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Massive Hotel Planned To Tower Next To Williamsburg Bridge
The new high-rise slated for 159 Broadway could house a 16-story hotel, 10 floors of apartments and a restaurant, city records show.
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Developers plan to build a hotel and apartment high-rise building right next to the Williamsburg Bridge, records show.
Plans have been filed to build a 26-story building at 159 Broadway, next to the historic Williamsburgh Savings Bank building and the southern pedestrian entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge, Department of Building records show.
Cornell Realty — the developers who bought the site for $26.2 million — submitted proposals for a 277-foot-tall high-rise with more than 77,000 square feet dedicated to hotel space and about 18,000 square feet dedicated to residential apartments, records show.
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A 251-room hotel, a second-floor terrace and a restaurant would take up the first 16 stories and the top 10 floors will hold 21 apartments with an average size of about 860 square feet, according to a Yimby report.
Developers originally planned to install hotel rooms throughout the building but reworked the design after residents complained, according to the Real Deal.
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Zoning approval is pending, Department of Buildings records show.
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