Two Trees' 300 Ashland Readies for Leasing With New Teaser Site

By CityRealty Staff | From Brooklyn Monday, June 27, 2016

New rental building 300 Ashland Place will open this fall in Downtown Brooklyn.

A new landmark has ascended into the Downtown Brooklyn skyline and this fall, the 32-story spire will be ready for occupancy. In preparation, a new teaser site has launched for the building's 300 market rate apartments. The site reveals a new rendering, logo and a subscription form for prospective renters to stay in the loop with future updates.

Developed by legendary DUMBO-based developers Two Trees and designed by acclaimed Mexican architect Enrique Norten, the building is comprised of 381 apartments of which 20% are earmarked for low-income tenants. At its podium will be 50,000 square feet of cultural facilities that include a public library branch, BAM's Hamm Archives Center and 651 ARTS, a performing arts organization devoted to artists of the African Diaspora. Alongside its culture-loaded base will be a stepped plaza ideal for outdoor programs, such as film screenings, dance performances or farmer’s markets.

Two Trees has launched a new teaser site for prospective tenants.

Rendering of 300 Ashland Place (Courtesy of Ten Arquitectos)

Rendering of 300 Ashland Place (Courtesy of Grain Collective)

Norten's architecture firm Ten Arquitectos describes the building as a gateway to Brooklyn's emerging cultural district. The building rises from a former parking lot upon a triangular site bounded by Flatbush, Ashland, and Lafayette Avenues; and across from the landmarked Brooklyn Academy of Music Peter Jay Sharp Building and the domed Williamsburg Savings Bank Building (One Hanson Place). The nearly 400-foot tall building's dynamic shape is articulated as three volumes: a central circulation spine and two flanking volumes, where the apartments are located. The bold form is unified by a perforated metal skin highlighted by a randomized pattern of dark grey panels, and cutaway areas revealing fully-glazed sections.

A housing lottery for the building's 76 affordable units will be held later this summer and completion is slated by the end of the year.