$140 Million, Thousands Of Jobs For The Brooklyn Navy Yard

New York City will invest $140 million to bring a Brooklyn Navy Yard building up to snuff for manufacturing purposes, increasing the workforce on the property by nearly 50%, according to Crain’s.

With Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, and others at his side, Mayor Bill de Blasio explained yesterday his plans for the Navy Yard’s Building 77–expected to host facilities for more businesses and add 3,000 jobs to the yard by 2016.

The 1 million sq ft, early 20th century building, which is currently used for storage, will be fitted with additional windows as well as spaces custom designed for existing Navy Yard tenants–who are getting the first opportunities to claim a spot once construction is completed.

A 250,000 sq ft building called the Green Manufacturing Center is already underway at the yard–which, along with Building 77, will give current tenants the option to move operations to a new space should they so choose. This will in turn mean the over 100 potential tenants on the Navy Yard’s wait list may finally get a spot as well.

For now, says Crain’s, tenants with confirmed plans to move into Building 77 include a motorcycle design company and Shiel Medical Laboratory–the latter of whom will occupy nearly a quarter of the building’s space. The Wall Street Journal has renderings of Building 77 from architects Spagnolo, Gisness & Associates.

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