Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\nDesigned by New York architecture firm Helmle & Huberty, the Renaissance Revival building earned the nickname “Waldorf-Astoria of Brooklyn” and hosted celebrities, business leaders and the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 1955 World Series celebration.<\/p>\n
The building’s preservation received a key approval from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, which unanimously approved revised plans for rooftop additions and other exterior work.<\/p>\n
The work will preserve the building’s geometric brick facade, granite-and-limestone base, terra-cotta cornice, arched windows, cast-iron railings and lion-head keystones.<\/p>\n
The Jehovah’s Witnesses bought the Bossert in 1988 and used the building until 2012, when they sold it during their broader departure from Brooklyn Heights.<\/p>\n
Several efforts to return the property to hotel use followed, but redevelopment plans stalled and the building remained vacant.<\/p>\n
SomeraRoad, a New York- and Nashville-based development firm founded by Brooklyn Heights resident Ian Ross, acquired the property for $100 million in 2025. <\/p>\n
The firm is partnering with Marriott International to convert the former hotel into condominiums.<\/p>\n
The current public plans call for 61 residences, primarily with three or four bedrooms.<\/p>\n
The residences will include a 24-hour-attended lobby, residential services and amenities focused on wellness, leisure and entertaining.<\/p>\n
Homeowners will also have access to Marriott’s Residence Owner Recognition Program, known as ONVIA.<\/p>\n
The project’s square footage, pricing and interior design team have not been announced.<\/p>\n
The project will include a new restaurant from Union Square Hospitality Group, the company founded by restaurateur Danny Meyer.<\/p>\n
The roughly 3,200-square-foot restaurant will be the group’s first full-service location in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
Construction is expected to begin later this year, with completion planned for 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A luxury residential project and a new restaurant are coming to one of Brooklyn’s most recognizable buildings. Sep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-348958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348958","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=348958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}