BUSHWICK — Architects of the colossal apartment complex on the site of the former Rheingold brewery promise a taste of a "European village" in the heart of Brooklyn.
The 800 to 900 unit building will have a community hub with cafes, galleries, a rooftop garden and a maze of "meandering" pathways, according architects who released new renderings of the development last week.
"The project is truly a city within a city a culture in and of itself, and a project that we hope will continue to challenge all the expected sacrifices of urban life,” said Eran Chen, the director of ODA New York.
The complex which takes up two full city blocks between Stanwix Street and Evergreen Avenue at Melrose Street, will be 20 percent affordable, developers All Year Management have pledged, sticking to agreements hammered out by the former owners Read Property during the 2013 rezoning before the land was parceled off and sold.
Architects ODA New York, the firm also designing another section of the Rheingold site at 10 Montieth Street, say the project would incorporate a public promenade, parks, playgrounds, plazas, creative hubs and networking spaces that would create "social pockets" throughout the ground floor of the development.
The property is zoned residential and not mixed-use, so it's not yet clear how the logistics of ground-floor cafes and galleries will be handled, according to a spokeswoman for the architect.
Joel Goldman of All Year Management pieced together two adjacent properties paying $68.5 million last fall for 123 Melrose St. and $72.2 million for 28 Stanwix St. this April, property records show.
The Real Deal first reported the new plans for the development.
Spokesman for All Year Management Jonathan Greenspun declined to comment on the building's new renderings.
