Brooklyn: Riverside Park Development Announced

thelakelander · February 27, 2012, 12:00:41 PM

Here's some information about Pope & Land's first phase. If approved, it would start construction later this year.

QuoteRiverside Avenue and the Brooklyn area near Downtown are targeted for two developments â€" Riverside Park and 220 Riverside â€" that would create almost 600 apartments and carriage houses along with office and retail space.
Lincoln Property Co., based in Duluth, Ga., plans to develop the tentatively named Riverside Park on the four blocks bounded by Park, Leila, Jackson and Magnolia streets.

An application filed with the City by Lincoln Property Co. of Duluth, Ga., shows a proposed multifamily development of 287 residential units in four four-story buildings and 10 carriage houses in 10 two-story buildings.

Charles Shallat, executive vice president of Lincoln Property, said this morning that Lincoln has the property under contract from owner Pope and Land Enterprises Inc. of Atlanta. It is the first phase of development at the larger Pope and Land site, he said.

He expects Lincoln will complete the sale and start construction of the apartments in the fourth quarter and build the project in 18 months.

â€œWith all the new jobs that have been announced in the Riverside complex, with EverBank expanding, itâ€™s geared toward the workers in those buildings,â€ he said.

Shallat said he expects Pope and Land to develop the second phase of the development, a commercial project, by itself or with another developer.

The application also proposes an associated 34space surface parking lot, 66 carport spaces in three structures and 20 spaces in the carriage house units.

Riverside Park also will feature recreation facilities, including a pool and a property management office.

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acme54321 · February 27, 2012, 01:57:57 PM

That's a lot of residential units though, if they get built out it should help pump some life into Brooklyn.

fsujax · February 27, 2012, 02:00:24 PM

well, maybe this will actually breakground.

Captain Zissou · February 27, 2012, 02:04:19 PM

10 2-story buildings..........? Woof.

When I first read it I thought it said 2 10-story buildings. That got my heart racing.

Non-RedNeck Westsider · February 27, 2012, 02:06:50 PM

Quote from: Captain Zissou on February 27, 2012, 02:04:19 PM
10 2-story buildings..........? Woof.

When I first read it I thought it said 2 10-story buildings. That got my heart racing.

No kidding. This sounds like the blueprint for Villa Rive on Riverside. Townhomes along the road with the low-rise behind them.

thelakelander · February 27, 2012, 02:14:27 PM

It sounds like it will make those street blocks pretty decent at the pedestrian level. I'm interested to see how this turns out.

acme54321 · February 27, 2012, 02:50:00 PM

Yikes.... http://www.lincolnapts.com/

Check out their other properties in FL or Atlanta. Looks like these guys are the masters of stucco covered foam. Sounds like Gate Parkway is coming to Brooklyn.

I wonder if site drawings are available? I didn't see any on their site. Just when you need the mobility fee too...

copperfiend · February 27, 2012, 02:55:10 PM

Quote from: acme54321 on February 27, 2012, 02:50:00 PM
Check out their other properties in FL or Atlanta. Looks like these guys are the masters of stucco covered foam. Sounds like Gate Parkway is coming to Brooklyn.

Yep, Gate Parkway. Gated apartment and condo complexes with surface lots and carports.

That was my first thought too.

fsujax · February 27, 2012, 03:03:42 PM

Lake, have you not seen the site plan?

ben says · February 27, 2012, 03:28:18 PM

Quote from: copperfiend on February 27, 2012, 02:55:10 PM
Quote from: acme54321 on February 27, 2012, 02:50:00 PM
Check out their other properties in FL or Atlanta. Looks like these guys are the masters of stucco covered foam. Sounds like Gate Parkway is coming to Brooklyn.

Yep, Gate Parkway. Gated apartment and condo complexes with surface lots and carports.

That was my first thought too.

oh god

thelakelander · February 27, 2012, 03:40:14 PM

Quote from: fsujax on February 27, 2012, 03:03:42 PM
Lake, have you not seen the site plan?

The site plan isn't attached to the DDRB agenda but it sounds like they're being sent back to the drawing board because of a Gate Parkway style layout. Hopefully, they'll get it together. It's pretty easy to layout one of those types of developments in a urban footprint. You just line the property's edges with the two story buildings and make the interior the surface parking lot. Here's an example of one I came across just outside of downtown Fort Lauderdale last year:

Apartments face the public street.

Surface parking in middle of apartment buildings.

Same construction costs and building type but completely different vibe at the pedestrian scale. Imo, all suburban apartment complexes should be built this way. As long as the DDRB doesn't cave, this should be a decent development for Brooklyn.

copperfiend · February 27, 2012, 03:45:45 PM

Looks good Lake.

This part made me cringe:

"The application also proposes an associated 34space surface parking lot, 66 carport spaces in three structures and 20 spaces in the carriage house units."

66 carport spaces??

urbanlibertarian · February 27, 2012, 03:59:53 PM

Or maybe a two-story version of this:

ben says · February 27, 2012, 04:19:32 PM

^^^^^ Oh noooooo...

I don't love 1661, but I wouldn't mind if they went in that direction...it's half decent.

Dog Walker · February 27, 2012, 05:05:32 PM

Putting that many people into that stretch is going to be good for the area unless the design is an unlivable mess. Maybe the retail level at Everbank will get populated and something will happen on Park Street in Brooklyn. People = good.

BTW, Everbank is donating some of that open retail space in the street level of their building for a sculpture gallery, I've heard.