it could be just temporary filing. We'll see. For now it says 35 floors, 390 ft.
Bummer man.

Gantz Mar 12, 2015 3:19 PM
This is weird, its in a good location as well. I wonder if just selling this plot of land to some other developer is more profitable than building a stump?

chris08876 Mar 12, 2015 3:23 PM
Definitely a reduction from the original 750k sq ft. Seems like a missed opportunity. It could be a temp filing, but if its true, then this is a wasted opportunity.

I do have a suspicion this isn't the final dimensions for this tower. The demand is there, and hopefully they don't undercut themselves.

NYguy Mar 12, 2015 4:59 PM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 6948084)
Definitely a reduction from the original 750k sq ft. Seems like a missed opportunity. It could be a temp filing, but if its true, then this is a wasted opportunity.

I do have a suspicion this isn't the final dimensions for this tower. The demand is there, and hopefully they don't undercut themselves.

I was wondering about that because even the original building permit has the new information. Maybe they were contemplationg purchasing additional air rights which went to someone else (Extell, JDS) or maybe they sold some rights themselves, which wouldn't make sense. Or maybe they are going for a multi (2 or more) tower development like CityPoint accross the street. The first few floors will still be retail, but I haven't scrutinized the dimensions of the lot to see if it's still the same.

Or maybe things aren't complete, and they're just moving along to get the permit so work can begin. We know the JDS tower doesn't reflect what we think it will ultimately, as is the case with other initial filings.

hunser Mar 30, 2015 12:55 PM
Massive height cut ... :(

http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/03/420...ries-tall.html

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But now, the SLCE-designed building seems to have been shortened dramatically. The tower’s floor count has been reduced from 65 stories down to 35, and its height has seen a drop from 679 feet to 389 feet.
Too bad, since this area needs some height.

chris08876 Mar 30, 2015 9:15 PM
NEW YORK | 420 Albee Square | 389 FT | 35 FLOORS

chris08876 Apr 1, 2015 10:18 PM
Demo Planned for Underground Railroad Stop to Make Way for Now-Shorter Downtown Tower

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The tall tower JEMB Realty is developing at 420 Albee Square in Downtown Brooklyn will be a mere 35 stories instead of 65, according to the latest permit filings, first spied by New York YIMBY. Meanwhile, we see the developer just closed on an adjacent site with a historically significant building on it and is planning a demolition.

An old three-story 19th century wood frame building at 233 Duffield Street is one of three historic stops on the Underground Railroad on the block the Landmarks Preservation Commission tried to save from demolition back in 2007, as we reported at the time.

It’s still standing, and JEMB Realty closed on it in January for the eye-popping price of $7,250,000. A demo permit was filed earlier this month but has not yet been approved.

We’re guessing plans for the tower at 4290 Albee Square might have shrunk because the developer failed to buy adjacent land or air rights it was planning on. Or maybe other factors came into play. Jemb owns three contiguous lots behind 420 Albee Square, including 233 Duffield Street.

Other details of the tower have also decreased: The number of apartments will be 248, rather than 620, and total square feet will be 232,375, down from 751,548 square feet, YIMBY reported.

Under the old plans, 420 Albee Square would have been one of the tallest in the borough, although not the tallest. That honor currently goes to 388 Bridge Street, and will likely soon be surpassed by the 800-foot-tall tower in the works at 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension.
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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015...-frontpage-top

chris08876 May 13, 2015 9:33 PM
Good news as on site renderings where posted, and some more equipment is on the site. For now, nothing major has occurred, but they seem on track to start it sometime this summer.

chris08876 Sep 8, 2015 1:28 AM
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVJRZjhBJh...0/SAM_4071.JPG
Credit: Towerpower123

chris08876 Nov 9, 2015 10:47 PM
Good day for Brooklyn. :)

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Downtown Brooklyn Is Finally Getting A New Office Building At 420 Albee Square

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The city’s Economic Development Corporation has announced plans to develop Downtown Brooklyn’s first new office building since the neighborhood was rezoned in 2004. The new development at 420 Albee Square will bring 400,000 square feet of commercial space to a site across the street from City Point, between Willoughby and Fulton Streets.

“Office vacancy rates [here] are at 3%, essentially functional zero,” explained deputy Mayor Alicia Glen at a press conference for the project this afternoon. “And that shortage will definitely impede the momentum we’ve seen going on around here…We’re trying to take a series of measures to make sure that the heat of the residential market doesn’t undermine the ability of this neighborhood to be a major generator of jobs.”

Plans for 420 Albee Square were first filed over a year ago. They initially called for a 65-story tower with 650 apartments and over 270,000 square feet of commercial space on the lower floors. Another round of applications scaled the building down to 35 stories in March, and those plans detailed a 232,000-square-foot project with 248 apartments and 36,500 square feet of commercial space on the first four stories.

Now the city has persuaded the site’s developer, JEMB, to switch the development to office space. After this afternoon’s press conference, EDC president Marisa Torres Springer explained, “We sold 120,000 square feet of air rights in order to make this project happen.” The city also sold 3,000 square feet of land. Ultimately, JEMB paid $15,500,000 for both, according to an EDC spokesman.

The development rights and the property came from Willoughby Square, a public plaza planned on top of an underground parking garage on Willoughby Street between Gold and Duffield Streets. The city sold the air rights for the one-acre green space, but it still plans to build the plaza.

Kohn Pedersen Fox will design the project, but SLCE was the architect of record on the most recent building applications. Plans for the new office building have not yet been filed.
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http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/11/dow...ee-square.html

Crawford Nov 10, 2015 1:41 AM
Looks pretty good. Nice to have some office towers mixed in with the new residential and hotels.

Mods should change thread title to 600 ft.

chris08876 Nov 10, 2015 2:38 AM
Extra rendering I forgot to add.


Also an extra article on the tower: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/articl...ding-long-last

http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...-nighttime.jpg

NYguy Nov 10, 2015 3:25 AM
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Plans for 420 Albee Square were first filed over a year ago. They initially called for a 65-story tower with 650 apartments and over 270,000 square feet of commercial space on the lower floors. Another round of applications scaled the building down to 35 stories in March, and those plans detailed a 232,000-square-foot project with 248 apartments and 36,500 square feet of commercial space on the first four stories.

Now the city has persuaded the site’s developer, JEMB, to switch the development to office space.

This is big news, because the rezonings of downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City were done to encourage office development in those areas, but residential has been eating away pretty much all new development in either place.


Quote:
Manhattan-based JEMB Realty will construct a 400,000 square-foot office tower at 420 Albee Square, between Fulton and Willoughby streets—a development the administration said is part of its goal of meeting the demand citywide for 60 million square feet of office space expected during the next decade.


http://www.nycedc.com/press-release/...-local-leaders


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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer. “This project is yet another step in the push to create a new commercial business district in Downtown Brooklyn that goes back to the Group of 35 Report I commission over 10 years ago. Tech is booming in Brooklyn – and these are businesses that only want to grow in Brooklyn – Brooklyn is in their DNA. We must make sure adequate commercial space exists to allow continued job growth. Kudos to Mayor de Blasio for this forward thinking development and the larger goal of adding 3.1 million square feet of new office space in Downtown Brooklyn.”

And praise from the CB...


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"With a vacancy rate of 3.5 percent in Downtown Brooklyn, the building that is planned cannot be built fast enough," said Community Board 2 Chairperson Shirley A. McRae. "The community board hopes this is the first of several new commercial buildings."


Tallest office building in Brooklyn...


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...e-demand-rises

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New York City officials announced plans for what may be Brooklyn’s tallest building, a 600-foot (180-meter) office tower in the borough’s downtown.

...If completed today, the building would be the tallest in Brooklyn, said Elie Gamburg, the senior designer for the project with the architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. There are a number of residential projects under consideration that may end up taller, he said.
At 600 feet, the new office tower would surpass 388 Bridge St., a 590-foot apartment tower completed last year in downtown Brooklyn, according to research firm Emporis.com. For decades, the borough’s tallest office tower, at 512 feet, had been 1 Hanson Place, a 1929 building that was converted to apartments about 10 years ago.

NYguy Nov 11, 2015 1:08 AM
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015...cial-building/


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With much fanfare, city officials and developer Jemb Realty Monday officially announced a 35-story commercial building to be built at 420 Albee Square. The announcement was heavy on prepared statements of support from local politicians but light on the details, such as when construction might start or end. The building was no secret, however, as permits were filed in March.

At 35 stories and with 400,000 square feet of office and retail space, the building will be one of Brooklyn’s tallest. It is part of a trend of skyscrapers coming to downtown that includes a planned 1,000-foot tower at 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension next to beloved Brooklyn icon Junior’s Cheesecake.



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http://cdn.brownstoner.com/wp-conten...ee-square1.jpg



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTY4EgaUAAAa3DA.jpg:large
https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams/stat...630464/photo/1


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https://twitter.com/NYCEDC





http://nypost.com/2015/11/10/firm-re...lest-building/

Firm reveals plans for Brooklyn’s tallest building

By Rich Calder
November 10, 2015


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City officials and developer Morris Bailey of JEMB Realty unveiled plans Monday to build a 40-story, 600-foot-high tower with 400,000 square feet of office space at 420 Albee Square in the heart of downtown Brooklyn.

The project, which is expected to break ground next year and be completed by 2018, would surpass a 590-foot-high residential tower at 388 Bridge St. in height — although other Brooklyn projects in the pipeline could potentially be taller, including a 1,000-foot-high mixed-use building proposed for 340 Flatbush Ave. Extension.


https://thenypost.files.wordpress.co...trip=all&w=945



http://blog.archpaper.com/2015/11/kp.../#.VkKWc1WrTDc


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/161822390/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/161822391/original.jpg

Eidolon Nov 11, 2015 9:06 AM
It's a pretty nice tower! I just wish it would have been 200 feet taller.....

NYguy Nov 11, 2015 1:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Eidolon (Post 7231228)
It's a pretty nice tower! I just wish it would have been 200 feet taller.....
Perhaps if this had been in Manhattan where there is more demand, it would have been. But it's a start, and Brooklyn needs the office space.

But this is what I have been saying about New York's office buildings, and the need to continually build. It's a city that just can't rely on office stock built over 50 years ago, and why sometimes older buildings have to get demolished. Our buildings aren't just here for show.


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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.

“This project is yet another step in the push to create a new commercial business district in Downtown Brooklyn that goes back to the Group of 35 Report I commission over 10 years ago. Tech is booming in Brooklyn – and these are businesses that only want to grow in Brooklyn – Brooklyn is in their DNA. We must make sure adequate commercial space exists to allow continued job growth. Kudos to Mayor de Blasio for this forward thinking development and the larger goal of adding 3.1 million square feet of new office space in Downtown Brooklyn.”
3.1 msf is just a drop in the bucket overall citywide, but it's a significant amount of new office space added to Downtown Brooklyn where a lot of residential development is taking place. I wonder what other developers in the area the city can or will target for a "flip".

NYguy Feb 12, 2016 8:17 PM
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories...-02-19-bk.html

Report: Brooklyn in midst of high-end office building boom

BY LAUREN GILL
February 12, 2015


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Brooklyn is no longer Manhattan’s back office!

Developers are erecting high-end office buildings across the borough, and real estate experts say big companies are now rushing to relocate inside them so they can tap into the local talent pool — bucking Kings County’s image as a place to stash away support staff in cheap digs

.....Demand is so high, some developers are ditching their plans for luxury residential towers to create swanky office complexes instead.

In October, Glacier Global Partners abandoned a condominium project inside a Dumbo waterfront warehouse to fit it out for businesses. And the next month, Jemb Realty announced it was scrapping a planned apartment building Downtown — which boasts some of the lowest vacancy rates in the city — to create a 40-story commercial building.

Jemb claims businesses are now beating down its door to snag space in its Albee Square West building — the first new office tower to rise Downtown in more than a decade — when it opens in 2018.

“They want us to build faster and they’re very excited to get in there,” said president Jacob Jerome.

Jerome says around 80 percent of the businesses looking at the building are creative companies hoping to move out of the overcrowded Manhattan market to the borough many of their employees call home.

“People want to live and work in Brooklyn,” he said.



http://citybizlist.com/media/images/...9287_11506.jpg
http://newyork.citybizlist.com/artic...a-office-tower

NYguy Apr 26, 2016 8:57 PM
http://www.realestatearts.com/Renderings


http://payload64.cargocollective.com...ts-REA_670.jpg

chris08876 Jun 14, 2016 11:56 PM
Nevermind

JSsocal Jun 14, 2016 11:59 PM
^That's actually a different building directly next to 420 Albee Sq. Confused me too the first time I saw it.

chris08876 Jun 15, 2016 12:01 AM
Awwwwwww....... damn.

Thats a buzz kill. :(

I was like jesus, did this fly under the radar. :haha:

Yeah that's the problem that arises with so many construction or towers planned right next to each other. In many cases, on the same block.

Can anybody verify that this is above the ground though?

NYguy Sep 13, 2016 12:50 AM
https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news...brooklyn-65032

JEMB AND FOREST CITY RATNER TO TEAM UP TO BRING NEW OFFICE TOWER TO DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

Sep 12, 2016
Benjamin Mazzara

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According to Forest City Ratner CEO MaryAnne Gilmartin, One Willoughby will be the first modern office tower in Downtown Brooklyn since Forest City’s own Metrotech Center and the first speculative ground-up office development in Downtown Brooklyn in decades. As developer and minority partner, Forest City will take an equity stake in the project, which was announced late last year as part of the city's efforts to make Downtown Brooklyn the anchor of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle.

Potential new design...


http://therealdeal.com/2016/09/12/fo...-office-tower/

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JEMB, led by Morris Bailey, bought the development site on Willoughby Street in 2014 for $38.5 million and quickly ratcheted up plans to construct a 620-unit, 700-foot residential building. But a logjam of residential buildings coming to market and the city’s subsequent $15.5 million sale of 120,000 square feet of air rights and 3,000 square feet of land next door last year convinced JEMB to change tack.

Now, a partner with significant interest in ground-up office construction has focused the project even further, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“Morris’ team was open to sitting down and looking at the project anew,” MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and CEO of Forest City Ratner, told the Journal.

The partners haven’t yet determined the budget or design but are looking to secure an anchor tenant, Gilmartin said. Forest City Ratner is a minority equity partner on 420 Albee, but the size of its stake is unclear. Construction is expected to begin in 2017.

chris08876 Apr 7, 2017 2:19 AM
I kinda wish this would be Brooklyn's tallest or at least a 2nd tallest. Has a very 181 Fremont vibe going on (San Francisco). Would surely complement 9 Dekalb.

NYguy Apr 7, 2017 3:22 AM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 7765197)
I kinda wish this would be Brooklyn's tallest or at least a 2nd tallest. Has a very 181 Fremont vibe going on (San Francisco). Would surely complement 9 Dekalb.
I doubt it would be tallest, but who knows what they will do. They may want something with a little "flair" of their own.


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The partners haven’t yet determined the budget or design but are looking to secure an anchor tenant

chris08876 Apr 30, 2017 2:57 PM
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2825/3...5a65c997_b.jpg
Credit: Tectonic

Zerton May 1, 2017 5:59 PM
I like it! It looks somewhat similar to Times Square Tower.

http://i.imgur.com/F197wnF.jpg

Source: http://www.turnerconstruction.com/ex...s-square-tower

chris08876 Jun 22, 2017 11:01 PM
IDEALLY LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN TECH TRIANGLE

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f...fc6674b26.webp

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f...1d1da9e17.webp
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One Willoughby Square will be a 505,000 square-foot best-in-class boutique office tower built to the highest architectural standards. The Property will feature a unique and elegant façade integrating glass and pre-cast panels as well as two set-backs creating the illusion that sections of the building are floating. Development will combine the highest quality design, construction, interior finishing, as well as feature one of Downtown Brooklyn’s premium amenity packages. Soaring 36 stories above the city, One Willoughby Square will be among the tallest structures in Brooklyn, providing panoramic 360-degree sight-lines of New York Harbor, the Lower Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn.

Furthermore, the Property will benefit from its strategic location adjacent to a planned underground parking garage and one-acre Willoughby Square Park which also serves as a building amenity and provides the lower floors of the Property with park views and permanently protected light and air.

JEMB Realty’s One Willoughby Square will be the first speculative ground-up office development project in Downtown Brooklyn in decades. Construction of this major venture is expected to get underway in the fourth quarter of 2016.
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http://www.jembrealty.net/development

chris08876 Jun 27, 2017 10:44 PM
New architect and concept supposedly for this development.

NYguy Jun 28, 2017 1:25 AM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 7847721)
New architect and concept supposedly for this development.
I was expecting something different ever since they brought in a new partner.


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“Morris’ team was open to sitting down and looking at the project anew,” MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and CEO of Forest City Ratner, told the Journal.

The partners haven’t yet determined the budget or design but are looking to secure an anchor tenant, Gilmartin said.
Either way, it's a development that Downtown Brooklyn needs. More office space in the core.

Hudson11 Jun 28, 2017 2:17 AM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 7847721)
New architect and concept supposedly for this development.
http://newyorkyimby.com/2017/06/reve...ice-tower.html

chris08876 Jul 27, 2017 11:16 PM
Anticipated Downtown Brooklyn office building advances with six-story school in tow

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New details have emerged on the planned office building at 420 Albee Square in Downtown Brooklyn, which was first announced in 2015. The city has now officially sold the 3,132-square-foot parcel of land to JEMB Realty, which will allow it to move forward on a 450,000-square-foot office and school building, the first ground-up office development in Downtown Brooklyn since the 2004 rezoning of the neighborhood. :cheers:

JEMB Realty was announced to develop the site two years ago, but little news has emerged on the project since. Last fall, news emerged that JEMB was partnering with Forest City Ratner on this project, but it’s not yet clear if that is still the case.

What we do know so far is that JEMB plans to build an office building with 380,000 square feet of commercial space, retail on the ground floor, and a 300-seat school. This school will take up the first six floors of the building, and have a separate entrance on Albee Square West.

“We’re bringing long-awaited office space and a school to Downtown Brooklyn, complementing the swell of City investment and new development the neighborhood is seeing,” James Patchett, the president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the agency that sold the property to JEMB, said in a statement.

JEMB will combine an adjacent 18,000-square-foot property with the one at 420 Albee Square to create what it’s calling One Willoughby Square. Previously Kohn Pedersen Fox was attached to design the building, but they’re no longer on this project, and a new architect has yet to be revealed. Back in 2014, this site was slated for a 65-story residential building, but those plans were scrapped for the office building.
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NYCurbed

chris08876 Sep 7, 2017 2:23 PM
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chris08876 Sep 26, 2017 11:52 PM
Permits Filed For Office Tower At 420 Albee Square, Downtown Brooklyn

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After several design iterations, it appears that work is finally set to begin on a new office tower at 420 Albee Square, in Downtown Brooklyn. What was originally expected to become the borough’s tallest residential tower saw a substantial downgrade in expectations when revised permits were filed in March of 2015, only for the shift to office to be announced in November of the same year. FXFowle is listed as the architect on the latest version, which will rise 36 floors and 495 feet to its rooftop.

Applications filed with the DOB show that the tower’s total construction area will measure 385,460 square feet. Within that, there will be six stories of community facility space for a school totaling 60,656 square, topped by the offices, which will measure 324,804 square feet. There will also be “data & electrical closest” alongside the primary uses.

The filings appear to match a rendering that YIMBY first featured back in June, though official images have yet to be released for the latest version of One Willoughby Square. The rendered program also shows a setback matching the one made obvious in the new Schedule A for the project, after the fifth floor.

Whether the most recent rendering is up to date remains to be confirmed, but in any case, the 495-foot-tall tower will hardly be high-impact on the overall Brooklyn skyline, a statement that would not have been true only ten years ago. It will still be somewhat bulkier than most of the tallest residential skyscrapers, but imminent projects like JDS’ supertall at 9 DeKalb and Extell’s 697-foot CityPoint, which will rise right across the street, will be far taller.

In any case, One Willoughby Square will still be an overwhelmingly beneficial infill development. Completion is likely by 2020, and JEMB Realty is the site’s developer, alongside the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Per the EDC’s website, the project will create 1,100 permanent jobs and 1,000 construction jobs, while the school will have 300 seats.
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NYY

chris08876 Nov 18, 2017 12:54 PM
The Plan: Downtown Brooklyn’s Classic Yet Modern One Willoughby Square

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6If-...ing_View.0.jpg

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So FXFOWLE is designing a ground-up 500,000-square-foot office building in Downtown Brooklyn for JEMB Realty and Forest City New York that already comes with a big dose of old manufacturing plant essence.

“No one is going to mistake this building for an old building. It’s got a modern vocabulary,” Dan Kaplan, a senior partner at FXFOWLE, told Commercial Observer about One Willoughby Square (a.k.a. 420 Albee Square). “But it’s rooted in what I think are the most classical New York-type buildings. Buildings that really started their lives as factories and lofts and feel very modern, but it wants to feel of its place as well. It wants to feel rooted in Brooklyn as opposed to something that is in Hudson Yards or Shanghai. It’s a reaction versus the all-glass building.”

Instead of all-glass curtain wall, FXFOWLE will is creating the structure with factory-style windows to flood it with light. Also, the mechanicals, elevators and bathrooms of the building will be stuck on the side of the tower (rather than its center) so each floor will be even less unencumbered by walls.

The exterior of the building will feature glazed-blue bricks with a pleated pattern inspired from the nearby Belltel Lofts building at 365 Bridge Street. And the concrete floors will be virtually column-free, with a wide open plan and 14-foot high ceilings, which will be already exposed.

JEMB brought aboard JLL’s Mitchell Konsker, Howard Hersch and Brett Harvey to handle marketing spaces in the building, which is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2021. The New York City School Construction Authority has already leased the second through sixth floors of the building comprising 87,000 square feet for a new 300-seat school, as CO previously reported. The school will have a separate entrance from the office component.

A recurring feature in FXFOWLE projects is an abundance of outdoor space, and One Willoughby will just be another such project. Every other floor in the building will have an outdoor balcony. In addition, there are three “super floors” that will have 18-foot ceilings heights and terraces and loggias.

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NYguy Dec 20, 2017 3:37 PM
https://nypost.com/2017/12/19/archit...r-it-designed/

Architecture firm falls in love with tower it designed


https://thenypost.files.wordpress.co...trip=all&w=457

By Lois Weiss
December 19, 2017


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The architecture firm FXFOWLE will be moving its offices to the new building it designed for JEMB Realty at One Willoughby Sq. in Brooklyn.

Currently located in Chelsea, the architects will be housed in 40,000 square feet on the seventh through ninth floors of the 36-story project on Duffield Street.

When completed in 2021, the base of the building will house a new 300-seat school in 87,000 square feet on the second through sixth floors that will have its own entrance on Albee Square West.

To construct the school, the NYC School Construction Authority sold a site to JEMB, which then bought adjacent parcels to accommodate the side-core tower.

The setback on top of the school also enables FXFOWLE to have a sprawling 20-foot-by-150-foot terrace on its seventh floor. It will use this for gatherings and relaxation, but it will also provide a spot to test out plants for green roofs and mock-ups for designs as well as allow the firm to check out materials in natural light.


Now located in an old Garment District-like loft space at 22 W. 19th St., the architects are known for their environmentally friendly designs. Projects include 3 Hudson Blvd., 11 Times Sq. and the green roof at the Javits Convention Center.

The new One Willoughby Sq. will be the first newly built Class A office tower in the borough in many years.

“The more we thought about it, the more it dawned on us that we are the tenants,” said Dan Kaplan of FXFOWLE. “At first, it was a creative enterprise — for instance, if we were occupying the space, what would we want? Then, if we were occupying it, transitioned into, this could be a great home for us.”

Every other floor will have balconies while four “superfloors” have 18-foot-high ceilings and either terraces or loggias — outdoor spaces carved into the building — that will overlook the Willoughby Square Park.

"We wanted to create something with shadow and texture but had a reference to the grit of historical Brooklyn,” explained Kaplan, who didn’t think that the area called for a glass, curtain-wall tower.

The tower’s wavy, navy- blue brick façade is also an homage to architect Ralph Walker, Kaplan said, and echoes the bricks at the nearby Belltel Lofts.

Andrew Weiss of Signature Partners represented FXFOWLE in the 15-year deal.

Although a JLL team is handling leasing, this transaction was arranged by the building’s developer, Morris Bailey, chairman and founder of JEMB. “We’re very happy at the signing of our lease with FXFOWLE,” said Bailey.

Asking rents for the remaining floors start at $65 per square foot. The building is targeted for a 2021 delivery.

colemonkee Dec 20, 2017 5:56 PM
Oh man, is that a huge blank wall going up the entire right side of the tower in that last render? If so, that's something even a mother would have a tough time loving.

NYguy Dec 21, 2017 3:16 AM
https://ny.curbed.com/2017/12/20/168...wle-skyscraper


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Design-mind Dec 23, 2017 2:05 AM
Wow I love the blue. I am hoping this will be ceramic tile or another quality material.

Just saw that it is glazed blue bricks. That is a great design.

chris08876 Dec 23, 2017 4:59 PM
I'm kinda not a fan of the current design. The older one by KPF Architects was top notch. Granted a filler is a filler, but the KPF would have added a nice touch to DoBro with its 181 Fremont vibe.

In the end, it is what it is. Another skyscraper for the area.

chris08876 Mar 21, 2018 12:38 PM
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Credit: Tectonic


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