Renderings & Date Of Completion Posted For 538 Washington Avenue, For Sale Again

We finally have some idea of what the building going up at 538 Washington Avenue, a lot largely empty since 2008, will look like when completed. Mockups have been posted for the five story structure, designed by architect Luca Andrisani.

The building, expected to wrap up construction in 2014, will be a dark grey with what looks to be a sort of exoskeleton-esque apparatus on the front. Copper? Weathering steel a la Barclays?

Questions have surrounded the Washington Avenue lot since 2008, and after changing hands in 2012, 538 appears to be for sale again. Massey Knakal, who furnished the rendering directly above, says of the property:

The functional façade of the property is the building’s key design element – a paneled metal screen in front of the balconies. When closed, individual panels of the art piece feature an image of the Brooklyn Bridge. The screen may be opened for additional light and air in the apartments. The combination of old, historic elements with modern features will form a signature component of 538 Washington Avenue.

The subject new construction luxury residential building contains approximately 15,763 gross square feet and approximately 12,336 net livable square feet, plus an abundance of outdoor spaces including private & common rooftops, balconies, and terraces. The building contains a total of 10 residential units, of which one is a studio unit, four are 1-bedroom units, two are 2-bedroom units, and three are 3-bedroom units. Moreover, a majority of the units benefit from one or even two home offices.

The vast building amenities include public and private roof terraces, basement storage units, bike room, package room, and virtual doorman.

Silly of us to focus on the screen, we suppose, when there’s a virtual doorman at stake.

What do you think of the posted rendering–futuristic and cool, or out of character and ugly? Or are you just glad that something will be completed there?