Is this huge Ismael Leyva 40-story tower proposed for the Greenpoint waterfront something that’s actually going to happen or just, you know, a pipe dream in a deflating real estate market where credit is hard to come by? One can draw one’s own conclusions. The development was reported by both Brownstoner and the Brooklyn Paper, but we ferreted out the interesting renderings over on Curbed. The address of this puppy would be 155 West Street. The developer wants 40 stories (rather than the allowed 30 stories) because of a sewage pipe and a tiny piece of “wetlands.” The development would have 620 rental units, with 422 of them being in the tower. Another 218 would be in six-story buildings and 140 of the units would be affordable. There’d also be a waterfront esplanade.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Nov 21, 2008 at 9:47 am
Love the esplande, hate the tower.
2 jenny // Nov 21, 2008 at 2:19 pm
ew, so fugly.
3 designforlife // Nov 23, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Wel atleast when those CAT3 storm surges hits this project they won’t be covered with the smelly water that will cover the Toll Brother’s project down at the bottem of the Gowanus.
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