The parade of development marches on in Downtown Brooklyn with the topping out of another high-rise rental building, 415 Red Hook Lane at the corner of Livingston Street. The tower recently topped out at 244-feet tall to its rooftop bulkhead, and is now installing sections of its composite curtain wall. Quinlan Development Group and Lonicera Partners are the developers of the 21-story building, with Ennead as the architects and CMA as the construction managers. The 108,000-square-foot structure will ultimately boast an exterior made of colorized masonry brick and window-wall glass that the team hopes will result in a playful juxtaposition of forms and reflections. CMA promises that the building’s design will compliment the triangular site it occupies and add to the character of Downtown Brooklyn.
The tower's Red Hook Lane site previously hosted four pre-war walk-ups, which were demolished starting in April of 2015. According to the blog Forgotten New York , who provides a brief history on the truncated alley, "Red Hook Lane started as a nameless native American trail that colonists found convenient enough to expand." Upon expected completion in 2017, the tower will host 93,000 square feet of residential space atop 14,000 square feet of commercial space. It will feature 108 apartments, 20% of which will be set aside for affordable housing, a decision that will enable the developers to forgo a parking garage. The tower’s average unit will span roughly 850 square feet.
The project's Downtown Brooklyn location affords residents convenient access to public transportation with the Borough Hall station less than a block away. earby is the Fulton Street Mall, the Barclays Center, City Point and Atlantic Center. Just around the corner is Shake Shack, a godsend when burgers and shakes are calling.
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