Final building rising at Two Trees' Domino Sugar Refinery complex * Brooklyn Paper

"The planned 52-story development at 280 Kent Avenue will have two towers rising from a three-story podium, according to zoning documents. When Brownstoner stopped by recently, the podium structure was in place, and was ringed by a construction fence with cranes, other building equipment, and a number of workers onsite. The concrete structure has reached the seventh floor, according to Two Trees rep David Lombino."

"Permits show the structure, rising between 1 South First and the Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront, will reach 591 feet and include 1,350 apartments. A land use application approved by the council in 2025 to tweak design details said there would be 1,262 apartments in the building."

"The approved plan said 315 units (20%) would be set aside as affordable housing for households earning an average of 60% of Area Median Income, currently $87,480 for a household of three people. The plan also said there will be 105 affordable units built offsite for households earning between 40 and 80% AMI. Most recently, Lombino said there would be 320 affordable units, and more information on the development, including its name, would come this fall."

"Permits for the new building say 599,435 square feet is set aside for residential use and 11,870 will be used as commercial space. The building at 280 Kent Avenue, currently dubbed Domino Site B, is the final piece of Two Trees' redevelopment of the formerly industrial 11-acre sugar refinery site, which it purchased in 2012 for $185 million and rezoned in 2014. The $2.5 billion redevelopment included building four mixed-use residential and commercial buildings: 1 South 1st Street, 8 South 4th Street, and 325 and 280 Kent Avenue, as well as the adaptive reuse of the Refinery Building as a"

A 52-story development at 280 Kent Avenue is rising on Williamsburg’s waterfront as the final building in Two Trees’ Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment. The project includes two towers above a three-story podium, with the concrete structure reaching the seventh floor. Permits indicate a height of about 591 feet and a total of 1,350 apartments, though a 2025 land use approval previously listed 1,262 apartments. The plan sets aside 315 units as affordable housing for households earning around 60% of Area Median Income, and it also includes 105 affordable units built offsite for households earning between 40% and 80% AMI. Residential and commercial floor area totals are 599,435 square feet and 11,870 square feet, respectively. The redevelopment began with a 2012 purchase and a 2014 rezoning, totaling $2.5 billion and including multiple mixed-use buildings and adaptive reuse of the refinery building.

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