625 Fulton Street Reaches The Halfway Mark in Downtown Brooklyn

By: Michael Young and Matt Pruznick 8:00 am on June 6, 2023 Construction has

By: Michael Young and Matt Pruznick 8:00 am on June 6, 2023

Construction has reached the halfway mark on 625 Fulton Street, a 35-story mixed-use tower in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Rasmussen Whitefield Architects and developed by Rabsky Group with $450 million in construction financing from Madison Realty Capital, the 500-foot-tall structure will yield 1,098 residential units, 26,000 square feet of retail space, and an on-site parking garage for 250 vehicles. Galaxy Developers is the general contractor for the property, which is alternately addressed as 485 Hudson Avenue and bound by the 34-story 80 DeKalb Avenue to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Rockwell Place to the east, and Hudson Avenue to the west.

Significant progress has occurred since our last update in December, when the reinforced concrete superstructure was just beginning to rise above street level. Photos taken over the weekend show the building standing as high as the 22nd floor on the easternmost wing of the building with the opposite western side at floor 21. At this pace, construction could top out sometime later this summer. Window installation has also commenced, with the square floor-to-ceiling panels enclosing the upper portions of the podium and beginning to rise up the tower on all four sides.

Photo by Michael Young

The main rendering depicts 625 Fulton Street's podium topped with a landscaped roof deck featuring a tennis court, a children's playground, and various seating arrangements. The tower rises with a L-shaped massing that incorporates two distinct façade designs. The westernmost wing's fenestration is composed of oversized windows framed with a double-height pattern of white paneling, while the taller eastern portion utilizes a more traditional window grid surrounded by earth-toned panels. A stack of balconies runs the height of the southern tip of the building, which is capped with a glass-enclosed extension surrounded by landscaping.

The residential component will include 342 studios, 492 one-bedrooms, and 264 two-bedroom apartments, with 30 percent of the homes designated for affordable housing.

YIMBY anticipates 625 Fulton Street to complete construction around the middle of next year.

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