“There’s no other place, really, (where) you could build a building this tall.” “We knew that this would be the tallest building in Brooklyn – and probably will be for many decades to come,” he said. Michael Toolan/JDS Development Groupīut the construction of The Brooklyn Tower doesn’t necessarily mean other super towers will follow in the borough, according to Pasquarelli. JDS Development Group, which spearheaded the project, bought the decommissioned bank for $95 million in 2016 its intricate interior is being restored and converted for retail use, while the rooftop will host residential amenities including a pool that extends around its dome.Ī view of skycraper under construction from Fort Greene Park. Now, the skyscraper’s fluted black stainless steel, bronze and glass exterior emerges from behind the white marble neoclassical facade of the landmarked early 20th-century Dime Savings Bank. (Supertalls, by definition, are residential or office buildings reaching 300 meters – 984 feet – or higher.) Newly christened “The Brooklyn Tower,” it has been under construction since 2018 and cost $750 million total to develop. The 93-story, 1,066-foot-tall residential building, standing at 9 DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, was designed by SHoP Architects. Manhattan is no stranger to supertall skyscrapers but Brooklyn’s skyline has now radically changed as its first supertall reached its full, vertiginous height on Thursday.
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