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'''9''' (originally referred to as '''340 Flatbush Avenue Extension''') is an under-construction supertall mixed-use (primarily residential) [[skyscraper]] in [[Downtown Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] by [[Michael Stern (real estate developer)|Michael Stern's]] [[JDS Development Group]].<ref name="TRD" /><ref name=YIMBY1>{{cite web|title=340 Flatbush Ave Ext. Revealed, Brooklyn's First Supertall Skyscraper|url=http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/11/340-flatbush-ave-ext-revealed-brooklyns-first-supertall-skyscraper.html|access-date=November 12, 2015|date=2015-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/03/chetrit-group-out-at-9-dekalb-brooklyns-tallest-development/|title=Chetrit Group out at 9 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn's tallest development|last=Balbi|first=Danielle|date=August 3, 2018|publisher=The Real Deal|access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> When completed it will become the [[List of tallest buildings in New York City|tallest structure in New York City outside Manhattan]], as well as the [[List of tallest buildings in Brooklyn|first supertall building in Brooklyn]].<ref name=realdeal2>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/11/09/chetrit-jdss-340-flatbush-gets-new-rendering/|title=Brooklyn's future tallest building revealed in new rendering |last=Stulberg|first=Ariel|date=November 9, 2015|publisher=The Real Deal|access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/11/09/first_look_at_downtown_brooklyns_1000foot_supertall_tower.php|title=First Look at Downtown Brooklyn's 1,000-Foot Supertall Tower|last=Staff|first=Curbed|date=November 9, 2015|publisher=Curbed NY|access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref>
'''9 DeKalb Avenue''' (originally referred to as '''340 Flatbush Avenue Extension''') is an under-construction supertall mixed-use (primarily residential) [[skyscraper]] in [[Downtown Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] by [[Michael Stern (real estate developer)|Michael Stern's]] [[JDS Development Group]].<ref name="TRD" /><ref name=YIMBY1>{{cite web|title=340 Flatbush Ave Ext. Revealed, Brooklyn's First Supertall Skyscraper|url=http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/11/340-flatbush-ave-ext-revealed-brooklyns-first-supertall-skyscraper.html|access-date=November 12, 2015|date=2015-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/03/chetrit-group-out-at-9-dekalb-brooklyns-tallest-development/|title=Chetrit Group out at 9 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn's tallest development|last=Balbi|first=Danielle|date=August 3, 2018|publisher=The Real Deal|access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> When completed it will become the [[List of tallest buildings in New York City|tallest structure in New York City outside Manhattan]], as well as the [[List of tallest buildings in Brooklyn|first supertall building in Brooklyn]].<ref name=realdeal2>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/11/09/chetrit-jdss-340-flatbush-gets-new-rendering/|title=Brooklyn's future tallest building revealed in new rendering |last=Stulberg|first=Ariel|date=November 9, 2015|publisher=The Real Deal|access-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/11/09/first_look_at_downtown_brooklyns_1000foot_supertall_tower.php|title=First Look at Downtown Brooklyn's 1,000-Foot Supertall Tower|last=Staff|first=Curbed|date=November 9, 2015|publisher=Curbed NY|access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref>


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The mixed-use skyscraper will incorporate the [[Dime Savings Bank of New York|Dime Savings Bank]] building, designed by [[Mowbray and Uffinger]], at its base.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Zoe|date=August 5, 2015|title=1,000-Foot Tower Is Probably Coming to Downtown Brooklyn|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/08/05/1000foot_tower_is_probably_coming_to_downtown_brooklyn.php|access-date=December 25, 2015|publisher=Curbed}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|date=February 17, 2016|title=73-Story Tower Would Be Brooklyn's Tallest by Far|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/nyregion/developers-plan-supertall-1066-foot-tower-brooklyn.html|access-date=May 9, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The bank was designed in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival style]]. The interior of the bank building is "remarkable"<ref name="aia">{{cite aia5}} p.588</ref> and features large gilded [[Mercury dime|Mercury-head dimes]] and twelve red marble columns supporting the [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]]; these were added in the 1931-32 expansion.<ref name="aia" /><ref name="nycland">{{cite nycland}} p.240</ref> The bank building was designated a [[List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn|New York City Landmark]] on July 19, 1994.<ref>Breiner, David. [http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/Dime-Savings-Bank.pdf "Dime Savings Bank Designation Report"] [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (July 19, 1994)</ref>
The mixed-use skyscraper will incorporate the [[Dime Savings Bank of New York|Dime Savings Bank]] building, designed by [[Mowbray and Uffinger]], at its base.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Zoe|date=August 5, 2015|title=1,000-Foot Tower Is Probably Coming to Downtown Brooklyn|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/08/05/1000foot_tower_is_probably_coming_to_downtown_brooklyn.php|access-date=December 25, 2015|publisher=Curbed}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|date=February 17, 2016|title=73-Story Tower Would Be Brooklyn's Tallest by Far|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/nyregion/developers-plan-supertall-1066-foot-tower-brooklyn.html|access-date=May 9, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The bank was designed in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival style]]. The interior of the bank building is "remarkable"<ref name="aia">{{cite aia5}} p.588</ref> and features large gilded [[Mercury dime|Mercury-head dimes]] and twelve red marble columns supporting the [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]]; these were added in the 1931-32 expansion.<ref name="aia" /><ref name="nycland">{{cite nycland}} p.240</ref> The bank building was designated a [[List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn|New York City Landmark]] on July 19, 1994.<ref>Breiner, David. [http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/Dime-Savings-Bank.pdf "Dime Savings Bank Designation Report"] [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (July 19, 1994)</ref>


9 DeKalb Avenue's tower is clad in Bronze , bronze, and stainless BRONZE .<ref name="archpaper">{{cite web|last=Wachs|first=Audrey|date=July 6, 2016|title=SHoP makes the Brooklyn skyline with a "brooding, elegant, and badass" supertall… There goes the neighborhood?|url=https://archpaper.com/2016/07/shop-brooklyn-9-dekalb-avenue/|access-date=April 18, 2017|publisher=The Architect's Newspaper}}</ref> The designer, [[SHoP Architects]], has stated that the firm took inspiration from the design of the Dime Savings Bank Building, with the building's vertical features mirroring the bank's columns.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warerkar|first=Tanay|date=February 17, 2016|title=Brooklyn's Tallest Building Could Have As Many As 500 Rentals|url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/2/17/11080362/brooklyns-tallest-building-could-have-as-many-as-500-rentals|access-date=March 14, 2016|publisher=Curbed}}</ref> Gregg Pasquarelli, a principal at SHoP, has referred to the design as both "badass" and "quite elegant".<ref name="archpaper" />
9 DeKalb Avenue's tower is clad in stone, bronze, and stainless steel.<ref name="archpaper">{{cite web|last=Wachs|first=Audrey|date=July 6, 2016|title=SHoP makes the Brooklyn skyline with a "brooding, elegant, and badass" supertall… There goes the neighborhood?|url=https://archpaper.com/2016/07/shop-brooklyn-9-dekalb-avenue/|access-date=April 18, 2017|publisher=The Architect's Newspaper}}</ref> The designer, [[SHoP Architects]], has stated that the firm took inspiration from the design of the Dime Savings Bank Building, with the building's vertical features mirroring the bank's columns.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warerkar|first=Tanay|date=February 17, 2016|title=Brooklyn's Tallest Building Could Have As Many As 500 Rentals|url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/2/17/11080362/brooklyns-tallest-building-could-have-as-many-as-500-rentals|access-date=March 14, 2016|publisher=Curbed}}</ref> Gregg Pasquarelli, a principal at SHoP, has referred to the design as both "badass" and "quite elegant".<ref name="archpaper" />


9 DeKalb Avenue will include approximately 150 condominiums and 425 apartments, and the residences will encompass roughly {{convert|466,000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name="YIMBY1" /> There will be {{convert|140,000|sqft|m2}} of commercial space, and the Dime Savings Bank will be converted to upscale retail and possibly an entrance to the new building.<ref name="YIMBY1" /> The fifth floor will include an outdoor terrace.<ref name="bisnow" /> The residential units are planned to be rental properties, and developers applied for tax breaks through the state's [[421-a tax exemption]] program in 2015, prior to that program's expiration, which would require dedicating at least twenty percent of the building's units as [[Rent control in New York|affordable housing]].<ref name="nyt" />
9 DeKalb Avenue will include approximately 150 condominiums and 425 apartments, and the residences will encompass roughly {{convert|466,000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name="YIMBY1" /> There will be {{convert|140,000|sqft|m2}} of commercial space, and the Dime Savings Bank will be converted to upscale retail and possibly an entrance to the new building.<ref name="YIMBY1" /> The fifth floor will include an outdoor terrace.<ref name="bisnow" /> The residential units are planned to be rental properties, and developers applied for tax breaks through the state's [[421-a tax exemption]] program in 2015, prior to that program's expiration, which would require dedicating at least twenty percent of the building's units as [[Rent control in New York|affordable housing]].<ref name="nyt" />

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9 DeKalb Avenue
9 Dekalb Avenue under construction on August 25, 2021.
Map
Alternative names340 Flatbush Avenue Extension
General information
StatusUnder Construction[1]
TypeMixed-use
Location9 DeKalb Avenue
Coordinates40°41′26″N 73°58′56″W / 40.69056°N 73.98222°W / 40.69056; -73.98222
Construction started2018
Estimated completion2022[3]
Height
Roof1,066 feet (325 m)[2]
Technical details
Floor count73
Floor area555,734 sq ft (51,600 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)SHoP Architects
Mowbray and Uffinger designed the original structure
DeveloperJDS Development

9 DeKalb Avenue (originally referred to as 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension) is an under-construction supertall mixed-use (primarily residential) skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City by Michael Stern's JDS Development Group.[1][4][5] When completed it will become the tallest structure in New York City outside Manhattan, as well as the first supertall building in Brooklyn.[6][7]

Site

The structure will be in Downtown Brooklyn and within several blocks of the former tallest buildings in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Point and 11 Hoyt. Both were surpassed by 9 DeKalb Avenue in July 2021 when its height reached 721 feet.[8][9] The building is adjacent to other tall mixed-use developments, such as the three towers of City Point.

Design

File:340 Flatbush Avenue Rendering.jpg
A rendering of 9 Dekalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn.

The mixed-use skyscraper will incorporate the Dime Savings Bank building, designed by Mowbray and Uffinger, at its base.[10][11] The bank was designed in the Classical Revival style. The interior of the bank building is "remarkable"[12] and features large gilded Mercury-head dimes and twelve red marble columns supporting the rotunda; these were added in the 1931-32 expansion.[12][13] The bank building was designated a New York City Landmark on July 19, 1994.[14]

9 DeKalb Avenue's tower is clad in stone, bronze, and stainless steel.[15] The designer, SHoP Architects, has stated that the firm took inspiration from the design of the Dime Savings Bank Building, with the building's vertical features mirroring the bank's columns.[16] Gregg Pasquarelli, a principal at SHoP, has referred to the design as both "badass" and "quite elegant".[15]

9 DeKalb Avenue will include approximately 150 condominiums and 425 apartments, and the residences will encompass roughly 466,000 square feet (43,300 m2).[4] There will be 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) of commercial space, and the Dime Savings Bank will be converted to upscale retail and possibly an entrance to the new building.[4] The fifth floor will include an outdoor terrace.[17] The residential units are planned to be rental properties, and developers applied for tax breaks through the state's 421-a tax exemption program in 2015, prior to that program's expiration, which would require dedicating at least twenty percent of the building's units as affordable housing.[11]

History

The Dime Savings Bank Building at 9 DeKalb Avenue was built in 1906-08 and was designed by Mowbray and Uffinger. It was significantly enlarged by Halsey, McCormack and Helmer in 1931-32.[12] It was later owned by J.P. Morgan Chase and was used as a bank branch.[18] In 2004, the New York City Department of City Planning approved a significant rezoning for portions of Downtown Brooklyn, which resulted in significant expansion of office space and ground-floor retail, such as those at City Point.[19] The rezoning consists of "zoning map and zoning text changes, new public open spaces, pedestrian and transit improvements, urban renewal, [and] street mappings".[20] The bank building was subsequently sold for $90 million, and was first placed on the market in late 2014.[21]

Planning

9 Dekalb Avenue, looking north from Flatbush Avenue.

JDS and Joseph Chetrit's Chetrit Group finished acquiring the site in late 2015.[22] The Dime Savings Bank of New York Originally, developers planned to acquire the building occupied by Junior's, a cheesecake restaurant, to use its air rights.[23][24] However, Alan Rosen, the owner, turned down a $45 million buyout, as well as a later deal for less that would have set aside retail space in the new building for the restaurant.[25]

Plans for the structure were first filed in mid-2014, calling for a seventy-story, 775 foot building, also designed by SHoP Architects.[26] The building will mark the third collaboration between JDS and SHoP, after 111 West 57th Street and American Copper Buildings.[27][17]

In December 2015, Fortress Investment Group provided a $115 million loan to JDS and Chetrit Group for the purchase of the site and for the refinancing of debt associated with the Dime Bank property.[28] In early 2016, new plans were released with a slight height extension and reduced space for retail.[29] Proposed modifications to the existing Dime Savings Bank structure were approved by New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in April 2016, indicating support for the building's construction.[30] Changes include the removal of non-original additions to the structure and repairing damage to the building's marble and copper.[31]

Financing and construction

In February 2017, Bank OZK and Melody Finance issued a $135 million bridge and pre-development loan for the project.[32] The loan replaced Fortress's debt and previous funding from the Kushner Companies.[33][32] JDS invested an additional $60 million in equity in August 2018 to purchase Chetrit's stake in the property, raising their ownership of the project to 100%.[6] Construction began in mid-2018.[34] In November 2018, Silverstein Properties' debt fund Silverstein Capital was reported to be nearing a $240 million mezzanine loan for the project, in addition to $400 million in additional debt from a senior lender.[35] The loan closed in April 2019, along with $424.1 million in construction financing from Otéra Capital.[36]

As of November 2020, construction was underway, and the concrete core had reached 28 stories.[37] As of July 2021 the height of 9 DeKalb Avenue surpassed 721 feet, making it the tallest building in Brooklyn.[8][9]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Form 7460-1 for ASN 2017-AEA-1896-OE". oeaaa.faa.gov. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
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  6. ^ a b Stulberg, Ariel (November 9, 2015). "Brooklyn's future tallest building revealed in new rendering". The Real Deal. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
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  9. ^ a b Young, Michael (June 28, 2021). "9 DeKalb Avenue Becomes Tallest Structure in Brooklyn". New York YIMBY. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
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  11. ^ a b "73-Story Tower Would Be Brooklyn's Tallest by Far". The New York Times. February 17, 2016. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7. p.588
  13. ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1. p.240
  14. ^ Breiner, David. "Dime Savings Bank Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (July 19, 1994)
  15. ^ a b Wachs, Audrey (July 6, 2016). "SHoP makes the Brooklyn skyline with a "brooding, elegant, and badass" supertall… There goes the neighborhood?". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  16. ^ Warerkar, Tanay (February 17, 2016). "Brooklyn's Tallest Building Could Have As Many As 500 Rentals". Curbed. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  17. ^ a b Feery, Chris (January 12, 2016). "73-Story 340 Flatbush Extension Gets Even Taller". BisNow. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
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  22. ^ Bindelglass, Evan (December 26, 2015). "JDS Completes Dime Bank Purchase For Brooklyn Supertall". Curbed. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
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  24. ^ Elridge, Barbara (September 8, 2015). "Tower Twice the Height of Brooklyn's Tallest Is Probably Coming to Downtown Brooklyn". Brownstoner. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  25. ^ Corcoran, Cate (September 9, 2009). "Junior's Is Not Selling". Brownstoner. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  26. ^ Alberts, Hana (June 30, 2014). "Brooklyn's New Tallest Tower, by SHoP, Will Sprout 775 Feet". Curbed. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  27. ^ Goldberger, Paul (March 1, 2014). "Too Rich, Too Thin, Too Tall?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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  36. ^ Putzier, Konrad (April 23, 2019). "Brooklyn's Long-Stalled Tallest Tower Poised to Rise With New Loan". Wall Street Journal.
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