Earthwork is underway at 200 Douglass Street, the site of a 22-story residential tower in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Midwood Investment & Development, the 225-foot-tall structure will span 300,000 square feet and yield 270 rental units with an average scope of 750 square feet. The development will also include 19,000 square feet of retail space and 42 enclosed parking spaces. The property is bounded by Douglass Street to the north, DeGraw Street to the south, and Bond Street to the west.
The new rendering shows the eastern side of the building facing the Gowanus Canal, along with the project’s public waterfront esplanade. The building will begin with a three-story podium clad in dark gray paneling and topped with a terrace featuring light landscaping. Following a setback, the main tower will rise with a grid of floor-to-ceiling windows surrounded by light gray paneling, with a two-story grid of red paneling framing the tallest portion of the building. Shorter wings on the southern and western ends of this volume will make for an L-shaped footprint.
Excavation has begun on portions of the site since our last update in late-March, when the plot sat cleared and dormant. Multiple excavators and a piling machine are active, preparing the property for the start of foundations.
200 Douglass Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 Douglass Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 Douglass Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 Douglass Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 Douglass Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 Douglass Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The property was formerly occupied by a brick industrial building at the corner of Douglass and Bond Streets, as seen in the following Google Street View image.
192 Douglass Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn via Google Maps
The nearest subways from the ground-up development are the local F and G trains at the Bergen and Carroll Street stations to the west along Smith Street, as well as the local R train at the Union Street station to the east along 4th Avenue.
200 Douglass Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for fall 2027, as noted on site. It remains unclear how many of the units will dedicated to affordable housing.
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It would be really helpful to see a map with all of the finished, in progress and proposed developments in Gowanus and along 4th Ave. It’s hard to keep track of these, there’s so much going on.
There are 5 outstanding projects:
– Nevins Landing (Fogarty Finger): topped out but cladding incomplete
– 450 Union St (Tankhouse): foundations set and about to rise
– 175 Third St (BIG): excavations underway
– 200 Douglass St: excavations underway
– CSO Facility/park: tank installed, above ground work may start shortly.
All other buildings directly on the ground are externally complete or open.
3rd-4th St are too hard to follow 😅
Directly on the canal*
Thanks dude!
There’s also the supposed fully affordable housing project at Public Place near Smith-9th street that’s supposed to happen. There was a community update on it about a year ago, but that site still sits empty.
This whole area development will have an instant 2020s look. It would be nice if a few of the buildings had a nod to more historical designs to offer a bit more variety. Regardless, it’s all very impressive.
The gowanus rezoning is making Hebrews billionaires, By the way, that’s not even an American company doing the work
This rendering is quite disappointing compared to some of the other projects in the area with more thoughtful design. Hopefully, it appears more design-forward and captures the essence of the Gowanus industrial past better once it is live.