Jun 12, 2018 2 min read Nonsponsored

Updated Design for Luxury Condos Filling Long-Empty Williamsburg Lot

The latest look at the development coming to 510 Driggs Avenue (By Woods Bagot)

UPDATE (7/12/18): Updated renderings for the building at 510 Driggs have been revealed, as seen above. First picked up by YIMBY, the new design shows developers switching up their original, bold proposal for outdoor space in every unit in favor of a more traditional design—though with a truly penthouse and roof section!

The new design is darker, with the patterned facade and dark metal accents around unit windows. While not so strikingly Cubist as the original, almost pixelated design, the updated plan does retain strong, angular lines and square shapes.

Of the 44 planned units, 25 will feature balconies overlooking the street, while shared green terrace spaces will be located on the 4th and 6th floors, as well as the roof.

The new design can be compared with the early rendering, seen below:

An early rendering of the proposed development at 510 Driggs Avenue (Via ODA Architecture)

WILLIAMSBURG – With permits filed for construction at 510 Driggs, a long-empty lot in Williamsburg may finally see construction—leading to another major condominium complex.

The property at 510 Driggs will soon see a six-story, 72,000 square foot development rise between North 8th and North 9th Streets, in the heart of Williamsburg’s construction boom, reports YIMBY. Since the demolition of the previous low-slung warehouse in 2006, the lot has stayed empty—though it’s managed to rack up a surprising amount of noise complaints to the NYPD. Now, neighbors are likely to hear the sound of construction rather soon.

The current lot at 510 Driggs, which was paved over and has sat empty for a decade (Screenshot via Google Maps)

Boasting 44 units, likely to be condos, the bold Cubist design allows for outdoor space for every unit, according to the design team at ODA Architecture. This design concept is something of a hallmark for ODA, who employed similar variations at 275 4th Avenue and at the massive development on the former Rheingold site.

With permits in order, construction can start right away, and could even wrap as soon as 2020.

The Wonder Foods warehouse that previously occupied the site (Via PropertyShark)

The lot was sold to Driggs Partners LLC, which has ties to Hampshire Properties, in 2017 for $27.8 million. That transaction came just a year after the deed was transferred in 2014 for $25 million.

The former site of a Wonder Foods warehouse, it will now join the ongoing shift of Williamsburg from a once-industrial neighborhood to an urban boomtown and the epicenter of late-stage gentrification in Brooklyn.