Rendering courtesy of Stonehill Taylor. Bank image via Wikimedia cc
Renderings of 159 Broadway in South Williamsburg show the 277-foot hotel and residential tower which will consist of a concrete base with a glass cube on top. Designed by architecture firm Stonehill Taylor, the 26-story tower is rising adjacent to the landmarked Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, currently an event hall space. The building will have 235 hotel rooms and 21 condo apartments. Cornell Realty Management, the developer, bought the lot adjacent to the bank hall as well as the air rights above the bank. The project will be quite a bit taller than the surrounding neighborhood buildings.
The project will have a total of 133,340 square feet space with 77,490 square feet for the hotel and 18,070 square feet for residential use. There will be a second-floor terrace and below-grade restaurant for everyone to use. Residential tenants will have exclusive access to a below-grade fitness center, bicycle storage, a recreational terrace with pool on the eighteenth floor and access to 12 parking spaces on the first floor.
Stonehill Taylor has had experience with converting banks to new uses in other cities. They were responsible for the interior architecture and interior design of the conversion of First National Bank building in Jersey City into a 258-unit hotel in 2017. The expected completion date at 159 Broadway is 2021.
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