The New York City Planning Department today certified the Domino Sugar redevelopment project in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, into the city's Uniform Land Use Review process.
Last week, it posted a "notice of completion for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement" for the 11-acre, riverfront project that is seeking several public approvals.
The project proposes the create up to 2,400 residential units, up to 127,537 gross square feet of retail and commercial space, up to 146,451 gross square feet of community facility space, and up to 98,738 gross square feet of commercial office space. The applicant, which is known as The Refinery LLC, now intends to build 2,200 residential units on the site of which 660 would be affordable to low- and moderate-income households.
The project would restore the main Domino Sugar building and create about four acres of public open space including a waterfront esplanade that would link to Grand Ferry Park.
The southern part of the site is one block north of the Williamsburg Bridge.
The Refinery LLC is owned by Refinery Management LLC, which is a joint venture of CPC Resources, Inc., and Katan Group LLC. CPC Resources is the managing member of the Refinery LLC and is the for-profit arm of the Community Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation formed in 1974 that specializes in financing affordable housing.
The applicant acquired the now vacant site in June, 2004 subsequent to the closing of sugar processing operations that began on the site in the 1850s. The site operated under the name Domino Sugar until 2001 when the brand was acquired by American Sugar Refining. The site is adjacent to an area rezoned in 2005 as part of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning to permit residential and mixed residential/industrial use.
The environmental statement noted that "to address community concerns that affordable housing is still not achievable for existing working-class residents of Williamsburg, the proposed project would offer 660 housing units as affordable, with a portion of those units affordable to households with income levels reaching as low as 30 percent of Area Median Income (AMI). This goal exceeds the low-income incentive zoning requirements of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning."
Three of the buildings on the site have been designated landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The project would also include 1,694 accessory parking spaces and the new buildings would be clad in masonry to reflect the area's industrial history and they would become lighter and more transparent at their upper levels.
The tallest buildings would be 400 feet high.
Construction is planned to begin next year and to be completed in 2020.
Last week, it posted a "notice of completion for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement" for the 11-acre, riverfront project that is seeking several public approvals.
The project proposes the create up to 2,400 residential units, up to 127,537 gross square feet of retail and commercial space, up to 146,451 gross square feet of community facility space, and up to 98,738 gross square feet of commercial office space. The applicant, which is known as The Refinery LLC, now intends to build 2,200 residential units on the site of which 660 would be affordable to low- and moderate-income households.
The project would restore the main Domino Sugar building and create about four acres of public open space including a waterfront esplanade that would link to Grand Ferry Park.
The southern part of the site is one block north of the Williamsburg Bridge.
The Refinery LLC is owned by Refinery Management LLC, which is a joint venture of CPC Resources, Inc., and Katan Group LLC. CPC Resources is the managing member of the Refinery LLC and is the for-profit arm of the Community Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation formed in 1974 that specializes in financing affordable housing.
The applicant acquired the now vacant site in June, 2004 subsequent to the closing of sugar processing operations that began on the site in the 1850s. The site operated under the name Domino Sugar until 2001 when the brand was acquired by American Sugar Refining. The site is adjacent to an area rezoned in 2005 as part of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning to permit residential and mixed residential/industrial use.
The environmental statement noted that "to address community concerns that affordable housing is still not achievable for existing working-class residents of Williamsburg, the proposed project would offer 660 housing units as affordable, with a portion of those units affordable to households with income levels reaching as low as 30 percent of Area Median Income (AMI). This goal exceeds the low-income incentive zoning requirements of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning."
Three of the buildings on the site have been designated landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The project would also include 1,694 accessory parking spaces and the new buildings would be clad in masonry to reflect the area's industrial history and they would become lighter and more transparent at their upper levels.
The tallest buildings would be 400 feet high.
Construction is planned to begin next year and to be completed in 2020.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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