260 Kent Avenue

Housing Lottery Launches for 89 Units at 266 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

7:00 am on January 6, 2022 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for One South First, aka Ten Grand Street, a 45-story mixed-use residential building at 266 Kent Avenue on the waterfront of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by COOKFOX Architects and developed by Two Trees Management, the structure yields over 300 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 89 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $55,646 to $167,570.

Exterior Work Wraps on COOKFOX’s One South First in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

8:00 am on February 18, 2020 By Michael Young

Work is wrapping up on the exterior of One South First, aka Ten Grand Street, a 435-foot-tall mixed-use building in Williamsburg‘s Domino Park development. Formally addressed as 260 Kent Avenue, the structure rises 45 stories on the northern end of the six-acre waterfront master plan and is part of the revitalization of the Domino Sugar factory site. The project includes 330 rentals, 66 affordable units, 150,000 square feet of office space that spans 22 floors, and 13,000 square feet of designated ground-floor retail space. COOKFOX is the architect and Two Trees is the developer of the two-legged tower.

Exterior Work on One South First Nears Completion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

8:00 am on September 9, 2019 By Michael Young

Exterior work is wrapping up on One South First, the tallest new building to be constructed in the Williamsburg waterfront development of Domino Park. Formally addressed as 260 Kent Avenue, the reinforced concrete structure rises on the northern end of the master plan and is part of the large-scale revitalization of the Domino Sugar factory site. The 435-foot-tall mixed-use project will soon yield 330 rentals, 66 affordable units, and 150,000 square feet of office space among 22 floors, as well as 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. COOKFOX is the architect of the tower and Two Trees Management is the developer.

Helicopter Views Capture New York City’s Burgeoning Supertall Skyline

8:00 am on August 19, 2019 By Michael Young

YIMBY user Thomas Koloski recently photographed New York City from above, capturing the prodigious swaths of construction transforming the skylines of Lower Manhattan, Midtown, and beyond. Below are a number of major sites that are taking shape, some of which are nearing topping off and set to be completed in 2020.

Upper Half of 1 South First Begins to Conjoin Above Domino Sugar Factory Redevelopment, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

8:00 am on January 18, 2019 By Michael Young

When YIMBY last checked in on 260 Kent Avenue, the building had only risen a few floors over Domino Park. Now, construction workers are bridging the gap between the two reinforced concrete structures that make up the bottom half of the structure. The 435-foot tall residential tower is being designed by COOKFOX, and will yield 462,000 square feet of space. There will be 330 rentals, 66 affordable units, and 150,000 square feet of office space spread among 22 floors, as well as 13,000 square feet of retail space at the base. Recent photos show the first level of the upper half being assembled.

260 Kent Avenue beside the newly opened River Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Domino Redevelopment’s 42-Story 260 Kent Avenue Gets First Glass & Molecular-Inspired Facade

8:00 am on October 19, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Glass is starting to rise at 260 Kent Avenue, and there’s something strangely pleasing about the new façade. The clean pre-cast concrete panels are shockingly white, and have deeply set back windows. The molecular pattern and forms of sugar crystals inspired the unusual design, as an homage to the Domino Sugar Factory that used to dominate the Williamsburg waterfront.

Masterplan look for the Domino Sugar Factory Redevelopment, rendering courtesy Two Trees

Domino Park Nears Public Debut As Crane Rises for COOKFOX-Designed 260 Kent Avenue

8:00 am on April 9, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

In less than eight weeks, the Domino Sugar Factory’s redevelopment is expected to open up six acres of landscaped public space on 1,200 feet of the Williamsburg waterfront. Two Trees Management is developing the land, immediately north of the Williamsburg Bridge. The master plan includes square-arch motifs in three of the four new buildings, indicative of this project’s relationship with the bridge as the gateway to North Brooklyn. The public space has been designed by James Corner Field Operations, who also designed the new High Line Park.

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