# NEW YORK | One Willoughby Square (420 Albee Sq) | 540 FT | 36 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Completed\ **Created:** [July 24, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537 "2014-07-24T02:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/22 "2017-09-28T18:55:52Z")
> **[Permits Filed for Office Tower at 420 Albee Square, Downtown Brooklyn - New...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2017/09/permits-filed-for-office-tower-at-420-albee-square-downtown-brooklyn.html)** > > YIMBY has the latest news on the 36-story office tower by FXFOWLE Architects coming to One Willoughby Square, at 420 Albee Square, in Downtown brooklyn ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/23 "2017-11-15T20:02:03Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/4/b4217614266fe5a894a26d9a2909dfcddb72fb88.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/1/516f8e19328b10a15b13bae12d383d69fd6ca565.jpeg) > **[First look at Downtown Brooklyn’s forthcoming 500-foot office tower](https://ny.curbed.com/2017/11/15/16657146/downtown-brooklyn-skyscraper-fxfowle-albee-square)** > > Two years after it was first announced the first renderings for a 495-foot office tower rising in Downtown Brooklyn have appeared. ---
**Author:** ![DragonLearner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/dragonlearner/32/4142_2.png) [@DragonLearner](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/DragonLearner)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/24 "2017-11-15T20:07:22Z")
Very nice and very impressive! ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/25 "2017-12-05T06:56:12Z")
i think YIMBY posted this rendering before replacing it in an article. It looks an iteration of, or possibly is, the \*FXFowle design if the facade is anything to go by. The rendering resurfaced here: [Forest City, with partner, seeking $60M in EB-5 funds for Downtown Brooklyn office tower (model for Site 5?)](https://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2016/12/forest-city-with-partner-seeking-60m-in.html) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/d/ddc2dd848af0c0b9439ab13023875994d420e6af.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/26 "2017-12-20T20:34:58Z")
looks like it was. > **[Downtown Brooklyn’s 495-foot skyscraper will have its own architect as anchor...](https://ny.curbed.com/2017/12/20/16801554/downtown-brooklyn-willoughby-square-fxfowle-skyscraper)** > > The firm will take 40,000 square feet at One Willoughby Square. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/0/f033afe0aeae03650cf894ab641b6605aa6e853c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/27 "2018-02-21T13:29:50Z")
Huh, so the giant site to the north on willoughby will be a park from that last render? Or will that site end up being another building eventually? Yesterday from city point. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/c/3c03e27b62beada9bd1ee9a97f11655c12a5cff6.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/e/1e85a817839dc0381fe74306d2149413ec774a05.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/28 "2018-02-21T17:27:29Z")
It’s supposed to be a park with a parking lot below if I remember correctly. Maybe it will pay for park maintenance but I don’t know why they’re encouraging more cars in the city. ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/29 "2018-03-20T19:38:59Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/a/6a6490764262a038e160fb1fe347e2f49ac507aa.jpeg) Tec ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/30 "2018-03-21T22:19:04Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/b/4b506783b168919f94448459e97bcf0917e6b357.jpeg) Tec ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/31 "2018-04-03T17:31:20Z")
[https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/construction-begins-brooklyn039s-tallest-office-building-one-willoughby-square/16882](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/construction-begins-brooklyn039s-tallest-office-building-one-willoughby-square/16882) ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/32 "2018-05-12T12:33:25Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/5/75a7310e2c221ec2c6b1fe72827ef843ea04bce3.jpeg) Tec ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/33 "2018-06-19T03:43:17Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/0/800e82e01bd7e4de77c91bbb941ea6403283b17d.jpeg) Tec ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/34 "2018-08-31T18:45:08Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/7/571935369a4afe255bd71ab2706e88e318cd2e04.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/2/92865e12170176952aacee1db7b6fc67fb67d2d0.jpeg) Tec ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/35 "2018-09-09T13:59:49Z")
Yesterday. Foundation and rebar on the duffield side now. No movement on the park/garage. Guess that is still in limbo. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/9/e93293f61d747301a4af52435465049d1bafa8e0.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/2/124d4548de0bf40b2f2a21ccefd833c4480f119a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bkhights](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@bkhights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bkhights)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/36 "2018-10-26T13:00:41Z")
![IMG_3061](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/3/d338d69dbd88c629b3180eecb69ae5cf476fb37f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/37 "2018-11-05T19:58:43Z")
One Willoughby Square Begins Ascent Towards 495-Foot Pinnacle In Downtown Brooklyn ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/f/8f71dbfdfbe8db3e1b1418d81ead471a9cc0a22a.jpeg) > Dozens of construction workers are quickly laying steel rebar and concrete for the foundations and lower floors of One Willoughby Square in Downtown Brooklyn. Located at 420 Albee Square, the 34-story, 495-foot-tall, 500,000 square foot Class-A office tower is being developed by JEMB and designed by FX Collaborative. It broke ground in February, and sits directly across the street from the City Point residential and retail complex to the west. > > A line of trucks stand back to back waiting to pour the concrete for the lower floors of the building. Willoughby Square Park, designed by Hargreaves Associates, and the building’s underground parking garage will sit on the northern end of the property. For the moment, construction has not yet begun on those components. > > The retaining walls for the building’s perimeter were built around the 19-story Hotel Indigo, completed before One Willoughby Square started construction. It sits on its own isolated block within the 18,000-square foot rectangular property of One Willoughby Square. As a result, the new skyscraper had to incorporate a T-shaped layout in order to build around the hotel without wasting land value and potential office square footage. > > 420 Albee Square will be covered with wrap-around ribbon glass windows, reflective column panels, and a sleek dark blue paneling atop the perimeter of each floor. Two outdoor terraces divide the building into thirds, and another, the largest of the trio, will sit atop of the six-story podium, serving as the main setback for the tower. # ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/a/2acf6042184224ca13e4cb516d6c8eb23735941b.jpeg) [NYY](https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/11/one-willoughby-square-begins-ascent-towards-495-foot-pinnacle-in-downtown-brooklyn.html) ---
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Crane assembly ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/7/37783e5663cec2c71f8a67b326d6d49fe71fd889.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/39 "2019-01-29T19:50:00Z")
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**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/40 "2019-02-05T17:29:40Z")
this stinks, no more park. > **[Grass dismissed: City abandons deal with developer of Willoughby Square Park...](https://www.brooklynpaper.com/grass-dismissed-city-abandons-deal-with-developer-of-willoughby-square-park-and-garage/)** > > A plan hatched more than a decade ago to build a new green space above a high-tech parking facility on Willoughby Street Downtown is officially dead, according to city officials, who on Wednesday said they failed to close the deal with the developer... ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537/41 "2019-02-20T20:28:19Z")
> **[Office Tower Begins to Rise Next to City Point in Increasingly Dense Downtown...](https://www.brownstoner.com/neighborhood/downtown-brooklyn/brooklyn-development-420-albee-square-one-willoughby-downtown-brooklyn-office-commercial/)** > > The building will eventually reach 35 stories and will be dedicated to office space, a school and retail. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/a/fa2f91bc75d447729fedafeee67ecf2812cc9a12.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/9/893729e3e4b92ed706956480b8337be20d7d6653.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-willoughby-square-420-albee-sq-540-ft-36-floors/537.md?page=3)