{"id":101793,"date":"2014-09-16T15:20:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T19:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=101793"},"modified":"2014-09-17T21:37:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T01:37:59","slug":"538-washington-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/538-washington-avenue","title":{"rendered":"Open wide for Aperture 538, coming to long-stalled site at 538 Washington Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/538-washington-avenue.html\/538-washington-avenue-rendering-1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101796\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/538-Washington-Avenue-rendering-1.jpg\" alt=\"538 Washington Avenue rendering 1\" width=\"589\" height=\"775\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101796\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Rendering via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aperture538.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">aperture538.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new rendering and pricing details have emerged for Clinton Hill&#8217;s 538 Washington Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The lot between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue, largely empty since 2008, is currently sprouting a five-story, 10-unit structure. Luca Andrisani Architects designed the facade and interiors. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fortgreenefocus.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/renderings-date-of-completion-posted-for-538-washington-avenue\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Fort Greene Focus<\/a> walked by the site and got the first look at the project&#8217;s updated design, which will feature a paneled metal screen jutting out from the building&#8217;s facade. <\/p>\n<p>Named &#8220;Aperture 538,&#8221; the finished development will offer studio to three-bedroom apartments, priced from approximately $425,000 to $1.3 million-plus, according to the teaser site that we dug up like a bunch of truffle pigs. The <a href=\"http:\/\/offeringplan.datasearch.ag.ny.gov\/REF\/planformservlet?id=CD140110\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">condo offering plan<\/a> was approved in August, with a total current price of $10,045,050. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/a810-bisweb.nyc.gov\/bisweb\/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=5&#038;passjobnumber=302171281&#038;passdocnumber=01\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Permits<\/a> were filed back in 2006 for a new five-story, eight unit building, with <a href=\"http:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/archives\/2011\/07\/15\/nope_robert_scarano_still_cant_file_plans_in_nyc_court_says.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">the infamous Robert Scarano<\/a> as the architect of record. In 2007, the property sold to 538 Washington Avenue LLC for $1.15 million, according to Department of Finance records. The next year, the existing structure at the site was demolished and the vacant 25&#8242; by 129&#8242; lot went on the market in 2011 with an asking price of $999,000, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/archives\/2011\/07\/18\/clinton_hill_lot_wont_be_home_to_scarano_building_after_all.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Curbed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the lot sold for $860,000, or $88 per buildable square foot to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/steel-rising-at-538-washington\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">developer Sam Boymelgreen<\/a> (he&#8217;s listed as a Principal on the condo offering plan), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/good-news-538-washington-avenue-has-a-new-owner\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Brownstoner<\/a> reported. The development site came with the approved permits for a 9,767-square-foot building (12,943 square feet including the basement). The new owner (official name: 538 Washington Holdings LLC) planned to continue the project, according to TerraCRG, who represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. <\/p>\n<p>However, the under-construction building appears to be on the market again, as Fort Greene Focus noticed. Massey Knakal is marketing the 12,335-square-foot residential development, which will feature private outdoor spaces, a common rooftop terrace and a &#8220;functional facade&#8221; with a paneled metal screen in front of the balconies, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masseyknakal.com\/listings\/detail.aspx?lst=21233&#038;r=4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">listing<\/a>. Residents can open the screen for more light and air; when closed, the panels will display an image of the Brooklyn Bridge. Amenities will include basement storage units, a bike room package room and virtual doorman. Of the ten units, one apartment will be a studio, four will be one-bedrooms, two will be two-bedrooms and three will be three-bedrooms. <\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the only new Brooklyn development that Boymelgreen is putting on the sales block; he&#8217;s also shopping around The Kestrel, a recently completed building at 33 Caton Place in Windsor Terrace, with an asking price of $90 million, <a href=\"http:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2014\/09\/boymelgreen-windsor-lux-complex-hits-market-for-90m\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">The Commercial Observer<\/a> reported. The eight-story, 126-unit project offers studio through three-bedroom rentals and was named after a species of falcon in Prospect Park. &#8220;It&#8217;s really to free up some capital for a special deal that I&#8217;m doing,&#8221; Boymelgreen told the Observer. &#8220;It was a tough decision to make. I was very passionate about this project. In a way, it will never leave my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amenities include a concierge, gym, sauna, yoga room, business center, library, theater room, children&#8217;s playroom, pet spa, 63 parking spaces, 120 storage units, 65 bicycle storage spaces and a bike share program with 12 custom Kestrel two-wheelers, which we hope will do better than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citibikenyc.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">that other bike share system<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lot, largely empty since 2008, is currently sprouting a five-story, 10-unit 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