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

$40 Million for Downtown Lots

Brooklyn Seeming Somewhat Resilient in this Real Estate Downturn

(Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

Another Skyscraper growing on Flatbush. The Toren

(courtesy Brownstoner)


The Toren

SOM-designed Toren About to Hit the Market (Brownstoner.com)

Belltel Lofts in the New York Times

Belltel Lofts to have a new neighbor. That is 760,000 Sq. Ft. of new neighbors

(image courtesy of Brownstoner.com)

Downtown Brooklyn is possibly six distinct neighborhoods?

Neighborhood Names Needed For Downtown Residential Growth
(Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

City Point (replacing Albee Sq. Mall) has got a new website

(City Point)

This webite gives you the most beautiful view of what Downtown Brooklyn will look like in the not so distant future. I love the rendition of Willoughby Sq Park. What do you think?

City Point NYC

News from the rumor mill. Gracious Home in Downtown Brooklyn. Maybe.

"For decades, the area of Downtown Brooklyn between Willoughby and State streets has been a bustling center of low-end stores and fast-food restaurants. Now an influx of residents is anticipated at a handful of new luxury condo projects: BellTel Lofts at 365 Bridge Street, the conversion of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building at One Hanson Place, the Oro Condos at 306 Gold Street, and a hotel/condominium project by the same developer set to rise next door. This begs the question: Where will these upscale residents eat and shop in the area?

Higher-end retail is expected to follow the residential development eventually -- and admittedly, there are already signs of change. More affordable condo projects in the area, on Livingston and Schermerhorn streets, are expected to bring an initial wave of retail in their ground-floor spaces. Meanwhile, the home furnishings chain Gracious Home and an Apple computer store are said to be considering the ground-floor space at the Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower. But buyers in the neighborhood's luxury developments are warned that if they want to see a complete turnaround, they need to be patient." (The Real Deal)

Condo towers poised to change Downtown Brooklyn retail
(The Real Deal)

Garage on the Corner of Willoughby and Flatbush Ave is coming down. Look at what's going up.

The 650 unit residential building should be up in no time. There is also a class A office space component to this.

Development Watch: Acadia Starts Albee Demo (Brownstoner

388 Bridge Street. 360 Residential units.

(image courtsy Brownstoner)
It's more condos if you can believe it. All I can tell you is that this thing is huge in the rendering (see link below). I like the way it looks. Any thoughts?

Rendering

Development Watch: 388 Bridge Street
(Brownstoner)

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)

Brits heading to Brooklyn

Brooklyn beckons in New York property war
(Telegraph.co.uk)

31 % of buyers at Belltel Lofts are families or soon to be.

Downtown Brooklyn:
Baby Strollers, Dogwalkers on Willoughby and in MetroTech? (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)