I think the new building is nice but am disappointed by the 115’ decrease in height.
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The first phase is huge from ground level. Seeing on the rendering how large this is, I am astonished by the scale. This one is gonna be huge.
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At least we have WB savings bank tower for variety.
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The tower certainly becomes less and less interesting with each design iteration. There’s one ray of hope for me in this, though I’ll hold my enthusiasm before I see some more renderings. There’s a lovely old public school building on the corner of 3rd ave and Flatbush whose facade looked to be preserved in the original plans. I was disappointed when it looked like it would be overwhelmed by either a cantilever or new interior structure which destroyed it’s street presence. From the looks of it, there’s hope for that building to retain more of it’s contextual appearance. Which is nice, because it has an interplay with the historic architecture across the 3rd avenue. Unfortunately, it looks from this rendering that the school building at State Street will be diminished by façadism, and the infill building demolished completely. All in all though, the street presence on 3rd ave could end up being pretty nice.
I recently visited Dubai and hate to admit but the buildings I saw over there are so innovative and attractive in design. They wouldn’t dare build a square box like this.
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The skyline starts to blend together too much over there and the buildings are bland in their own way. NYC is unmatched IMO
Slave labor.
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Labor practices don’t affect design.
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It affects budget.
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Glass mock - looks like phase 2 is getting started
Good quality glass, I will assume the materials will by nice
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Alloy Development on Monday closed on $375 million in loans from Kayne Anderson Real Estate for One Third Avenue, a 583-unit tower planned for Downtown Brooklyn. Additionally, Vistria Group, in its first ground-up development, is infusing $120 million in equity and taking a majority stake in the project as a limited partner. Alloy, as general partner, will continue to lead development and is kicking in $40 million.
According to Alloy, the 730-foot tower is slated to be the world’s tallest built to passive house standards, a design method aimed at cutting energy costs through extreme insulation. The project is the second phase of “Alloy Block,” which includes the city’s first all-electric skyscraper at 505 State Street and two public schools (also passive house) at 489 State Street.
Two buildings constructed in the 1800s on State Street and Schermerhorn Street will also be incorporated into the development, and house 30,000 square feet of retail space.
Demolition work on the site began earlier this year, and the development team expects to begin construction in the fall.
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This is great news. Can’t wait for more activity in the fall
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The design has really gotten dulled down, but it satisfies my pet peeve where the original designs overwhelmed the historic buildings at the base. This is far more sensitive. Can’t wait to see it rise.
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Great post, welcome to yimby forums!
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