Rents Range From $1,795 to $3,620 at ‘Green’ High Rise
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
FORT GREENE — The new 36-story rental building at 80 DeKalb Ave. in Fort Greene, Forest City Ratner’s first residential building in Brooklyn, is ready for tenants.
The building, situated between Hudson Avenue and Rockwell Place, is also said to be the largest residential building — so far — east of Flatbush Avenue.
Designed by the renowned architectural firm Costas Kondylis & Partners, the building has “unique architectural features,” including “an angled metal and glass facade accented by large terraced setbacks at the upper portion of the building.”
The apartments’ high ceilings and oversized windows give the tower “a slender and luminous quality, and will provide residences with abundant light and open panoramic views,” according to Cliff Finn of Citi Habitats, who is overseeing leasing.
The building has 365 apartments — a mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom units with rents ranging from $1,795 for a studio, to $2,255 for a one-bedroom apartment to $3,620 for a two-bedroom.
Amenities, which are described as condo-like, include a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio, WiFi, residents lounge with fireplace, a sundeck, screening room and an onsite parking garage.
In addition to high (9- to 11-foot) ceilings and large windows, private outdoor terraces in some units, all units have high-end finishes and appliances, including stackable washers and dryers.
There is also a ground-floor retail space.
Additionally, the high-rise will be “green.”
“Committed to sustainability, 80 DeKalb is one of the only rental buildings in Brooklyn targeting LEED certification,” said Finn.
As previously reported in the Eagle, the structure was built on property Forest City already owned with the address of 623 Fulton St., where a low-rise building known as 10 MetroTech (although not technically part of the MetroTech complex) stood. That building was demolished.
Also as previously reported in the Eagle, the development received state tax-exempt bonds in the amount of $109,500,000 to help finance the construction.
In an historical note, Eagle columnist Dennis Holt commented when the plan for the tower was first announced two years ago, “Longtime observers in Downtown Brooklyn may also remember this as the site of the Barton Candy factory, facing DeKalb Avenue.
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