For years the windows were blocked and no one really thought about what was inside the huge ground floor space at Forest City Ratner's One Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights (bounded by Pierrepont Street, Clinton Street and Cadman Plaza West).Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and the U.S. Attorney for Eastern District are major tenants in the the 19-story, 650,000-square-foot building, and Independence Community Bank (now called Sovereign) has/had some space as well.
Now the windows on the Clinton Street side are unobstructed and WOW what a space! Workers are preparing it for -- something.
Rumors are flying around as to what might be coming in. One (totally uncorroborated) has a media company looking at the spot.
UPDATE: Well, we found out what it's going to be and it's not a pretty picture. Here.
Photos by MK Metz
The Brooklyn Eagle.
ReplyDeleteFor real?
ReplyDeleteThey are in a large space on Henry Street in the north Heights. Wouldn't make sense to move a couple of blocks.
ReplyDeleteIf the past is any guide: bank, phone company, dumb nat'l retailer. FCR only gets tenants because of handshake deal between CEO's/politicians and then the word comes down from above: we're moving to Brooklyn.
ReplyDeleteI'm not that familiar with the Brooklyn Eagle and their space needs, and since they're local, rent maybe too steep.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the most exciting thing to happen--and thus most likely not too happen--would be if NBC's planned local local NYC cable news station moved here.
Did you hear it hear first?
I hear it's going to be a new kind of luxury "Dog House" for all the recent politicans who are lying down with people other than their spouses.....
ReplyDelete9:36 From what we hear here they're probably laying down with them too. heh heh hehhh wink wink
ReplyDeleteIt never occurred to me until seeing the pictures that that would be a good space for the alleged Brooklyn Apple store. How much sq ft would you guess is in there?
ReplyDelete...NBC does like to have ground floors.....and this would make a nice gateway for them....and this would defintitely say "local" (well more local than being in Manhattan)...And they are a big company (which FCR likes)...and Marty is a showman....we'll all just have stay tuned...and yes, you will have heard it here first!
ReplyDeleteI like it epc. we all know apple's been looking,(and we have been looking for them) and this would be a tenet sized slam dunk with private schools nearby and $$$$ and trains galore. and they'd get the "Brooklyn" edgy thing taken care of without venturing too far into the boro.
ReplyDeletesorry 934/1018, dont think nbc has the cojones to go Kings county for anything, although it would be awesome!
My chips are on the apple.
boromacguy
Easy folks before our hopes get too far ahead of us----this place has kids written all over it. There are just too many in the nabe for this not be sucked up by a private gym thing or a semi-private school thing.IMHO
ReplyDeleteWould've been a big 21st century move for the Eagle though.
ReplyDeleteKIDS & FOOD, FOOD & KIDS
ReplyDeleteno brainers.
Busy chef fer sure...
ReplyDeletelike most things, it will not really be that big mcbrooklyn.
ReplyDeletegaudy yes, like a NETS store or some corporate b**lshit. Corpr. location and copr. moves are usually small.
pls dont get our hopes up.
The Eagle is in the 21st Century! This is their blog!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the Pope actually came to Brooklyn...
ReplyDeleteBetter yet, instead of crown heights, the mayor decided the homeless shelter should go here instead.
ReplyDeleteI hear that to counter the challenger Squandron's Gristede's HQ, Martin Connor will cut the ribbon soon on this place, his new district walk in office soon.
ReplyDeleteNot even close-- it's a new concept called studio chef:
ReplyDeleteOtterness will have one third/ and busy chef will have one third and the last third will be stroller parking nap area.
you can take it froim there...
Good for a few Friday SH*ts and giggles, but most likely whatever arrives in this space wont matter much in any of our lives. Think about it...
ReplyDeleteLighten up 3/52 Just because its raining doen't mean you have to be such a Tommy downer ITS FRIDAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously... Save your busy chef bashing for the BHB. Lighten up!
ReplyDeleteRent must be something on this one.
ReplyDeleteThe Apple Store is supposed to be on the ground floor of the old Williamsburg Bank building at Hanson Place & Flatbush Avenue the last I read somewhere
ReplyDeleteHeard that Microsoft is looking at that space, too.
ReplyDeleteMicrosoft vs Apple
ReplyDeleteBallmer with an AX.1.53.1 (Service Pack 4 pre-alpha)
Jobs with an I-sword (overpriced for now) but riding a leopard
Oh God I can't wait.
It's going to be the new home of the Brooklyn Eagle.
ReplyDeleteWhat about that paper the Post bought?
ReplyDeleteMcbrooklyn, is this your way of saying you're expanding?
ReplyDeleteOven going out of business?
ReplyDeletenice one hater... go back to the BHB
ReplyDeleteNew high-tech public/private middle school.
ReplyDeleteI hear he's renting it to the Develop DDB group---NOT!!!!!
ReplyDeleteProbably advance sales for NETS merchandise
could be MTV's real World
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