By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A Brownstoner.com item on Wednesday hinted that the new Downtown Brooklyn mixed-use development, City Point, could be “a lot shorter than previously planned.�

And it cited as explanation an application filed with the Department of Buildings on Friday for a 16-story, 268-foot-tall 900,000-square-foot building — although it did add, “It appears from the application that this is all commercial space.�

A spokesperson for Cushman & Wakefield confirmed Thursday that this application is for just one aspect of this mixed-use development.

“The plans submitted to DOB are for the office tower and Cushman & Wakefield serves as the exclusive leasing agent,� he said. “Interestingly, the leasing team is already seeing interest from a variety of office space users.�

As previously reported in the Eagle, this Class A office tower will be the first Gold LEED Certified office property in Brooklyn.

Also as previously reported, the overall project — being built on the site of the former Albee Square Mall — will, indeed, feature retail and residential components as well.

A joint project of Acadia Realty Trust, MacFarlane Partners, P/A Associates, Washington Square Partners and Rose Associates, City Point is situated on the former Albee Square garage site and across from the soon-to-be-constructed Willoughby Square Park.

With approximately 350,000 square feet of office space, the 17-story green office tower will serve as the crown jewel of the City Point complex and be a dramatic new landmark in the Brooklyn skyline, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s Glenn Markman, who with Frank Cento and Danielle Zimbaro will comprise the company’s City Point leasing team.

Said Markman, “Corporations want to move key operations to offices in Brooklyn and with City Point we finally have the Class A space in which to house them.�

Designed by the architectural firm Cook+Fox, City Point will boast a number of high-end amenities including a health club, sky lobby, onsite parking, 24/7 security and a subway stop directly accessible from the lobby.

The residential component will include both affordable and market-rate rental housing.

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