More hotels for Duffield Street

Brooklyn Eagle

City Point gets a well need push from Mayor Bloomberg

The Bloomberg administration has picked the City Point project--to redevelop Albee Square Mall--to receive $20 million in tax-exempt bonds financed by the federal stimulus program

Willoughby Windows installation Began Today

If you were walking down Willoughby Street today, between Bridge Street and Duffield Street, you would have seen the transformation begining. The Willoughby Windows installation has begun. Finally, something to bring life to a street that has been dead for a while. In speaking with on of the organizers, Alison of Ad hoc art (www.adhocart.org), I found out that there will be some festivites around the installation of the remaining store fronts. It will be from 9am to 6pm. Also, the big party will be July 10th. Expect to see guest DJs and people on stilts. More info to come. I'll be sure to keep people posted.

Finally, the eye sores are coming down on Duffield (Duffield Street Underground)

Avalon Buying Bridge Street Properties

Image credit (Brownstoner.com)

$40 Million for Downtown Lots

Bring on the Glass

United American Land seems to be moving forward. Within the last month, they have acquired the air rights to the property borderd by Willoughby, Bridge, Duffield and the Fulton Mall. This is directly accros the street from Belltel. The only building that will remain is 505 Fulton due to its landmark status (that's the Conway).There are some interesting renderings on their website. No arguements here. I'm lovin the glass.


ULA United American Land LLC

V3 Hotel, at 237 Duffield St, will have it's groundbreaking today.

image McBrooklyn)
Brought to my attention by our friends at McBrooklyn
, groundbreaking will be set for 10:45 am today. Apparently, they will be tossing indigo colored paint all over the place. It will also be known as the Hotel Indigo, hence the choice of color. If anyone gets pictures of this, let me know.

A 'Splashy' First Look at 'Hotel Indigo' in Downtown Brooklyn; Yes, They're Throwing Paint All Over The Place (McBrooklyn)

V3 Hotel Indigo at the former VIM (Belltellofts)

The Sheraton & the Aloft are on there way up.

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At 222 Duffield Street, the construction has begun on the Sheraton & the Aloft. apparently, the are sharing the same building split down the middle. This should be up in no time. These 2 floors went up very quickly.

On Duffield Street, Two Stories Down, 23 to Go (Brownstoner)

Non profits being sought for commemoration of Abolitionists movement (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

V3 Hotel Indigo at the former VIM

The V3,designed by Karl Fischer, will be built to accommodate 90,000 sq ft. that's 180 “high-end, amenity rich” rooms.

"The 180-room new hotel is one of at least seven planned for Downtown Brooklyn. On Oct. 31, the Eagle broke the news about the new Holiday Inn planned for 300 Schermerhorn St. (see list below). At a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce forum on Oct. 16, moderator Joe Chan, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, reported that there are 1,250 hotel rooms currently under development in Downtown Brooklyn. The list of hotel rooms that follows raises that total to 1,950 and it doesn’t include the 100-200 hotel rooms that have been discussed for Brooklyn Bridge Park, near Pier 1; or the 48 rooms — in the works for some time — at 262-276 Atlantic Ave. near Boerum Place, which so far have been denied a variance.

Known Hotels in Development

• The Smith, 75 Smith St., 93 rooms. Boymelgreen Developers and Meltzer/Mandl Architects.
• 32-38 Nevins St., 180-200 rooms. McSam Hotel Group with Michael Kang Architect.
• Cambria Suites 75 Schermerhorn St., 300 rooms. Choice Hotels and Perkins Eastman Architects.
• Hotel Indigo, 237 Duffield, 180 rooms. V3 Hotel Management and Karl Fischer Architect.
• Holiday Inn, 300 Schermerhorn, 250 rooms. Tyler Hospitality and Gene Kaufman Architect.
• NY Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge Expansion, 333 Adams St., 280 rooms (already open). Muss Development and William B. Tabler Architects.
• Sheraton/Aloft, 216 Duffield, 500 rooms combined. The Lam Group and Gene Kaufman Architects.
• Atlantic Yards’ Miss Brooklyn, 150 rooms. Forest City Ratner and Frank Gehry Architect." (Brooklyn Daily Eagle excerpt)

Downtown Brooklyn to See Yet Another Major Hotel (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

237 Duffield goes for 9.5 Million

Duffield Street Hotel Site Sells for $9.5 Mil
(brownstoner)

Parking lot up the block is on the market for $10.8 million

$10M-Plus Plot Becomes Development Opportunity (Globe St.com)

Today, It's more likely that Duffield homes will be taken by Eminent Domian

City Gets Go-Ahead To Seize Duffield Homes, Financial Services Firm (Brooklyn Daily Eagle