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[RobertWalpole]

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Two Trees Bringing 32-Story Apartment Tower to DoBro
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, by Jessica Dailey
Share on email0The transformation of the BAM Cultural District is barreling forward. Two Trees is beginning the public review and approval process for a 32-story tower (right, click for big) in Downtown Brooklyn, just across the street from Atlantic Center. The site is currently a parking lot bound by Flatbush, Ashland Place, and Lafayette Avenue, and we last talked about it way back in 2008 when news first broke that Two Trees would be developing the project. Back then, the building was going to have 180 apartments and 187,000-square-feet of cultural space, but now it will have 300-400 apartments, 20 percent of which will be affordable, and just 50,000-square-feet of cultural space.

It will also have a sprawling 16,000-square-foot public plaza along Flatbush Avenue and 23,000-square-feet of ground floor retail. Enrique Norten of Ten Arquitectos is still the project architect, and the arts space will be shared by BAM, 651 ARTS, and the Brooklyn Public Library.

[Nikonov_Ivan]

So many proposed and u/c highrises in New York City! It's amazing

[RobertWalpole]

I agree.

These renderings are from Ten Arquitectos' website

[ThatOneGuy]

Awesome design.

[RobertWalpole]

I agree.

[Lodgy Lion]

Brooklyn, by itself, could compete with any other city in America sans maybe Los Angeles.

[RobertWalpole]

Hi, Lion.

It's good to see you back!

[Lodgy Lion]

Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

Hi, Lion.

It's good to see you back!

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[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by Lodgy Lion

Good to be back, big Bob!

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[Lodgy Lion]

Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

You're the man. How are those college girls?

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[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by Lodgy Lion

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[desertpunk]

Two Trees Needs Zoning Change for 32-Story DoBro Tower

There was one fact developer Two Trees forgot to mention when it announced its plans for a 32-story, 300-400-unit residential tower in Downtown Brooklyn's BAM Cultural District: the tower would require a zoning change. The current zoning allows about 53 percent of any building on site to be residential space, The Brooklyn Paper explains, while a full 86 percent of the floor space would be apartments under Two Trees' proposed plan. (Pursuing this zoning change was always part of the plan, a project rep reminds us.)

That plan also includes about 50,000 square feet of cultural space, for three Brooklyn Academy of Music Theaters, a rehearsal space, and other uses. Two Trees argues that this is a better use of the site than the kind of building Two Trees could construct without a zoning change. Some area residents disagree, and prefer the original plan for the site, which had thee times as much arts and commercial space

[desertpunk]

Ashland Demo In Brooklyn Makes Way For Plaza And BAM Residential Tower

The warehouse at 246 Ashland Place is finito, after the DOB approved demolition permits in November. Now that it’s gone, there’s space for two coming developments. A small part of the parcel will be dedicated to the visual arts plaza outside of the Theater for a New Audience, now under construction. But a majority of the site (now a parking lot) is for the North Tower I. This site will be developed by the Gotham Organization and DT Salazar Inc., who plan for 600 new residences, half of which will be affordable. This development will also include 20,000 square feet of cultural and related office space and 20,000 square feet of retail space. The city recently released an RFP for North Tower II, which will bound the southern end of the arts plaza. And then of course there’s the BAM South Site, across from Lafayette Avenue, where the Two Trees developers recently started up the land use review process. Click through to the jump for a very helpful map outlining how the city-owned property will be divvied up. One other note: Yesterday the Brooklyn Paper reported the city has yet to rule on Two Trees’ request for a zoning change to allow more housing at the site.