Adaptive reuse is more than a buzzword. It’s one big way for cities to keep their pasts from ending up in landfills. Structures for which the originally intended use is no longer viable are converted for another purpose.
The controversial redevelopment of Bushwick’s Rheingold Brewery has attracted plenty of press in recent months, but the another huge brewery complex across the street is about to get a new lease on life. A group of investors paid $33.7 million for the former Schlitz bottling plant at 95 Evergreen Avenue in January, and now they’ve released renderings of its future as offices and retail.
148 Attorney Street [Bowery Boogie]: The design has been revealed for a six-story, five-unit condo building measuring 7,000 square feet at 148-150 Attorney Street, on the Lower East Side. Issac & Stern Architects is the project’s architect, and an existing single-story structure was approved…
Manhattan West: While the NY Daily News reported that Skadden had signed on for Brookfield’s Manhattan West project, Lois Weiss of the NY Post has taken to Twitter to refute the claim, noting that the story…
261 Hudson Street [Tribeca Citizen]: Yet another development is slated for Hudson Square, this time at 261 Hudson Street, where Related is constructing a 12-story, 201-unit building that will replace a one-story brick structure. Ismael Leyva is designing the…