Union Crossing at 825 East 141st Street in Port Morris (Woods Bagot)
Move over Bushwick, Sunset Park and Long Island City, the city’s next creative office hub is blossoming in the Bronx—specifically the neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Hunts Point. One pioneering venture coming to the area by mid-2018 is Union Crossing at 825 East 141st Street. The office development will bring to market more than 275,000 square feet of office and studio space with retail on the ground floor.
The creative enclave is being developed through a partnership between Madison Realty Capital, The Altmark Group, The Bluestone Group, and Galil Management. The team acquired the site in 2016 for $44 million (Bronx Times) from the New York-based Union Standard Equipment Company. The 8-story building is bound by the Bruckner Expressway and Amtrak’s Hell Gate Line, which Metro-North will utilize when it adds four new Bronx stops to its New Haven line over the next few years, including one in Hunt’s Point - just north of Union Crossing. Additionally, the 6 train’s East 143rd Street-St. Mary’s Street station is two blocks away and Willow Avenue’s burgeoning art and manufacturing corridor is nearby.
Location map and surround amenities
Recently, the team launched an official website marketing the spaces, saying the hub is being
built upon the energy and entrepreneurial spirit of New York City’s northernmost borough and offers flexible office and studio spaces and retail amenities to the growing creative community of Port Morris. Per the site, the 8-story building was constructed as a major baking facility for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P). When the grocer moved its production outside of the city, the building became the world’s largest warehouse and rebuilding facility for food processing and packaging equipment.
Upper floor rendering (Woods Bagot)
Lobby
Beer Hall
For the building's next chapter, the developers enlisted the international firm of Woods Bagot to upgrade the infrastructure which is to include new MEP systems, passenger elevators, and windows. Flexible and expansive floor plates with ceilings of more than 20 feet are ideal for offices, maker studios and commissaries and upper floor will lend onto sweeping views of the city and its waterways.The retail spaces will be accessible from both the street and the lobby. There will also be a loading dock off Bruckner Boulevard and an oversized freight elevator servicing all floors.
Possible roof terrace
Close to the site, Silvercup Studios opened a new film studio in 2016 and a new Fresh Direct distribution center will open later this year.
Google Earth aerial showing location of the Union Crossing building (CityRealty)
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