iCrave<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen we acquired this property, we saw an opportunity to reimagine one of New York\u2019s most iconic sites for the next generation,\u201d Albert Laboz, principal of United American Land said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cRather than pursuing a traditional retail redevelopment, we\u2019re creating a destination that reflects how people want to spend time today \u2013 bringing together entertainment, dining, retail and community under one roof. BKX represents our belief in Downtown Brooklyn and its future as one of New York City’s most dynamic mixed-use neighborhoods, where people come to live, work, learn and explore.\u201d<\/p>\n
The developers said the space will allow for a range of spaces that can be curated, allowing companies to create highly-customized environments with high ceilings and multiple levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Consumers today are looking for more than a traditional shopping experience,” said Joshua Strauss, president of Retail & Entertainment at Dreamscape. “They\u2019re excited by places that blend retail, entertainment, dining, culture and community, and BKX has been envisioned to meet that demand under one roof, at a scale that simply doesn’t exist elsewhere in New York.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The developers behind BKX said they’re planning to transform the shuttered department store into a 5-story complex with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[110332,98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-290275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bkx","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290275","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=290275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}