Williamsburg’s North 10th Street Joins Office Space Boom

WILLIAMSBURG – Another day, another office space headed to North Brooklyn. This time, it’s a commercial/office combo coming to 96 North 10th Street, between Berry and Wythe.

The lot is currently occupied by a large industrial building that will need to be demolished before the five-story office project can rise between the two new residential developments that anchor the block’s corners.

Renderings of the 70-foot building show a series of brick “frames” that run between floors in assorted sizes, creating a collage of shapes to break up the monotony usually associated with office buildings. The bottom floor has space for a large-scale anchor retailer, represented in the renderings by a supermarket.

With 15 to 20,000 square feet of floor space on each of the five levels, the building will be able to accommodate a significant amount of workers. With a 48-vehicle garage underground, it looks like a significant amount of residents better be public transit commuters. The Bedford L stop—soon to be the last stop for a while—is a few blocks away, as is the Nassau Avenue G. B32 and B26 buses run nearby.

The project is being developed by Acme, with wHY and Urbahn Architects undertaking the design and architecture. With its location just blocks from the East River State Park, the office should be an attractive option as companies look to attract businesses to match North Brooklyn’s housing boom.

Similar office projects are cropping up just a few blocks in either direction, too. A smaller industrial-inspired office space is coming to North 7th Street, while further up in Greenpoint, a seven-story office project will crop up amid the warehouse spaces of the waterfront. And just one block north, Cayuga Capital is demolishing another warehouse to make room for another retail/office combo.

Demolition and building permits have yet to be filed for the site, so construction may not start for some time. Then again, if the tenor of development the neighborhood is any indication, sooner rather than later seems likely.