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New designs for the Domino Sugar Factory were approved last week

December 4, 2017 By Robert Lanham

New designs for the Domino Sugar Factory were approved last week

The crazy people at Two Trees are moving forward with designs that were approved on November 28. The plans will now involve a bizarre glass dome and a return for the historic Domino Sugar sign. Construction is set to be completed by 2020. A developer will transform the old Domino Sugar factory’s landmarked refinery building […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: david walentas, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, two trees

Former Domino Sugar Factory grounds debuts new mega-apartment complex

June 1, 2017 By Nicole Napolitano

Former Domino Sugar Factory grounds debuts new mega-apartment complex

Because there aren’t yet enough luxury apartments to choose from in Williamsburg, right?  According to Curbed, the first piece of the Domino Sugar Factory grounds mega-redeveopment—which they report will eventually include more than 6,000 apartments and a waterfront park—is officially making its (almost) rental-ready debut at 325 Kent Avenue. Standing 16-stories high, the building neighbors the […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: david walentas, domino sugar factory, james corner field operations, Jed Walentas, kent ave, mekelburg's, real estate, two trees

First Domino Sugar condostrosity to be six stories taller than the Edge

July 8, 2014 By Robert Lanham

On Sunday, we bid adieu to Domino once again with the closing of the Kara Walker installation. Now we find that Two Trees, run by the insane Walentas family, have filed permits for the first building to be constructed on the site: DOB filings indicate that 320 Kent Avenue will span 470,106 square feet and […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: developers, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, two trees

David Walentas Is A Psychopath

June 18, 2014 By Taylor Wofford

If you haven’t already read New York Magazine’s profile of David and Jed Walentas, the father and son duo who plan to do to Domino what they did to DUMBO, you should.

Filed Under: Williamsburg Tagged With: david walentas, domino, DUMBO, gentrification, Jed Walentas, two trees

Mayor's office gets additional affordable housing for Domino despite Two Trees’ "skillfully framed" PR campaign

March 4, 2014 By Robert Lanham

From a press release sent by the mayor’s office: [Two Trees] will provide an additional 110,000 square feet of affordable housing as part of the project, for a total of 537,000 square feet of affordable housing. The proposal will create 700 affordable apartments covering a range of incomes, including a significant number of units sized […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: Bill de Blasio, developers, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, politics, real estate, two trees

Big baby Jed Walentas — who's Daddy built DUMBO — threatens to revert to hated Domino Sugar plan

February 28, 2014 By Robert Lanham

Turns out Jed doesn’t like de Blasio’s insistence on creating more affordable housing in Williamsburg. Like any pampered man-child, he’s decided to throw a temper tantrum should his Domino Sugar rezoning requests fail to be approved: The mayor’s administration is insisting that the developer add even more space for affordable housing and, as a result, […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: Bill de Blasio, developers, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, real estate



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