32-Story ‘BAM South’ wins NYC Council approval
Brooklyn's Pacific Branch Library saved as part of deal
The ‘BAM South’ 32-story mixed use cultural development in Fort Greene won approval at a City Council committee meeting Monday morning. The Two Trees Management project, one of the key remaining pieces in the BAM Cultural District, will include cultural space, affordable housing and a new public plaza which includes a restaurant and retail. The building is designed by Enrique Norten of Ten Arquitectos.
The project — which will also include space for BAM (17,400 square feet), and 651 ARTS (12,500 square feet) and a new library— will sit on a 47,000-square-foot lot bounded by Flatbush Avenue, Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place. Currently used for public parking, the lot is owned and operated by the NYC Economic Development Corporation.
“Two Trees is grateful to the City Council for its support and proud to partner with the City and some of Brooklyn’s most innovative cultural institutions to advance the growth of downtown Brooklyn’s world-class cultural district,” Jed Walentas, a principal at Two Trees Management said in a statement late Monday.
“With cultural space, much-needed affordable housing and a new public plaza, we will be transforming a parking lot into an iconic building with many public benefits.”