Gowanus

Gowanus Canal Combined Sewer Overflow Facilities Project Readies for Excavation in Gowanus, Brooklyn

8:00 am on June 5, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Excavation is about to get underway for the Gowanus Canal Combined Sewer Overflow Facilities project, a wastewater retention complex spanning three properties at 242 and 270 Nevins Streets and 234 Butler Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Selldorf Architects and managed by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the development will consist of a two-story head house with underground water retention tanks and a 1.6-acre public park with landscaping by DLAND Studio. Hazen and Sawyer, and Brown and Caldwell are engineering consultants and Gowanus Canal Constructors is the general contractor for the project, which occupies a full block bound by Butler Street to the north, DeGraw Street to the south, Nevins Street to the east, and the Gowanus Canal to the west.

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445 Carroll Street Nears Completion in Gowanus, Brooklyn

7:30 am on June 5, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is nearing completion on 445 Carroll Street, a four-story mixed-use building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Opera Studio and developed and constructed by The Wooden Block Co., the 5,988-square-foot structure will yield a single 2,965-square-foot residential unit, 1,023 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, and a 2,000-square-foot cellar. The project is located on a 20-foot-wide plot between 3rd Avenue to the east and Nevins Street to the west.

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Site Preparations Underway for Majestic at 540 DeGraw Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn

8:00 am on June 4, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Crews are readying for excavation at the site of Majestic, a 12-story residential building at 540 DeGraw Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Domain Companies, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Urban Investment Group, Vorea Group, and Mega Development, the 146-foot-tall structure will span 244,882 square feet and yield 268 rental units with an average scope of 861 square feet, as well as 13,929 square feet of retail and office space and 45 enclosed parking spaces. Twenty-five percent of the apartments will be designated for affordable housing. Future Green Studio is the landscape designer and Mega Contracting Group is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 537 Sackett Street and bound by DeGraw Street to the north, Sackett Street to the south, and Nevins Street to the west.

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239 Nevins Street Cleared for Excavation in Gowanus, Brooklyn

7:30 am on May 30, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Excavation is set to begin at 239 Nevins Street, the site of a potential 260,000-square-foot residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital, which purchased the property from Atkins & Breskin for $13.47 million in a deal brokered by CBRE, the project’s scope includes 26,465 square feet of air rights acquired from an adjacent building. The lot, also addressed as 251 Douglas Street, was formerly occupied by a 10,000-square-foot one-story garage and is located at the corner of Nevins and Douglas Streets.

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Excavation Imminent for Four-Building Complex at 300 Nevins Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn

8:00 am on May 29, 2023 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Excavation is set to begin at 300 Nevins Street, the site of a two-building residential project in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital, the 600,000-square-foot complex will yield 654 rental units with 25 percent designated as affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space and a public waterfront esplanade designed by James Corner Field Operations. Broadway Construction Group is the general contractor for the 2.3-acre full-block property, which is bound by Union Street to the north, Carroll Street to the south, Nevins Street to the east, the Gowanus Canal to the west.

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