{"id":199891,"date":"2026-04-16T21:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/199891\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:19:14","slug":"towering-bjarke-ingels-designed-gowanus-project-moves-toward-construction-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/199891\/","title":{"rendered":"Towering Bjarke Ingels-Designed Gowanus project moves toward construction \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developers Charney Companies and Tavros Capital\u00a0unveiled updated renderings<\/a>\u00a0last year for the project, designed by\u00a0Bjarke Ingels Group<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0dencityworks|architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The proposal features connected concrete and glass towers rising along 3rd Street between the canal and 3rd Avenue. Gridded facades with chamfered corners and exposed structural elements give the development a distinctive look.<\/p>\n

The building rises 16 stories straight up from the sidewalk, and its full 27 stories will tower over nearby low-rise structures. These include\u00a0Powerhouse Arts<\/a>\u00a0and, across the street, the Coignet Building and the American Can Company Building \u2014 all individually landmarked.<\/p>\n

Giant at around 1.08 million square feet, the all-electric complex will include ground-floor retail, artist workspaces, and amenities including fitness areas, social spaces, and a rooftop with an outdoor pool, according to the developers.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rendering by Bucharest Studio via Bjarke Ingels Group \"\"Rendering by Bucharest Studio via Bjarke Ingels Group<\/p>\n

A key part of the project is a 28,000-square-foot public esplanade along the Gowanus Canal, designed by\u00a0Field Operations<\/a>\u00a0in collaboration with the city\u2019s Parks Department, and required by the terms of the rezoning. The sloped waterfront park is designed to absorb stormwater and mitigate flooding, according to BIG. Plans call for a multi-use court, dog run, lawn, seating areas, and plantings along the canal edge.<\/p>\n

The current proposal is a departure from BIG\u2019s\u00a0earlier concepts for the site<\/a> under its previous owner, which envisioned a smaller 374-unit, 651,000-square-foot structure with a publicly accessible ramp swooping up the sides of the building. The revised plan almost triples the number of apartments while increasing the building\u2019s height and density.<\/p>\n

\"\"The previous design for the complex.Rendering via Bjarke Ingels Group \"\"The vacant lot in March.Photo by Susan De Vries<\/p>\n

Charney Companies principal Sam Charney\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0the development team selected BIG after a competitive process involving several architecture firms, citing the firm\u2019s understanding of Gowanus and its industrial history. BIG is a globally prominent firm with an office in Brooklyn and headquarters in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

The nearly three-acre site was\u00a0purchased<\/a>\u00a0for $160 million in April of 2025 from developer RFR, which had secured a 421-a tax abatement and completed environmental remediation work.<\/p>\n

The project is one of a number in the neighborhood being developed by Charney and Tavros, who have dubbed their four sites across Gowanus with one name,\u00a0Gowanus Wharf<\/a>. Together, the developments are expected to have around 2,000 residential units.<\/p>\n

This story first appeared on Brooklyn Paper\u2019s sister site Brownstoner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Developers Charney Companies and Tavros Capital\u00a0unveiled updated renderings\u00a0last year for the project, designed by\u00a0Bjarke Ingels Group\u00a0and\u00a0dencityworks|architecture. The proposal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[433,79421,14235,98,45579,37291,100,99,79422,464,20043,4211,17024,9,24,12,370,63,7866,11053,20629,79423],"class_list":{"0":"post-199891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-big-architects","10":"tag-bjarke-ingels","11":"tag-brooklyn","12":"tag-brooklyn-architecture","13":"tag-brooklyn-development","14":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","15":"tag-brooklyn-news","16":"tag-construction-news","17":"tag-gowanus","18":"tag-gowanus-canal","19":"tag-housing-development","20":"tag-mixed-use","21":"tag-new-york","22":"tag-new-york-city","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-newsletter","25":"tag-nyc","26":"tag-nyc-real-estate","27":"tag-residential-tower","28":"tag-urban-development","29":"tag-waterfront-project"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}