The tallest building in Brooklyn is nearing completion. The Brooklyn Tower will reach 1,066 feet tall.
"Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper is nearing completion, bringing about 400 rental apartments and 150 condos to one of New York’s most in-demand real estate markets," reports Aysha Diallo for Bloomberg [the Bloomberg article is behind a paywall, but you can read the entire article at Crain's New York Business].
Planetizen picked up news in 2016 of the approvals process for the Brooklyn Tower, when the development was clearing a regulatory hurdle with the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The Brooklyn Tower preserve the 115-year-old Dime Savings Bank, which will be repurposed as retail, space, according to Diallo. "The 93-story hexagonal skyscraper rises beside it, offering sweeping views of Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty, straight out to the Atlantic Ocean."
More details about the project and the booming residential real estate market in Brooklyn can be found in the source article.
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