{"id":289437,"date":"2026-07-07T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289437\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:29:09","slug":"development-plans-for-former-macys-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289437\/","title":{"rendered":"Development plans for former Macy\u2019s unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN \u2014 NEW PLANS FOR\u00a0THE ICONIC ABRAHAM &amp; STRAUS BUILDING at 422 Fulton St. in Downtown Brooklyn, which until 2024 was the home of Macy\u2019s, were unveiled on Monday by United American Land.<\/p>\n<p>The 440,000-square-foot building will become \u201cBKX,\u201d a massive, flexible concept designed for entertainment and dining in addition to retail. The development will be the largest contiguous retail space in New York City, and will feature a new central \u201catrium\u201d while retaining original architectural details. The project will be developed by real estate development company United American Land in partnership with The Jackson Group and Dreamscape Retail &amp; Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-400540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Macys-Bk-March2024-Mary-Frost-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"The iconic Abraham &amp; Straus building on Fulton Street in March 2024, which housed Macy\u2019s until it was purchased by United American Land in late 2024. Photo: Mary Frost\/Brooklyn Eagle\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"  \/>The iconic Abraham &amp; Straus building on Fulton Street in March 2024, which housed Macy\u2019s until it was purchased by United American Land in late 2024. Photo: Mary Frost\/Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n<p>Located in the center of Downtown Brooklyn, BKX will have easy access to 11 subway lines and a Long Island Railroad station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN \u2014 NEW PLANS FOR\u00a0THE ICONIC ABRAHAM &amp; STRAUS BUILDING at 422 Fulton St. in Downtown Brooklyn,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3302,98,100,99,9,24,63,15076],"class_list":["post-289437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-breaking","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-obituaries-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289437","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=289437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}