25 KENT AVENUE EAS

LOCATION:

Brooklyn, NY

CLIENT:

19 Kent Acquisition LLC

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

25 Kent Avenue is an approximately 485,000 square foot light industrial / manufacturing and commercial office building with an approximately 275-space parking garage in WIlliamsburg, Brooklyn. The building is located on the block bounded by North 12th and North 13th Streets and Kent and Wythe Avenues. The development required several ULURP actions, including a zoning text amendment to establish an Industrial Business Incentive Area and a new special permit which may be granted to allow modifications to the use, bulk and accessory off-street parking and loading requirements within the Industrial Business Incentive Area. The special permit incentivizes construction of commercial and/or manufacturing buildings that allocate a portion of their floor area to certain light industrial uses.

PHA prepared the project’s Environmental Assessment Statement. Key issues of concern for this project’s environmental review included socioeconomic conditions, urban design and visual resources, water and sewer infrastructure, air quality and a conceptual analysis. As the first project to seek an IBIA special permit, the project required extensive coordination with the NYC Department of City Planning. PHA also provided civil engineering for this development. Responsibilities included preparation of the builders pavement plan and site connection proposal, as well as associated agency coordination.