Signs of Life at Another Dumbo Development
There’s a mini-boom afoot on Water Street, and the latest example of that is 220 Water. Last week work was audible at the property, which has been slated for conversion into a residential building since 2007. A check of DOB records confirms that something’s doing despite some outstanding violations: This permit from mid-January says that…
There’s a mini-boom afoot on Water Street, and the latest example of that is 220 Water. Last week work was audible at the property, which has been slated for conversion into a residential building since 2007. A check of DOB records confirms that something’s doing despite some outstanding violations: This permit from mid-January says that while only 1 percent of work has been completed, new plans were going to be submitted. (A call to the developer was not returned, but a rendering from their website is after the jump. We’re not positive it’s up-to-date.) The development joins the ranks of two others on Water that are in-progress—as Curbed noted, 192 Water, a ten-unit condo building above a performance space, is picking up steam again, and last week Toll Bros filed a new-building permit for the company’s eight-story project at 205 Water. GMAP DOB
I used to live in this building on the 5th floor (top) with my family and a dozen other families, from the 1980s to 2008. I cannot tell you what a privilege it was to grow up there and it does make me sad that they’re going to destroy the original inside.
This factory once upon a time manufactured leather shoes, one of the first of its kind in the United States. Half of the building has wood flooring while the other side has cement, obviously added later. The cement was better able to support the machines necessary to handle the materials.
We used the original freight elevator until we left in 2008. When we left, half of the staircase on the Front Street entrance was so decayed that it wobbled back and forth. We used a heavy door strung on a pulley system to get in and out of the 5th floor which I’m sure is now also gone.
I just wanted to give a small glimpse of the what the building was like before the renovations and I have no idea what they’ll do it, but it was a really beautiful building.
turning an awesome looking building into another yuppie paradise enclave. BARF!
*rob*
cause they make way more money this way
What is most amazing about DUMBO and Water Street in particular is that due to developers the street has been dead and boarded up. Seems like one development has kicked started al the others. They keep it looking blight like until it suits them.
Is the mark-up on amenities and top of the line appliances so high that developers can’t help themselves? I’m always surprised more projects don’t take buildings like this and do the bare minimum to covert them to residential use. Divide the space into units, add hallways and elevators, acquire the necessary permits to change the C of O, and then sell them raw. This would seemingly require much less time and investment of money and resources on the part of the developer. Does this ever happen? 330 Wythe is the only example I can think of, and that was a long time ago.
agreed
Am I the only one that likes the look of the place now more than the renderings? Let’s hope they don’t over-polish these units.
yeah, interior demo underway and windows going in
rentals, 150 plus amenities